05-06 Graduate Student Handbook.pdf - University of Kentucky

PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A CHANGE IN M
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2/23/2011
PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A CHANGE IN M.S.N. SPECIALTY TRACK
Student initiates a meeting with his/her
Faculty Advisor and the Track
Coordinator for both the original
Specialty Track and the Specialty Track
to which the student wishes to move to
discuss career goals.
Do the student, Faculty
Advisor & Track
Coordinators agree that a
different specialty area
will better meet students’
goals?
YES
NO
No change in specialty
area. Faculty Advisor
works with student to
determine ways to
maximize the learning
experience to meet
students’ goals.
Student sends a letter to the
Asst. Dean for Advanced
Practice requesting the change
and indicating how that
change will better meet
his/her goals.
Does space exist in
the new specialty
track student has
requested?
YES
Faculty Advisor submits a
Request for Change in Specialty
Track to Asst. Dean for Advanced
Practice, and sends copies to
Team Leaders of original and
requested specialty tracks.
NO
Asst. Dean responds to student’s request
in writing, indicating that the change in
Specialty Track has been approved and
sends copies to Faculty Advisor & Team
Leaders of original and new specialty
tracks. The letter includes the name of a
new Faculty Advisor in the requested
specialty track.
Asst. Dean responds
in writing to student,
indicating that request
not approved, but that
the student will be
considered in the next
admission period.