Nursing & Health Professions
Master's Degree Requirements
- Adult nurse practitioner majors must complete a minimum of 39 semester hours of study, family nurse practitioner majors must complete a minimum of 45 semester hours of study, gerontological nurse practitioner majors must complete a minimum of 44 hours of study, nursing administration majors must complete a minimum of 43 semester hours of study and nursing education majors must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of study applicable toward the Master of Science in Nursing degree.
- Final responsibility rests with the student to assure all requirements are satisfied for the advanced degree. It is also the responsibility of the student to file an application for conferral of the advanced degree with the Registrar's Office at the beginning of the anticipated final semester of study.
- Graduate students may repeat a graduate nursing course only once.
- Graduate students may have no more than two Cs on their record at the time of graduation. Nurse practitioner students must receive a minimum grade of B in all components of all Nurse Practitioner major courses.
- Adult nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner and gerontological nurse practitioner majors must complete and pass a comprehensive final examination at the completion of their program of study.