Registrar's Rx
Required Reading
The Registrar’s Rx is published once a semester and is required reading for all students.
Graduating?
Planning to graduate in the upcoming term?
ALL students expecting to receive their degree (including BSN-DNP students receiving their MSN) must apply to graduate using the Student Information System (SIS). The School of Nursing’s deadline to apply to graduate for the spring semester is Saturday, February 1. The Nursing School's Registrar’s Office will individually check each graduating student’s record to confirm that degree requirements have been met.
If you fail to apply to graduate on time, please email the School of Nursing Registrar.
Even if the Expected Graduation Date is listed in SIS for a future term, students are not prevented from submitting an application. An audit will ultimately determine if a student is eligible to be put forward for degree conferral.
When applying for graduation in SIS, be sure to validate that the Primary Name and Diploma Address listed are correct. This is the name that will be listed on the diploma and the address to which it will be shipped. Name changes must be made with the Office of the University Registrar (UREG) using a SIS Primary Name Update.
Students that have completed all coursework prior to their graduation term need to be enrolled in Affiliated Status to receive their degree. Additional information can be found on the School of Nursing Affiliated Status Request Form itself.
Note: Students cannot graduate with a missing grade or a grade of Incomplete, even if the course is not required for the degree to be awarded.
Enrollment Instructions
Summer 2025 Enrollment
- Schedule of classes available on March 14.
- Shopping Cart opens on March 21.
- Graduate student enrollment begins March 24.
- Undergraduate student enrollment begins March 25 - 26.
- Individual enrollment dates and times may vary by student. These will be listed in SIS.
- Open enrollment begins March 27.
Advising Fall 2025
- The schedule of classes will be available on March 14.
- Advising begins March 24 - April 4.
Fall 2025 Enrollment
- Shopping Cart opens on March 21.
- Graduate student enrollment begins April 1.
- Undergraduate student enrollment begins April 7-10.
- Individual enrollment dates and times may vary by student. These will be listed in SIS.
- Open enrollment for graduate students begins July 1.
- Open enrollment for undergraduate students begins August 4.
Additional information about using SIS for enrollment-related functions is available to students on the SIS Help pages.
Holds
Advising Holds
All Nursing students will see that they have an “Advising Hold” listed in the SIS. Only the advisor can remove the hold, which means all students need to meet with their advisor prior to enrolling. Graduate students are all required to have an updated and complete SIS Planner as well before the hold can be removed. Students' advisors are listed in SIS.
Please note, the advising holds do not impact Summer registration. Current advising holds will impact Fall registration.
Other Holds
The SIS Dashboard will display all current Holds (also listed under the "My Information" menu). If there are other holds listed in SIS, click on “details” to see why the Hold has been placed and what must be done to remove the hold. Students cannot register for classes until all holds have been removed. Please do not contact the School of Nursing Registrar’s office concerning any hold other than those coming from the School of Nursing, as only the department responsible for placing a hold can remove it. Typically, for a Student Health hold please call (434) 924-1525 and for a Student Accounts hold please call (434) 982-6000. Do not contact the School of Nursing Dean for Dean of Nursing holds.
Full-time vs. Part-time - Graduate Students
Part-Time/Full-Time Status – Full time status is 12 credit hours (fall & spring). SIS is quite restrictive about course enrollment based on status, so it is important for us to keep your status correct. Therefore, if you are currently a full-time student and wish to change to part-time, or vice-versa, you must complete an Enrollment Status Change Request Form and have it signed by your advisor and your Program Coordinator. Failure to do so could make it much more difficult to register for the appropriate classes and your bill could be incorrect.
The University's full-time minimum is 12 credits and part-time minimum for some financial aid types is 6 credits. Students who must meet the corresponding full-time or part-time status must enroll in elective(s) when the required coursework for the semester is below the minimum thresholds.
