Repeating Sources of Credit
Repetition of an Excelsior Source of Credit for Which a Student Earned a Failing Grade
Students enrolled in an Excelsior University degree program are allowed three attempts of an Excelsior course for which they have received a grade below what is required by their program to meet the requirement. A student who reaches the maximum number of attempts for a course that must be taken at Excelsior cannot complete their academic program. Excelsior offers the student the opportunity to transfer to an appropriate degree program within 60 days. Failure to transfer will result in academic dismissal from the program and administrative withdrawal from the University.
Nursing Courses: Prospective students who have failed the same nursing requirement three times will be denied admission to the nursing program. Students must earn a passing grade in a failed nursing course before registering for another nursing course.
Repeat Exceptions
| Academic Program | Requirement | Total Number of Attempts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate in Applied Science in Nursing | Associate Level Nursing Component, Phases 1 and 2 | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA |
| Associate Level Nursing Component, Phase 3 | 1 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA | |
| Associate in Science in Nursing | Associate Level Nursing Component, Phases 1 and 2 | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA |
| Associate Level Nursing Component, Phase 3 | 1 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA | |
| LPN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Associate Level Nursing Component, Phases 1 and 2 | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA |
| Associate Level Nursing Component, Phase 3 | 1 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA | |
| Bachelor’s Level Nursing Component, Phases 1, 2 and 3 | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA | |
| Bachelor of Science In Nursing | Nursing Component, Phases 1, 2 and 3 | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA |
| RN to MS In Nursing | Bachelor’s Level Undergraduate Nursing Courses | 2 | Student must maintain 2.00 Nursing Component GPA |
Repetition of Sources of Credit for Which a Student Earned a Passing Grade
Students may repeat an Excelsior University source of credit where a passing grade has been earned. Credit which has been transferred in may also be repeated.
Exception: Students who have passed an Excelsior Nursing Theory course, Excelsior University Examination in nursing theory, Nursing Theory Conference Examination, and/or the FCCA may not repeat those credits. If the student chooses to repeat one of these requirements it will not apply to the degree.
NOTE: Federal Student Aid [Title IV] can only pay for one repeat of a source of credit for which a passing grade was earned.
NOTE: Repeating any Excelsior source of credit will require students to pay all tuition and/or fees that are associated with repeating the requirement.
Transcription of Repeated Sources of Credit
All grades for repeated Excelsior University sources of credit will be listed on the student’s degree audit and transcript, and the most recent grade earned for the course will be used in all GPA calculations. If a student repeats an external source of credit that has already been transcribed by Excelsior and wishes to use the newer source of credit, the original source of credit will be marked as duplicative in the student information system, removed from student’s degree audit and transcript, removed from GPA and hours earned and attempted calculations, and replaced with the replacement source of credit. Withdrawals (M/AW/MW) do not count as earned grades for the purposes of this procedure.
