The Academic ConnectionSummer 2019

Welcome!

Deborah Chyun

PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Dean and Professor

Introductions

Lindsay Darcy

Academic Advisor

Lindsay.darcy@uconn.edu

Agenda

Academic Information

Degree Progression

Academic Advising

Clinical Requirements

Resources

Questions

Philosophy

• Our PRAXIS- the School of Nursing is directed by six

guiding principles:

▫ Professionalism in behavior, presentation, and

conduct

▫ Respect for others, richness, and diversity, and self

▫ Accountability for actions

▫ eXcellence in research, practice, teaching and service

▫ Integrity and inquisitiveness

▫ Service to students, the profession and community

General Education

• Competencies

▫ Second Language: Three years of same foreign

language in high school OR two semester of

same foreign language

▫ Writing: ENGL 1010/1011 AND “W” course in any

subject area at any level AND NURS 4230W

▫ Quantitative (Q): STAT 1000Q/1100Q AND MATH

1020Q or higher

▫ Environmental Literacy: NURS 4250E

General Education

• Content Areas

▫ CA1 Arts and Humanities: Two courses from two

different subject areas

▫ CA2 Social Sciences: HDFS 1070 and another

course from a subject area other than HDFS

▫ CA3 Science and Technology: CHEM 1122, BIOL

1107, and PSYC 1100

▫ CA4 Diversity and Multiculturalism: Two courses

at least one of which must be on the list of

International courses

Academic Information

Academic Information

• Students who do not have three years of the same foreign language in high school will have to meet the

University’s foreign language requirement (two semesters of the same foreign language)

• Students are responsible for knowing the Academic Calendar and Catalog Year

Academic Information

ECE Credit or AP Credit

• ECE- Early College Education▫ Uconn courses taken in High School

▫ High School grade on Uconn transcript

▫ Part of Uconn GPA Calculation

▫ Consider impact on GPA- choose to accept or reject

• AP- Advanced Placement▫ Score of 4 or 5 required for college credit

▫ Counts toward Plan of Study and Nursing degree if part of SON

curriculum

▫ Transfer credit- no impact on Uconn GPA calculation

▫ Grade of ‘T’ on transcript

First Year Programs

• UNIV 1800: University Learning Skills

• UNIV 1810: Learning Community Seminars

• UNIV 1820: First Year Seminars

• UNIV 1840: Learning Community Service- Learning

• UNIV 1784: Honors

Degree Progression

• C or higher needed in the pre-clinical required courses. May repeat

one time if needed.

• C or higher in all Nursing courses. May repeat ONE Nursing course.

• All pre-clinical courses must be completed by the end of the spring

semester prior to starting clinical.

• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required at the completion of

26 credits.

• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 is required by the end of the

spring semester prior to starting clinical.

• Failure to meet one of the above requirements could result in

dismissal from the School of Nursing.

Academic Advising

Professional

Advisor

Faculty

Advisor

Clinical Requirements

• History and Physical

• CPR Training

• TB testing

• Polio vaccine

• Titers for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella

• Hep B titer

• Drug screening

• Clinical Background check

Additional Requirements

• All students must have laptop with wifi capability

on first day

• Name badge for clinical (approx. $11)

• Uniform (approx. $125-$150)

• Stethoscope/ Blood pressure (approx. $200)

• Need to provide own transportation to clinical

Resources

• Dean of Students

• Counseling and Mental Health Services

• Student Health and Wellness

• Academic Achievement Center

• The Writing Center

• Q Center

• Cultural Centers

▫ Asian American Cultural Center

▫ H. Fred Simon African American Cultural

Center

▫ Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center

▫ Rainbow Center

▫ Women's Center

• First Year Programs and Learning

Communities

• Office of Diversity and Equity

• Veterans Affairs and Military Programs

• Off-Campus Student services

• Center for Career Development

• Center for Students with Disabilities

• Student Nurses Association

• Nursing Mentors

Education Abroad

• Current programs

▫ Ghent, Belgium

▫ Dublin, Ireland

▫ San Juan, Puerto Rico

Questions?