Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College 4 order to improve student learning outcomes. Assignments/Quizzes/Clinical Paperwork: All assignments must be completed and submitted on time in the manner specified by the faculty. Students may fail the course if all assignments are not completed. Late/makeup work will not be accepted (student will receive a 0%) unless previously arranged with the instructor. Discussion Boards: The exchange of ideas between fellow students is a requisite activity in this course. Requirements: You are required to participate in a minimum of 3 separate days a week in the weekly Discussion area. Discussion topics/questions are provided in the Discussion area for each week that a discussion is required. In addition, you are required to respond to your fellow students’ postings. Responses to fellow students need to be thoughtful; that is, they must refer to the week’s readings, relevant issues in the news, information obtained from other sources, and/or ideas expressed in other students’ postings. Two scholarly references are required for the main discussion posting. One scholarly reference is required for each response to a fellow student. Initial postings are due by Tuesday each week and need to contain a minimum of 200 words, not including references. The initial posting must be submitted prior to completing response postings. Response postings are due by Friday and need to contain a minimum of 100 words. It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. All Discussion postings need to be made in each week’s Discussion area of the course to receive credit. Please do not e- mail postings to the Instructor or other students. See the Discussion area in each week for specific instructions. Discussions will be graded according to the Discussion Requirements and Rubric document found in the Course Information area. Discussion Board Feedback: Faculty will read all discussion board postings each week and will be present online 4 days week to evaluate and respond to student discussions. Faculty will respond to at least half of the discussion board postings each week. Exams: Students will notify the program nursing director/site faculty AND the lead course instructor 1 hour prior to missing the scheduled exam for the day and schedule a time to makeup that exam. Failure to notify these individuals may result in a conference with faculty recommendations for improvement. Missing more than one exam in the nursing courses in one semester as detailed in the attendance area of your handbook will result in an unsafe occurrence report with a performance improvement plan. All exams must be made up within 24 hours of the academic week. Extenuating circumstances will be considered and subsequent actions decided by the nursing program director. Situations where students miss an exam need to be backed up with written documentation by a healthcare provider or other published documentation. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the nursing program nursing director to arrange a makeup exam. “Notification” means that the student sends an email with the appropriate information or speaks directly to the nursing instructor AND program director per telephone or in person prior to one hour before the exam is scheduled. Records of Grades: The faculty strongly endorses the idea that each student is responsible for knowing his/her own academic status based on grades from learning activities. Grades are recorded in the Blackboard Grade Center. All gradebook questions must be addressed by the student to the lead instructor at midterm and then again during the week before finals. There will be no changes accepted to the gradebook regarding absent or late/missed assignments or late/missed exams during finals week. It is the student’s responsibility to know what their grades are and contact the instructors or their Nursing Program Director for a plan to improve. Nursing Department Etiquette: It is expected that students will show sensitivity to their peers as well as instructors by avoiding any activity that may cause distraction in the online classroom. Incivility will not be tolerated and is an unsafe behavior. Course study expectations: Commitment to learning is important to success. For every semester credit hour, plan for three hours of student work. This time requirement may vary on student learning style and student familiarity with the