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====Change of Professional Graduate Nursing Degree==== | ====Change of Professional Graduate Nursing Degree==== | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">After discussion with the current academic advisor and with a new plan of study having been developed, a written request indicating the preferred degree is required to be submitted to the Graduate Student Services Coordinator. If the change is from the DNP to the MSN degree, the request can be considered at any time. If the change is from the MSN to the DNP degree the student’s request will be considered at the same time and in the same manner as other applicants to the degree program. All normal application deadline dates may apply. The student does not forfeit his/her spot in the original degree program due to re-application to a different degree program.</p> | ||
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<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student must notify his/her advisor of his/her intent to apply to a different degree program.</p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student must notify his/her advisor of his/her intent to apply to a different degree program.</p> | ||
<ol style="margin-bottom:15px; list-style-type: lower-alpha;max-width:67em !important;"> | <ol style="margin-bottom:15px; list-style-type: lower-alpha;max-width:67em !important;"> | ||
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<li>The student’s UNMC transcripts will not be requested. Transcripts from the original application can be retrieved from the student’s current file in the College of Nursing Student Services Office.</li> | <li>The student’s UNMC transcripts will not be requested. Transcripts from the original application can be retrieved from the student’s current file in the College of Nursing Student Services Office.</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">If the student is declined admission to a different degree program, he/she may choose to remain in the original degree program or withdraw from the professional graduate nursing program completely. </p> | --> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The request must contain the items below and is sent to the Graduate Student Services Coordinator who forwards it to the new program director.</p> | |||
<ol style="margin-bottom:15px; list-style-type: lower-alpha;max-width:67em !important;"> | |||
<li>A personal statement that addresses educational and professional goals.</li> | |||
<li>Curricula vitae or professional resume</li> | |||
<li>An internal UNMC transcript with a cumulative GPA</li> | |||
<li>A plan for an interview with the new program director.</li> | |||
</ol> | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">If the student is accepted to the new specialty, he/she must complete the Change of Area/Program form, obtaining signatures from the coordinators of both the new and original specialty areas which is returned to the Graduate Student Services Coordinator who enters the change into the UNMC system. A new plan of study needs to be developed by the new specialty coordinator and/or program chair and is provided to the student. If the student is declined admission to a different degree program, he/she may choose to remain in the original degree program or withdraw from the professional graduate nursing program completely.</p> | |||
====Change of both the Specialty area and Professional Graduate Nursing Degree==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student should follow the steps under the specialty area change and include a curriculum vitae or professional resume with the paperwork.</p> | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">If the student is declined admission to a different degree program or specialty, he/she may choose to remain in the original degree and specialty program or withdraw from the professional graduate nursing program completely.</p> | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Interest in the PhD in nursing degree will require discussion regarding the process with the Director of the PhD program and completion of the materials required by UNMC Graduate Studies. </p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Interest in the PhD in nursing degree will require discussion regarding the process with the Director of the PhD program and completion of the materials required by UNMC Graduate Studies. </p> | ||