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Nursing

Calculation of Required General Education Course GPA

ASN

A minimum of a 2.6 required gen-ed GPA is required to enter the applicant pool for the nursing program. The following guidelines are used to calculate NCSC GPA:

  1. Course quality points will be calculated based on the UALR course equivalent.
  2. The highest grade in option courses will be recorded.Example: If the applicant has a “C” in Psychology and a “B” in Sociology the “B” will be recorded on the worksheet.
  3. Students who receive credit by examination (CLEP, AP, ACT, SAT) for courses will be awarded a grade of “B” for the purpose of calculation of GPA and quality points. If the prospective student furnishes the Department of Nursing with a transcript/record of grade earned that is higher than a “B” the higher grade will be awarded by the DON in calculation of GPA and quality points.
  4. Grades for applicants who receive a course waiver for a course will be recorded as an “A”.
  5. Students who completed 1320 Honors Composition will have a grade of “A” calculated for Rhetoric 1311 and Rhetoric 1312.
  6. Courses which require course substitution forms must have the required forms completed and approved in order to have the grade and quality points calculated into the required gen-ed GPA.
  7. “D” and “F” grades in required gen-ed courses are recorded and calculated.
  8. The most recent grade in repeated course will be used for calculation of required gen-ed GPA.
  9. Students who receive academic clemency will not have the grades earned during the academic clemency time frame calculated into the required gen-ed GPA, however, quality points for repeated/failed required gen-ed courses taken during the academic clemency period will be deducted.
Updated 5.26.2011