Students can view their full-time or part-time status in SIS by clicking on “Enrollment Dates”, which falls under the “Enrollment” heading on the side bar. Select the applicable term and look under “Term Enrollment Limits”. If the maximum credit limit is less than 12.0, students are part-time for the term; more than 12.0 equates to full-time.
Note: PhD students are governed by GSAS guidelines, which may be different from School of Nursing guidelines.
Fall 2025 Graduate Electives
GNUR 5010: Introduction to Telehealth – 3 credits
Online
This course explores telehealth technologies and application to nursing practice. Focus is placed on translating telehealth technologies into practice through learning and utilizing real time video conferencing, home monitoring technologies, and store and forward technologies. Credentialing, reimbursement, regulatory, and policy issues related to implementation are emphasized.
GNUR 5110 Historical Foundations of Health Disparities in the US - 3 credits
This course incorporates topics of local and national issues regarding America's historical problem with race, science, white privilege, and health care. The course surveys medical and scientific constructions of ideas about race, and it pulls threads from history (slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights eras) into the present by engaging in conversations with books and articles written by a diverse group of authors.
GNUR 5230: Ethics and Clinical Practice – 3 credits
Designed to enhance the student's ability to describe & analyze ethical concepts foundational to nursing practice; use a variety of ethical decision-making frameworks to analyze ethical dilemmas in practice; & play a leadership role in promoting ethical health care delivery. Emphasizes the unique ethical perspectives of nursing in the complex healthcare arena. Students will be challenged to examine individual & professional values.
GNUR 5390: Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
EDHS 5230: Women, Work, and Wellness
Online
Have you wondered what the world of work looks like for women? Is it just about equal pay or could there be deeper, systemic dynamics and systems in place than we realize? And what about "having it all" or a work-life balance? Explore what women experience(d) in the workplace in the past, present, and future. Specific attention will be given to career development and wellness models related to women and gender using a growth-oriented perspective.
EDIS 5000: The Exceptional Learner
Online
Introduction to the study of exceptional children and adults. Extends principles of learning and intellectual, socio-cultural, emotional, and physical development to persons with disabilities. Includes gifted, autism, TBI, dyslexia, ADHD and other medical conditions; historical, ethical, and legal aspects; application of federal/state regulatory requirements; identification, education, and evaluation of students with disabilities.
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Nursing Elective Offerings
NUIP 3004 Practicing Wisdom and Resilience – 2 credits
This course explores the science of the brain/body connection offering experiential opportunities through direct meditative practices. Class time includes didactic learning, interactive dialogue, and engagement in mindfulness practices. We will develop self-assessment, self-care strategies and resilience practices, within the larger context of wisdom.
NUIP 3230: Spanish for Health Care Providers - 3 credits
This introductory seminar facilitates the student's mastery of their Spanish language ability as applied to health care settings and encounters. It provides an introduction to the vocabulary and cultural relevancy of terms that are relevant to students planning to work in the healthcare professions to better serve Spanish-speaking patients and their families.
NUIP 4004 Strategies for Prehospital Emergency Care – credits are awarded after completion of part two of the course sequence
The content of the course will focus on prehospital emergency care. Students will learn to assess the sick or injured individual as well as develop & implement a plan of care to stabilize & transport the individual to an emergency facility. Upon successful completion of NUIP 4004, 4006, & state req., the student will be eligible to test for cert. as an EMT by the Commonwealth of VA, Dept of Health, Office of EMS. Part I of a two-part-course.
Prerequisite: Current CPR Certification
NUIP 4430: Statistics for Healthcare – 3 credits
This course is an introduction to data analysis for nursing and healthcare-related research. Course emphasis is on practical application and understanding how the research question drives the choice of particular statistical procedures. Descriptive and univariate inferential statistics will be covered. Students will learn how to create and manage simple databases in SPSS, interpret SPSS outputs, and draw statistical conclusions.
