The advising process involves purposeful interaction and shared responsibilities between students and advisors, while utilizing appropriate tools and resources.
Student responsibilities include:
- Be knowledgeable about SON program requirements.
- Know and follow SON academic policies, regulations and procedures; seek clarification when needed.
- Seek advising assistance and communicate with advisor in a timely manner; come to advising appointments on time and prepared.
- In consultation with the advisor make academic decisions, develop and implement an academic plan to meet all university and SON degree requirements.
- Explore career, scholarship or post-graduate opportunities, with the assistance of the advisor.
- Seek help and support from the advisor and CAPSS/Academic Support Services to address challenges or solve problems.
- Track progress toward degree completion; seek assistance from the advisor and academic support services as needed; inform the advisor of changes that might impact or interfere with satisfactory academic progress; follow through on agreed upon actions identified during advising sessions.
- Use the university's online degree audit system and registration tools relevant to the advising process.
- Evaluate and provide feedback to the SON on academic advising received.
Each student is assigned one or more academic advisors from the School of Nursing faculty. The roles of the advisor include:
- Exploration of student goals.
- Assisting students in planning courses for an academic year.
- Assisting students progressing through the nursing program.
- Monitoring student academic performance.
- Guiding students to appropriate resources for assistance with course work, study skills, and personal concerns.
Students are encouraged to meet regularly with their advisor. Please contact your advisor during scheduled advising times or set up an appointment if more than a brief discussion is needed.
Students are encouraged to see the assigned academic advisor at the following times during the school year:
- Prior to registration for each semester/term.
- At least once during each semester.
- Upon receiving a 77% or less at midterm in a nursing course.
- Any time when experiencing difficulty in coursework.
If you have other concerns not related to a specific academic problem, refer to the appropriate section of the Academics page on the theROCK. Students are encouraged to participate in the evaluation of the School of Nursing through sharing positive feedback, ideas, concerns, or problems, with their student representatives.