Denver College of Nursing courses are offered sequentially to provide students optimal success and completion within the time frame allotted. Students are strongly advised not to withdraw from a course unless it is for reasons of great importance, such as a verifiable personal emergency or military obligation.
A student who is contemplating withdrawing should be cautioned that:
- The student may have to wait for the appropriate course to be offered.
- Graduation date will change.
- A student must repeat all courses from which the student elected to withdraw prior to receiving a final passing grade.
- Financial aid and/or tuition costs will be affected.
- The student is responsible for the full tuition after the add/drop period.
- There may not be space available in the class or clinical upon the student’s return.
Students enrolled in any course offered by the College, including both nursing courses and all required general education courses, who withdraw from a course will receive a grade of “W” if they withdraw before the following deadlines:
- For an 11 Week Course: End of the 6th week of the term. If students withdraw in week 7 or thereafter, they will receive a failing grade for the course
- For a 5.5 Week Course: End of the 3rd week of the term. If students withdraw in week 4 or thereafter, they will receive a failing grade for the course.
Students are allowed only two course withdrawals from any course in the nursing programs during the entire program, whether such withdrawals were from the same course or different ones. Withdrawing a third time, regardless of the week in which the withdrawal takes place, will result in academic dismissal.
Note: For information on refunds, please see the “Tuition Refund Policy.”