A student will be dismissed from the University for any of the following reasons:
Failure to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), including remaining on academic or financial aid warning longer than the prescribed period noted within the university SAP policy;
For conduct reasons; Please refer to the University and Programmatic Handbooks.
Failure to meet the university and/or programmatic policies and procedures;
Receiving non-passing grades: (Each program may have a more restrictive policy. See program-specific dismissal policies for further details.)
Undergraduate Programs:
Eight (8) non-passing grades at West Coast University.
Receive a non-passing grade three (3) times for the same course.
Post and Non-licensure Graduate Programs:
Four (4) non-passing grades at West Coast University.
Receive a non-passing grade three (3) times for the same course.
When an incomplete "I" grade is converted to a final course grade, a student's academic standing will be re-evaluated. Any dismissal that may result will be effective as of the date on which the grade was finalized.
Please note students who are dismissed from one academic program may apply for rentry, but admission after dismissal for maximum non-passing grades is contingent on an approved appeal. Students who reenter after maximum non-passing dismissal will be dismissed upon receiving one more non-passing grade. Students academically dismissed twice from WCU will not be allowed to reenter the institution.
Student may not apply to another track within the same program from which they were dismissed. Students who are dismissed from a pre-licensure program are ineligible to apply to another pre-licensure offering. Students dismissed from an MSN-APRN program are ineligible to reenter an APRN program track (including post master’s certificate versions) at any time in the future, but can apply for readmission into a non-APRN program track.
Students who transfer between programs will not have their non-passing grades reset in the new programs.