NURS 1010: First Year Seminar: Pathways to Success – 1 credit
This course is designed to assist first year nursing students in their transition to academic and college life and to ensure all students can thrive in college regardless of their backgrounds.
We will discuss and explore academics, diversity, goal setting, lifestyle choices, healthy behaviors, responsibility and commitment in personal actions, community service, and leadership.
NURS 3003: Nursing Leadership in Action – 3 credits
Online
This course provides nursing students opportunities to develop leadership and management skills through participation in a variety of programs and activities. Students learn how to work in cooperative relationships with peers, faculty, students in other disciplines, community service organizations, and the public in a service learning environment. Membership in National Student Nurses Association and Student Nurses Association of Virginia is a requirement. Instructor permission.
NURS 3005: Perioperative Nursing – 1-2 credits
This course serves to introduce students to the role of the professional nurse in the perioperative specialty area. The course begins with an overview of the history of perioperative nursing and the role of the professional nurse on the interdisciplinary team. The course explores the challenges of perioperative nursing, including safety issues, advocacy, and legal and ethical issues. The importance of continuity of care throughout the perioperative experience is a major theme in both the classroom and clinical content. The clinical focus is on understanding basic principles of asepsis, safety, and applying pathophysiology and pharmacology to specific patient care experiences. Student interested in taking this course should complete the following form:
https://forms.gle/XNk1sNnhiCN59Jyv9
Prerequisite: Completion of Pharmacology and pathophysiology courses.
NURS 4006: Practicum in Leadership Development – 2 credits
The Independent Practicum in Clinical Leadership Development gives the student an opportunity to apply leadership theory and practices in the clinical setting through mentoring and coaching third year traditional and first-year second degree students during their assigned clinical rotations. Specific emphasis is given to developing basic teaching and precepting skills, serving as clinical resource, demonstrating performance of basic skills, and providing other with peer review and performance feedback. Instructor permission.
GNUR 5010 Introduction to Telehealth – 3 credits
Online
The purpose of this course is to teach basic knowledge of telehealth and telehealth technologies while exploring issues surrounding nursing telehealth practice. This course will provide hands on telehealth and telepresenter experience so that the student can utilize this knowledge to integrate telehealth creatively into nursing practice. Telepresenter certification through the Martinsville STAR center will be awarded upon successful completion.
GNUR 5110 Historical Foundations of Health Disparities in the US - 3 credits
This course incorporates topics of local and national issues regarding America's historical problem with race, science, white privilege, and health care. The course surveys medical and scientific constructions of ideas about race, and it pulls threads from history (slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights eras) into the present by engaging in conversations with books and articles written by a diverse group of authors.
GNUR 5240 Ethics and Clinical Practice – 3 credits
Designed to enhance the student's ability to describe & analyze ethical concepts foundational to nursing practice; use a variety of ethical decision-making frameworks to analyze ethical dilemmas in practice; & play a leadership role in promoting ethical health care delivery. Emphasizes the unique ethical perspectives of nursing in the complex healthcare arena. Students will be challenged to examine individual & professional values.
This course counts as a social science/history or the humanities/fine arts area requirement for BSN students.
GNUR 5390: Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System - 3 credits
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
This course can be counted toward the social science/history area requirement for traditional BSN students.
Planners - Graduate Students
SIS Planners must be populated for all terms in the program and be up to date before Advisors will lift the Advising Hold.
Planners are a Board of Nursing requirement and are crucial elements to the course scheduling process from term-to-term.
Note: Students need to update their Planner whenever a revision to the standard Plan of Study (POS) is made.
Use SIS to register for the courses listed below. General education or elective courses should complete your full-time enrollment.
To be certain that courses you're enrolled in do satisfy the expected requirement, refer to the Academic Requirements report in SIS after placing the courses in the Planner or Shopping Cart.
