Academic Progress and Participation Policy
Degree Progress
Students must progress through the courses required for their degree in a prescribed order. The goal of this requirement is to ensure continued success and to confirm that students have an adequate foundation of knowledge to continue on in their program as the courses build.
Course Progress
Assessment of student progress in a course is based on the timeliness of the student’s recognized participation in academic or academically related activities. If a student fails to demonstrate recognized academic participation within the first 7 consecutive days of a course, they will be administratively withdrawn from the course. If a student fails to demonstrate recognized academic participation for 14 consecutive days, they will be administratively withdrawn from the course. Students are subject to this policy throughout the entire course, including any officially approved course extensions.
Recognized participation at Aspen University is only recorded and verified via the D2L classroom through posting in the discussion forum or submitting an assignment to the classroom dropbox in a given week. While the BSN Pre-Licensure program also requires the students to attend in-person hours in order to pass their classes, that does not substitute for recognized participation for the university. Synchronous classroom participation is not recognized as formally recorded participation.
Academic or Academically Related Activities
Students must participate in academic or academically-related activities throughout their class. At Aspen University, academic or academically-related activities include:
- Submitting an academic assignment;
- Taking a quiz or exam; and
- Making a quality contribution to an online discussion board within the classroom.
Recommended Every 7-Day Academic Participation Schedule
The student should maintain the following academic participation schedule to avoid the risk of being Administratively Withdrawn from a class for failure to demonstrate adequate course participation and progress.
8 Week Course Schedule
| Before End of Day |
Activity |
| 3 |
Post an initial response to the Discussion Question |
| 7 |
Submit First Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 14 |
Submit Second Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 21 |
Submit Third Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 28 |
Submit Fourth Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 35 |
Submit Fifth Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 42 |
Submit Sixth Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 49 |
Submit Seventh Module Discussion and Assignment |
| 56 |
Submit Eighth Module Discussion and Assignment. Final day to submit any additional work. |
Note: Students are required to post assignments during the Module in which it is due or the assignment may not receive full points.