University of Southern California USC FNP fall 2019

BSN20130 · May 14, 2019

The courses themselves are great, the instructors by and large are very professional. Keep in mind though that as it is online there are a fair number of technical issues that come into play as well as knowing (more importantly) all classes you are or will eventually be enrolled in are not taught by the nursing faculty.

For example one of the social work courses required had 50% of your grade based on one paper. I submitted it the day it was due. 15 days later (the day grades are due apparently) the professor sends an email saying they can't open the document on their computer. Resent the document and a PDF of same and a screen print of the creation time etc of the original document after getting home from work. Another two weeks later the grade isn't submitted, a few emails don't get responded to; so I call my adviser to see what is going on. In any event what ultimately happened is some other people at the school got ahold of the professor (who doesn't live in California). Long story short the PDF et al was submitted but it was "3 hours too late" per the professor so they had already submitted it as not being turned in.

Per the advising staff as the professor had over two weeks to discover the "problem" they were having her grade the 19 page paper and submit a grade regardless. An hour or so later they submitted a 75/100 which is the highest grade you could get for submitting "late" work. One exam (94%) plus attendance which somehow is always 6/10 with participation being 8/10 over 15 weeks one covering Levinson, one covering Erikson in addition to 6 weeks of race theories 4 of feminist theories, two weeks of "group project presentations" equals a C in the class for $6000+ dollars. Apparently this has happened to a other people with this professor including this Spring semester. As the program is relatively new I would recommend people put their 2 cents in to divest the program of this sort of thing but that is neither here nor there ultimately C.Y.A is the order of the day. JT

Rawrr88, BSN · May 16, 2019

I just found out I was accepted into the bridge program this fall and I start as a part time student in the spring. I'm sorry this happened to you. I know I am not one to sit back and take negative things such as this. That is completely unfair and unprofessional. I definitely believe in CYA!! I would be pretty ticked off. Other than this how is the program over all?

BSN20130 · May 17, 2019

By and large I have no complaints, the most obvious benefit of this program (per its cost) is that they will find you placement for clinicals. Don't sweat the OCI 1, it's no problem if you pay attention. Their stance regarding their program being a part of the social work department makes sense in principle; in practice nothing was covered regarding aid programs etc. Essentially what I'm saying is that it is an unnecessary drain on your finances and credits and when most programs are 2 C's and you're out the risk of getting one because of someone's laziness I think is unreasonable.

BSN20130 · May 26, 2019

I would suggest you download the recorded live sessions and keep them on a thumb drive. This clown is still throwing a fit because I demanded to see an actual graded paper and this affected my GPA which I have not been given or responded to so I am going to drive down there and look the dean in the eye and ask.

BSN20130 · Jul 27, 2019

For an update to those whom asked. You have the right to petition your grade as most schools do. I did so, I was sent the "rubric" by which the professor "graded" the papers and a copy of the aforementioned paper. The paper had essentially nothing on it, 20+ pages that include 4 and 5 page stretches that have a notation that says "Font" for example. The process goes to the Dean, then from there to a 3 member panel of Deans of other schools.

The Rubric has 5 sections one for each theory and one section for formatting etc. Each section is broken down into 4 categories worth 3-4 points apiece these were "Master" "Expert" "Novice" .... with the fourth category just being a place for the number she chose.

I received a letter that said "After consultation with the instructor and acknowledgement of a computational error your grade has been changed to a C+" per the process since the grade had "improved" this means you cannot proceed further along the process. Also it should be noted that the Dean to whom this (and presumably any grade) is forwarded goes to the Dean of the social work department not the person running the nursing program.

Ashleylm, BSN · Aug 11, 2020

Hey guys! I just applied for the Spring 2021 semester. Does anyone mind telling me their stats?