BSN Required Fall Courses
Second Years
- NUCO 2330: Health Assessment** (3 credits)
- NUCO 2130: Therapeutic Principles of Patient-Family Care** (4 credits)
- NUCO 2210: Foundations of Nursing CARE (3 credits)
- NUIP 2420: Pathophysiology I (3 credits)
- General Education/Area Requirement Elective, as needed
For labs marked with an "**", students will be sent a Sign-Up Genius link to request their preferred lab section. Once assignments are finalized, the Program Manager will release assignments. Students should enroll themselves in their assigned lab section.
Third Years
- NUCO 3110: Adult-Gero* (4 credits)
- NUCO 3310: Pediatrics* OR NUCO 3610: Maternal/Child* (4 credits)
- NUIP 3430: Pharmacology II (3 credits)
- General Education/Area Requirement Elective, as needed to be full-time (at least 1 credit)
Clinical assignments are made by the Program Manager. A list of clinical assignments will be sent to your UVA email as soon as they are available. For clinical courses marked with an "*", students will be enrolled by the Registrar over the summer semester. Please keep an eye on your email for assistance in working through any SIS holds or time conflicts.
Fourth Years
- NUCO 4110: Complex Health Conditions* (4 credits)
- NUCO 4210: Public Health* OR NUCO 4310: Mental Health* (4 credits)
- NUIP 4311: REAL III (2 credits)
- General Education/Area Requirement Elective, as needed to be full-time (at least 2 credits)
For clinical courses marked with an "*", students should enroll themselves and select section 100 for the clinical component. Once assignments are finalized, you will be moved to your assigned sections.
Use SIS to register for the courses listed below. General education or elective courses should complete your full-time enrollment.
For clinical courses marked with an "*", students should enroll themselves and select section 100 for the clinical component. Once assignments are finalized, you will be moved to your assigned sections.
For labs marked with an "**", students will be sent a Sign-Up Genius link to request their preferred lab section. Once assignments are finalized, the Program Manager will release assignments. Students should enroll themselves in their assigned lab section.
Summer Courses
ABSN Year 1
- NUCO 2130: Therapeutics** (4 credits)
- NUCO 2330: Health Assessment** (3 credits)
- NUCO 2210: Foundations of Nursing CARE (3 credits)
ABSN Year 2
- NUCO 3310: Pediatrics* (4 credits)
- NUCO 3610: Maternal/Child* (4 credits)
- NUIP 3311: REAL II (3 credits)
Fall Courses
ABSN Year 1
- NUCO 2440: Case-Based Learning* (2 credits)
- NUIP 2420: Pathophysiology I (3 credits)
- NUIP 2430: Pharmacology I (3 credits)
- NUIP 2311: REAL I (2 credits)
- NUCO 4310: Mental Health* (4 credits)
ABSN Year 2
- NUCO 4110: Complex Health Conditions* (4 credits)
- NUCO 4210: Public Health* (4 credits)
- NUIP 4311: REAL III (2 credits)
- Nursing Elective+ (3 credits)
+ABSN students are required to take 3 additional nursing credits as an elective. This can be an undergraduate or graduate course.
RN-to-BSN Required Courses
Summer Courses:
Students will enroll themselves in the courses listed below. It is important that you select the course section that matches your site location. Section 1 = Charlottesville, Section 2 = Richmond, and Section 3 = Northern Virginia
2nd Year RN to BSNs:
- NUIP 4300: Informatics in Healthcare (3 credits)
- NUCO 4435: Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Practice (1 credit)
In person class dates: 5/20/2025, 7/15/2025 (plus simulation day)
Fall Courses:
Students will enroll themselves in the courses listed below. It is important that you select the course section that matches your site location. Section 1 = Charlottesville, Section 2 = Richmond, and Section 3 = Northern Virginia
1st Year RN to BSNs:
- NUIP 4200: Pathophysiology (4 credits)
- NUCO 4420: Foundations of Professional Nursing (3 credits)
In person class dates: 8/26/2025, 9/23/2025, 10/28/2025, 12/2/2025
2nd Year RN to BSNs:
- NUCO 4056: Health Policy (3 credits)
- NUIP 4610: Leadership (3 credits)
In person class dates: 9/2/2025, 9/30/2025, 11/4/2025, 12/9/2025
CNL Required Courses
For clinical courses marked with an "*", students should enroll themselves and select section 100 for the clinical component. Once assignments are finalized, you will be moved to your assigned sections.
