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School of Nursing Policies

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Undergraduate (1 - 100s) | Graduate (200s) | General (300s) | Administrative (400s) | Continuing Education (500s - 600s)

Undergraduate Policies

• Acceptable Academic Status and Performance, Repeating Courses and Warning, Probation and Dismissal: Undergraduate Students (153)
• Admission and Financial Aid: Undergraduate (1)
• Admission: Readmission (10)
• Admission: Requirements for High School Applicants (2)
• Admission: Requirements for RN-BSN Track Applicants (4)
• Admission: Requirements for Transfer Applicants (6 )
• Admission: Requirements or Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Applicants (152)
• Admission: Responsibilities of School of Nursing and the University Office of Admission and Financial Aid regarding High School Applicants (3)
• Approval: Substituting Courses from Another College or University (33)
• Attendance (45)
• C.L.E.P. Examination Credits (34)
• Class Rank (101)
• Classification of Students for Graduation and Pinning (100)
• Dean's List (150)
• Determination of Class Designation for Basic Undergraduate Students (46)
• Dress Code for Clinical Settings (91)
• Examinations (80)
• Grading System (60)
• Graduation with Honors (102)
• Keeper of the Light Award (103)
• NCLEX-RN Preparatory Examinations - Prelicensure Baccalaureate Students (117)
• Program Honors for RN Options Students (104)
• Registration and Add/Drop (30)
• Registration Status (36)
• Statute of Limitations (68)
• Transfer of Credit (32)
• University Honors Convocation (125)
• Wearing of Student Uniforms when Working as an Employee (92)
• Witnessing Documents (90)

Graduate Policies

• Acceptable Academic Performance Warning Probation & Dismissal of Graduate Students (283)
• Admission, Master's Program (200)
• Admission: Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs (280)
• Admission: Doctor of Philosophy Nursing Minor (240)
• Admission: PhD Program (231)
• Admission: Post-Professional Certificates (285)
• Admission: Special Non-degree Status (229)
• Advanced Standing of Credits from the University of Pittsburgh (225)
• Application for Graduation (220)
• Assignment of the Academic Advisor and Selection of the Dissertation Chair (279)
• Attendance (281)
• Challenge Examinations/Credits by Course Examination (202)
• Change of Status from Provisional to Full Graduate Status (206)
• Comprehensive Examination & Overview, PhD Program (235)
• Comprehensive Examination: Master's Program (217)
• Course Work Acceptable for Master's Degree (204)
• Credits Taken for Doctoral Dissertation (236)
• Dissertation Development and Completion (227)
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Comprehensive Examination (284)
• Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Project Development and Completion (282)
• Grading Policy (209)
• International Student Admission (201)
• Preliminary Examination: PhD Program (230)
• Publication of Thesis or Dissertation (219)
• Readmission/Deferral (216)
• Registration Process and Add/Drop (203)
• Registration Status (239)
• Statute of Limitations/Leave of Absence (208)
• Transfer of Credits from Another Graduate Institution (224)

General Policies

• "G" Grades (313)
• "I" Grades (312)
• Academic Integrity: Faculty Obligations (306)
• Academic Integrity: Student Obligations (307)
• Admission to Closed or Restricted Class Requested Form (372)
• Appointment, Reappointment including Track Change and Placement Outside of the Tenure Stream (361)
• Auditing a Course (300)
• Course(s) Withdrawal (311)
• Health Evaluations (370)
• Health Incidents (302)
  • Health Incident Report
• HIV/HBV: Faculty and Students (303)
• Independent Study (367)
• International Student Admission (371)
• Liability Insurance for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies (364)
• Nomination of Faculty for Regular Membership in the Graduate Faculty of the University of Pittsburgh (350)
• Peer Evaluation of Teaching (360)
• Promotion and Conferral of Tenure (362)
• Required Student Documents (369)
• Retention of Examination Papers (314)
• Student Impaired Clinical Performance (366)
• Student Performance Improvement Plan (368)
  • Student Performance Improvement Plan
• Style Manual for Writing Papers (301)
• Termination of Registration/Resignation (310)
• Unsafe Student Clinical Performance (305)
• Verification of English Language Proficiency for Students Classified as Foreign Students (365)

Administrative Policies

• Academic Planning Proposal (419)
• Academic Record Keeping: Enrolled Students and Graduates (436)
• Annual Faculty Self-Evaluation (452)
• Approval of Faculty, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Student Research Studies/IRB (407)
• Approval of University Policies (421)
• Assessment of Graduate Outcomes (454)
• Biological Specimen Storage Policy (420)
• Clinical Hours for Prelicensure Courses (412)
• Clinical Placement (423)
• Clinical Preceptors for Graduate Students (433)
• Clinical Preceptors for Undergraduate Students (434)
• Clinical Travel Expenses (403)
• Committee Minutes Retention (449)
• Course Materials (435)
• Course Review, Revision, and Approval Process (430)
• COVID-19: Domestic and International Travel Policy (455)
  • Faculty Absence Form
  • Staff Absence Form
• Credit Hour Definition by Federal Regulation (446)
• Criteria for Students Engaged in Distance Learning (438)
• Dedicated Education Units (453)
• Disposal of Sponsored Research Equipment and Supplies (444)
• Evidence of Professional Nursing Licensure and Continuing Education Credits of Faculty Members, Staff and Volunteers (428)
• Faculty Absences (445)
• Faculty Development (451)
• Faculty Orientation (448)
• Faculty record management (450)
• Faculty Research Proposal Reviews (408A)
• Faculty Scholarly Clinical Practice (422)
• Formal Student Complaints (424)
• Governance (431)
• Guidelines for Submitting Training Proposals (408B)
• International Visiting Scholars: Participating in a Mentored Research Experience (411)
• Latex Gloves Sensitivity (429)
• Low Enrollment Courses (418)
• Photocopy Service (402)
• Program Review and Quality Improvement (432)
• Promotion Increases - Faculty (447)
• Refunds and Cancellations for Professional Development Learning Activities (456)
• Replacement of Equipment, Furnishings, and Supplies (406)
• Research Integrity (416)
• Research Laboratories Policy (413)
• Salary Reconsideration (443)
• Staff Transfers During a Provisional Period (457)
• Storage of Research Data for Faculty, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Students and International Scholar Researchers (410)
• Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Proposal Reviews (408C)
• Student Code of Conduct (437)
• Student, Faculty, and Staff Disaster and Post-Disaster Policy (415)

Continuing Education Policies

• Commercial Support and Sponsorship (605)
• Joint Providership of CE Activities (505)
• Selection of Continuing Education Committee Members (508)
• Selection of the Director, Continuing Education (509)