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courses and are governed by
individual academic programs and departments.
Students interested in pursuing a departmental
minor should contact their nursing advisor as well as
an advisor in the designated department to outline the
courses required for completion of the minor.
In addition, undergraduate
nursing students are also eligible to pursue University
Minors, which generally consist of six to eight courses
and combine coursework from at least two schools within
the University of Pennsylvania. Nursing-related
University minors include Health Communication,
Nutrition, and Nursing & Health Services
Management.
Health Communication Minor
The Health Communication Minor, a
collaboration between the School of Nursing and the
Annenberg School for Communication, is a University
Minor that expands nursing students’ knowledge of
the communication process, theory, and behavior.
It prepares them for roles as professionals who
develop cutting-edge models for health behavior
intervention or who implement patient education and
health communications programs locally, nationally, and
worldwide. Students gain a practical perspective
through a summer communications internship in a
newsroom, publishing company, television station, radio
station, or health agency. Additional information
about the minor is available in the School of Nursing
Undergraduate Handbook, online at www.nursing.upenn.edu/students/handbooks/
and in the Cross School Programs
section of this Bulletin.
Nutrition Minor
The School of Nursing and the
School of Arts and Sciences offer a University Minor in
Nutrition, which is designed to provide a broad view of
the field of nutrition to complement individual student
interests and career goals. More information
about the Nutrition minor is available in the School of
Nursing Undergraduate Handbook, online at www.nursing.upenn.edu/students/handbooks/,
and in the Cross School Programs section of this
Bulletin.
Nursing & Health Services
Management Minor
The School of Nursing, the
Wharton School, and the College of Arts and Sciences
offer a University Minor in Nursing and Health Services
Management, which is designed to help students
understand the nature of the economic and managerial
constraints that face health care organizations.
Additional information about the minor is
available in the School of Nursing Undergraduate
Handbook, online at www.nursing.upenn.edu/
students/handbooks/,
and in the Cross School Programs section of this
Bulletin.
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Nursing Honors Program
The Nursing Honors Program (NUHP)
seeks to foster the creativity and inquiry of the next
generation of nurse researchers, scholars and leaders
by fostering an environment to support intellectual
pursuits, linking scholars with faculty mentors who are
among the leading researchers in their respective areas
of expertise, and providing opportunities for
independent and collaborative research in the
student’s area of interest.
NUHP scholars participate in
small group honors seminars within the School of
Nursing and in interdisciplinary honors courses with
scholars from all four of Penn’s undergraduate
schools. The NUHP provides scholars with a network of
intellectual peers and colleagues within the School of
Nursing and across the PENN campus and helps them to
access interdisciplinary scholars with similar
interests. Each scholar is also paired with a
faculty research mentor who assists him or her
throughout the process of scholarly inquiry into a
research topic of interest. Through participation in
honors coursework, seminars, research training and
mentored practice, the scholar develops the knowledge
base and research skills necessary to formulate a
research question and execute the research plan
necessary to answer the question. Either
independently or in collaboration with faculty and
other research mentors, many scholars will contribute
to or co-author research publications and
presentations, thereby contributing to the generation
of new knowledge.
Interested freshmen and sophomore
students should contact the Director of the Nursing
Honors Program for more detailed information.
Nursing students are also
eligible to apply for the Benjamin Franklin Scholars
Program and the University Scholars Program. More
information about these programs is available in the
Across the University section of this Bulletin.
Independent Study
Students who have completed
Nursing 106 (Concepts in Nursing: Promoting Healthy
Lifestyles II) are eligible to register for an
independent study course. Independent study
offers students the opportunity to explore a topic of
study that may not be available through traditional
course offerings. The student must plan with and
receive approval for the independent study project from
a faculty preceptor during the semester before the
study is to begin. The credit for independent
study can be used as a Nursing Elective or a free
elective. Additional information is available in
the School of Nursing Undergraduate Handbook, online at
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/students/
handbooks/.
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