For labs marked with an "**", students will be sent a Sign-Up Genius link to request their preferred lab section. Once assignments are finalized, the Program Manager will release assignments. Students should enroll themselves in their assigned lab section.
For Summer Semester
Year 1 CNL Students enroll in:
- NUIP 4200: Pathophysiology (4 credits)
- GCNL 5100: Health Assessment & Clinical Interventions** (4 credits)
- GNUR 6060: Culture and Health (2 credits)
Year 2 CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5120: Nursing Care of Children & Families* (3 credits)
- GCNL 5150: Community Health* (3 credits)
- GCNL 5140: Nursing Care of Women & Childbearing Families* (3 credits)
For Fall Semester
Year 1 CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5020: Pharmacology (3 credits)
- GCNL 5110: Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults* (4 credits)
- GCNL 5160: Nursing Care of Persons with Psychiatric Illness* (3 credits)
- GCNL 5210: Intro to Nursing Leadership & the Healthcare System (2 credits)
- GNUR 6054: Research & Biostats (4 credits)
Year 2 CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5180: Synthesis Practicum* (4 credits)
- GCNL 5240: Leadership Seminar (3 credits)
- GNUR 6058: Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena (3 credits)
- GNUR 5270: Care Environment Management II (3 credits)
Post-BSN RN-CNL Required Courses
Attention: An asterisk (*) next to a course means that this course requires the SON to enroll you. Whitney Pippin, the BSN and CNL Program Manager, will do this for you.
For the Summer Semester
Year 2 post-BSN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GNUR 6060: Culture and Health ( 2 credits) (or summer year 1 with program lead's approval)
For the Fall Semester
Year 1 post-BSN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GNUR 6054: Research & Biostats (4 credits)
- GNUR 6010: Advanced Pathophysiology (3 credits)
- GNUR 6056: Health Policy (3 credits)
Year 2 post-BSN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5240: Leadership Seminar (3 credits)
- GNUR 5270: Care Environment Management II (3 credits)
- GNUR 6058: Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena (3 credits)
Post-ADN RN-CNL Required Courses
Attention: An asterisk (*) next to a course means that this course requires the SON to enroll you. Whitney Pippin, the BSN and CNL Program Manager, will do this for you.
For the Summer Semester
Year 1 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- NUIP 4200: Pathophysiology* (4 credits)
- GNUR 6060: Culture and Health (2 credits) (or summer year 2)
Year 2 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5150: Community Health*+ (3 credits) (+If course was completed during ADN program, 3 credits of Graduate Nursing electives must be completed in Fall Year 1. Please consult with your advisor.)
For the Fall Semester
Year 1 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GNUR 6054: Research & Biostats (4 credits)
- GNUR 6056: Health Policy (3 credits)
- Graduate Elective (if Community Health was completed during ADN program) (3 credits)
Year 2 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5240: Leadership Seminar (3 credits)
- GNUR 5270: Care Environment Management II (3 credits)
- GNUR 6058: Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena (3 credits)
MSN Course Information
SIS Planners must be reviewed and updated as needed each semester. The planner must be updated before advisors can lift the Advising Hold in SIS.
Please reference your planner and the Graduate Plans of Study for enrollment.
