Campus Policies
Policies for the Indiana University School of Nursing Graduate Programs
Student Responsibility
It is a student’s responsibility to familiarize themselves with all School of Nursing graduate program policies, and to remain currently informed throughout their program of study. All provisions of this Bulletin are in effect from the year in which the graduate student enters the nursing program. The Indiana University School of Nursing reserves the right to change the regulations in this Bulletin at any time during the period for which it is in effect, and to add, modify, or withdraw courses at any time.
- AFS-03 All Students Immunizations
- AFS-06 All Students Essential Abilities
- AFS-10 All Students Social Networking
- AFS-46 MSN Admission
The objective of this policy is to delineate any criteria for admission and progression that is specific to the MSN program in the School of Nursing, including Leaves of Absence (LOA). - AFS-47 National Criminal Background Check for Graduate Students
A national criminal background check is required of all individuals prior to matriculating into an IUSON graduate degree program and annually thereafter. Students are required to complete an original criminal history from the required national database. No criminal history check will be accepted from any other source. Once admitted, students will submit an updated national criminal background check on an annual basis, and at any time required by a clinical agency or change in their status. Students are responsible for notifying the Assistant Dean for Student Services in the IUSON Center for Academic Affairs on the IUPUI campus within seven(7) working days of any change in their status. Students are financially responsible for obtaining all national criminal background information. - AFS-48 MSN Course Grade Appeals
Students have the right to appeal a final course grade assigned by a faculty member. The grounds on which a student may appeal a grade include prejudice, caprice, or other improper conditions such as mechanical error, or assignment of a grade inconsistent with those assigned to other students. Additionally, a student may challenge the reduction of a grade for alleged scholastic dishonesty. - AFS-52 Transfer of Credits into the Graduate Program
Graduate students may request to transfer in graduate credits earned at another institution to satisfy the requirements for their IUSON degree program. Guidelines for the acceptance of graduate credits may vary depending on the graduate degree program in which the student is enrolled. - AFS-53 Graduate Students Completion of Courses
- AFS-54 Graduate Student APG Committees
- AFS-55 PhD Progression & Dismissal
- AFS-56 PhD Dissertation Format
- AFS-57 DNP
The objective of this policy is to delineate any criteria for admission and progression that is specific to the DNP program in the School of Nursing, including Leaves of Absence (LOA).
- AFS-58 DNP Failure to Progress & Dismissal
- AFS-59 PhD Admission & Progression
The objective of this policy is to delineate any criteria for admission and progression that is specific to the PhD program in the School of Nursing, including Leaves of Absence (LOA). - AFS-60 PhD Candidacy Exams
- AFS-63 MSN Progression & Dismissal
Indiana University polices impacting students may be found at: https://policies.iu.edu/. University polices impacting graduate students include, but are not limited to:
- Distinction & Honors
- Cheating & Plagiarism
- English as a Second Language
- Semester Load
- Auditing of Courses
- Withdrawals
- Incomplete (I) Grades
- Deferred Grades
- Addition of Courses/Change of Section
- Cumulative Grade Point Average
Last Updated April 2018
