State University of New York Institute of Technology
Nursing & Health Professions
Accelerated BS/MS Family Nurse Practitioner Degree Requirements
- Continued matriculation in the Accelerated BS/MS program requires maintenance of a GPA of 3.00 for all courses taken at SUNYIT.
- A student must also maintain a GPA of 3.00 in all graduate nursing courses and may not have more than two (2) "C"s on record at the time of graduation.
- Students may repeat a graduate nursing course only once.
- For all major-specific graduate nursing courses, a student in the BS/MS program must maintain a B average in all components of each course.
- Students with an average GPA of less than 3.00 will be placed on academic probation in the program. Students with less than a "B"(3.0) in graduate nursing courses will be placed on academic probation and counseled by the program coordinator. Students who are on academic probation for any two semesters or who have a GPA of less than 2.50 will be academically dismissed from the BS/MS program.
- Students who are academically dismissed or choose not to complete the BS/MS program, and whose performance constitutes satisfactory performance in the undergraduate program, will be placed in the baccalaureate RN to BS program. If these students have satisfactorily completed the accelerated courses in Nursing Theory and/or Nursing Research, a directed study will be available for those students to complete course requirements of the baccalaureate program of study. In addition, the exemptions from Culminating Seminar (2cr), Nursing Leadership (4cr), and Special Topics in Nursing (2cr) will be invalid, and the student will be required to complete these courses for the baccalaureate degree requirement.
- Each semester a required two-hour colloquium will be held for all Accelerated BS/MS in nursing students. Colloquia will focus on content areas and issues unique to this specialized program. Self-paced learning modules which focus on creating Power Point presentations, using APA Publication Guidelines, and Principles of Teaching and Learning will be made available for BS/MS students.
- Up to 10 credits in graduate nursing courses can simultaneously apply to the BS and MS degrees. These courses are: NUR500, NUR503, NUR560, and NUR566.
- Students must complete all undergraduate courses and a total of 120 credits to be awarded a BS with a major in nursing.
- Residence requirement is 30 hours; no more than 9 graduate credits can be transferred.
- A comprehensive exam will be implemented in the culminating course for practitioners to evaluate successful completion of the program of study.
- Graduate status begins at the 2nd fall term in the student’s program of study.
- Upon completion of the program, both BS and MS degrees will be conferred.
Program of Study
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