Summer 2025 In-Person Class Dates:
May 27, June 17, July 8, and August 5
Fall 2025 In-Person Class Dates for FIRST Year APRN's: UPDATED AS OF MARCH 2025
August 26 (ONLINE (Zoom) SYNCHRONOUS), September 2 (IN PERSON), September 16, October 28, November 25, and December 9
Fall 2025 In-Person Class Dates for SECOND AND THIRD Year APRN's:
September 2, September 23, October 21, November 18, and December 2
Spring Semester 2025:
In-person class dates: 1/21, 2/4, 2/25, 3/18, 4/8, and 4/29
Summer 2025 In-Person Class Dates:
May 27, June 17, July 8, and August 5
Fall 2025 In-Person Class Dates for FIRST Year APRN's: UPDATED AS OF MARCH 2025
August 26 (ONLINE (Zoom) SYNCHRONOUS), September 2 (IN PERSON), September 16, October 28, November 25, and December 9
Fall 2025 In-Person Class Dates for SECOND AND THIRD Year APRN's:
September 2, September 23, October 21, November 18, and December 2
Link to Plans of Study:
You will find BSN-DNP standard track POS's, BSN-DNP accelerated track POS's, and Post-Master's DNP POS's.
https://community.nursing.virginia.edu/students/academic-resources/curriculum/
Department Consent Form for GNUR 9600:
This is a required DocuSign form to be completed by you, the student, signed by your advisor, and then lastly signed by the APRN/DNP Program Manager. Once the form is complete, you will be manually enrolled in GNUR 9600 by the APRN/DNP Program Manager.
https://apps.nursing.virginia.edu/forms/dnp-department-consent/
Health Sciences Library:
https://guides.hsl.virginia.edu/SON
PhD Required Courses
For the Spring Semester:
Year 1 PhD students enroll in:
- GNUR 8110: Quantitative Research Methods
- GNUR 8120: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
- GNUR 8140: Statistical Methods for Health Care Research II
- GNUR 8230: Historical Inquiry in Nursing
Year 2 PhD students enroll in:
- Cognates and electives
For the Fall Semester:
Year 1 PhD Students Enroll In:
- GNUR 8000: Seminar in Nursing Science
- GNUR 8130: Statistical Methods for Health Care Research I
- GNUR 8210: Scientific Progress in Nursing
- GNUR 8220: Philosophy of Science and Development of Nursing Knowledge
- GNUR 8435: Scholarship in Research Ethics
Year 2 PhD Students Enroll In:
- GNUR 8410 Grant Writing Seminar
- Cognates and Electives
Variable Semesters
- GNUR 8435: Scholarship in Research Ethics OR (BIMS 7100)
- BIMS 7100: Research Ethics OR (PHSE 7650)
- GNUR 9110: Research Practicum (4 credits minimum)
- GNUR 9890: Dissertation Seminar (enroll post-comprehensive exam)
- GNUR 9999: Dissertation Research (enroll post-dissertation proposal approval)
- Cognates and Electives
GSAS Dissertation and Graduation Requirements
Please refer to the GSAS website for important information related to Dissertation approval and Graduation.
Important Dates
Apply to Graduate:
- Fall Semester - by October 1st
- Spring Semester - by February 1st
- Summer Semester - by July 1st
All degree requirements (except grades) are expected to be completed by the following deadlines:
- Fall Semester - November 30th
- Spring Semester - April 30th
- Summer Semester - July 31st
Contacts
School of Nursing Registrar
CMN 1026
son-registrar@virginia.edu
BSN Program Manager
Diana Torres
MCL 4044
gqf9ta@virginia.edu
CNL & PhD Program Manager
Whitney Pippin
CMN 2017
wmp5w@virginia.edu
Advanced Practice Program Manager (MSNs and DNPs)
Devan Cooper
MCL 4017
ded6v@virginia.edu
Checklist
Checklist
- All students graduating in December must apply to graduate in SIS.
- Graduate students must be sure the Planner is up to date in SIS.
- Meet with your Advisor.
- Make sure all Holds are cleared.
- Enroll in Summer and Fall courses in SIS at the assigned date and time.