Admission Requirements

Admissions Requirements for the RN to MSN Program

RN-MSN Admission Requirements:

1. Qualified applicants will be granted provisional offers of admission to the MSN program pending successful completion of all undergraduate BSN courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
2. Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the U.S.A. & its territories.
3. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the last 60 hours of graded undergraduate coursework.
4. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in all graded undergraduate nursing courses.
5. A grade of C or better in each of the following undergraduate support courses:
   1. Anatomy and Physiology I and II
   2. Introduction to General, Organic and BioChemistry
   3. Introduction to Microbiology
   4. Nutrition
   5. Introduction to Psychology
   6. Developmental Psychology
   7. Introduction to Sociology
   8. Statistics
6. Unimpeded matriculation into the MSN program upon completion of required undergraduate coursework requires:
   1. maintenance of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in all undergraduate nursing courses, and
   2. a grade of C or better or satisfactory completion of a standardized competency examination in the following graduate support courses:
      1. Health Assessment
      2. Pathophysiology
      3. Pharmacology
      4. Research or Evidence-Based Practice
7. Satisfactory criminal background check