Registration Information for Graduate Students

SUMMER AND FALL SEMESTER 2008

The following information is designed to provide information to students regarding enrollment for the following semester.  Students are encouraged to see their advisors as soon as possible to plan their program of study and also to enroll early paying particular attention to enrolling for the correct sections and the number of credits when courses are offered for variable credits.  The Graduate School has become very selective in approving late enrollment and course change requests.

Enrollment Dates

Graduate students can begin to enroll for Summer Session 2008 courses beginning Monday, March 31st and then the following Monday, April 7th for Fall 2008 courses.  Additional enrollment information is available on the Office of the Registrar’s web site (http://registrar.wisc.edu/students/reg_enrlmnt), including an online timetable. Please note: changes in classes, times and room assignments can occur without advanced notice, so be sure to recheck the online Timetable prior to the first day of class for the most up-to-date information.

Web Enrollment

To enroll, students will login into their MY UW Portal (http://my.wisc.edu) using your NetID and password. Once student have access the portal then they can go to the Student Center to complete their enrollment activities.

Prior to enrolling for classes, it is recommended that students check their enrollment holds located in the Student Center module of their MY UW Portal.  Some holds may block students from enrolling; review the information provided.

Course Offerings - Summer 2008

A number of courses will be available this summer for students.  Be sure to pay attention to the different start dates and length of sessions.

• N590 (Contemporary Health Practices, Seminar 002) Nursing Informatics for Nursing Practice – 7 week session (June 23 – August 10), offered via Internet
• N605 Pharmacotherapuetics for Advanced Practice Nurses – 11 week session (May 27 – August 10) offered mostly via Internet with 4 campus meetings (May 27, June 10, June 24, and July 15 from 10 am -12 noon)
• N701 Interpretive Research in Health Care Settings – 7 week session (May 27 – July  13) offered via Internet
• N704 Leadership in Nursing Roles, Ethics & Systems of Care – 6 week session (June 2 – July 13) offered via Internet
• N870 Curriculum Development in Nursing Education – 5 week session (May 27 – June 29) offered via Internet

Course Offerings - Fall 2008

Master’s Program

Students are encouraged to use the UPDATED 3-year plan of course offerings for long range program planning. The 3-year plan is located on the web at http://www.son.wisc.edu/students/3YRPLAN.pdf

N672, N703, N704, N746, N755 and N811 are offered in a distance format.  Internet classes will fill rapidly; enroll early.  Two sections of N700 and N702 will now be available – one in a distance format and one face to face.  (Note - the previously planned second section of N704 has been cancelled.)

Doctoral Program

The doctoral courses require authorization to enroll. Students must contact Gale Barber, mgbarber@wisc.edu, to be authorized for any of the following courses:

N803-Advanced Research Design and Methods I  (Wednesdays 2-5 p.m.)
N815-Knowledge Development in Nursing  (Wednesdays 9:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.)
N816-Proseminar in Nursing Research  (Tuesdays 8:30-10:30 a.m. every other week beginning week 1)

Clinical, Independent Studies and Research Courses

Students, who plan to take a teaching role practicum (N747), a research practicum (N798*), or an independent study (N799), must complete the following enrollment process.

• Fill out an Enrollment Authorization Form. The form is located on the web at http://www.son.wisc.edu/students/forms/GradISAuthFormRev6-20-06.pdf

1. Students must have the appropriate supervising faculty sign off on the authorization form and once the signatures are obtained, then return the form to the Academic Programs office, K6/146 to be processed.
   
   
2. After the School of Nursing confirms the student is in compliance with health documentation, licensure and HIPAA requirements, then the student will be authorized for enrollment and then the school will notified the student by email the class number they will need in order to enroll. 

*N798 additional Information:
Students interested in completing N798 Master's Research Practicum should refer to the following documents and complete the additional requirements:

• "Faculty Sketches” (http://www.son.wisc.edu/directories/faculty/Faculty_Sketches.pdf) for detailed information on each faculty’s research
  
  
• "The N798 Research Practicum Experience” (http://www.son.wisc.edu/students/798pracexp.htm) for an overview description of N798
  
  
• “HIPAA Research Training”
  (http://www.son.wisc.edu/students/HIPAA/HIPAAResearch.pdf) students must completed the campus HIPAA Research Training Module that provides information on privacy and the conduct of research important for student research experiences
  
  
• "N798 Contract" (http://www.son.wisc.edu/students/forms/N798Contract.pdf) students need to complete and submit the N798 contact to Marcia Voss, K6/140, after an agreement of the expected outcomes and activities has been reached between the practicum advisor and the student.

CNS and Nurse Educator Clinical Experiences - N606 & N719

What course should students take?  Students preparing to be clinical nurse specialists enroll in the newly developed course N606 Advanced Practicum for the Clinical Nurse Specialist.  The proposal for this course is being reviewed by a campus committee.  We expect the course will be available for enrollment in mid-April.  N606 students will be notified who to contact for their clinical set up at a later date this spring.  For enrollment use the same authorization process detailed above.

N719 is the required clinical course for students preparing as nurse educators.  It is individually arranged with the help of the student’s graduate advisor.  Again for enrollment use the same authorization process detailed above.

In our experience, arranging a clinical takes longer than expected, so plan early!  In addition, the School of Nursing must notify the clinical agency before the start of the semester.  Arrangements for a clinical experience must be finalized at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the semester.  For summer, this means the first week of May.  For fall, it would be the first week of August.

NP Clinical Courses N613, N614, N615, N616

A faculty member for each nurse practitioner specialty area will submit a list of eligible students for N613-N616 sections to Academic Programs Staff.  From this list, Academic Programs will process those students for the appropriate course and section; acute 010, adult 020 or 021 or 022, geriatric 030, pediatric 040 or 041, women's health 050, or psychiatric 060.

• Students must submit written documentation showing compliance with the tuberculosis requirement, the completed Hepatitis B titre and current Wisconsin licensure to the Academic Programs Office prior to receiving the authorization email to enroll.  Contact Donna Haack at dmhaack@wisc.edu regarding questions on compliance with health documentation.
• Students will be notified of their specific assigned clinical course after the enrollment period has begun so students should go ahead and enroll in all other needed coursework while awaiting their clinical assignment. Students will be notified by email with the class number they will use to enroll for the appropriate course/section.

Contact Information

Questions about health documentation can be directed to Donna Haack, K6/145B, 263-5180, dmhaack@wisc.edu, or fax (608) 263-5296. 

Questions about enrollment issues should be directed to Marcia Voss, K6/140, 263-5258 or mlvoss@wisc.edu.

Feel free to download this information (PDF file).

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