The Nursing option provides innovative teaching strategies, curriculum development, and evidence-based pedagogy that focuses on relevant challenges and solutions surrounding nursing education and teaching; fosters evidence-based pedagogies for future nursing professionals and change agents in nursing education; and offers opportunities for future educators to actively participate in nursing science and groundbreaking research to develop future educational scholars in teaching, research, scholarship, and civic engagement.
Minimum Admission Requirements
- GPA
- 2.5 minimum
- Standardized testing requirement
- Not Applicable
- English Proficiency Testing
- English proficiency testing is required for 1. people whose undergraduate education was not in the US and 2. people from non-English speaking countries, and 3. non-English speakers generally. However, if a student did their undergraduate education in the U.S., then they do not need to submit a TOEFL.
- Level of education attainment required
- Bachelor's degree
Program-Specific Admission Requirements
- Specify any program-specific admissions requirements
- Unencumbered RN License
- Program-specific essays
- Not Applicable
Additional Admission Requirements
- Personal Statement
- Not Applicable
- # of Letters of Recommendations
- 1
- Transcripts
- Yes (all higher education institutions attended)
- Interview
- Not Applicable
- Portfolio / Work Samples
- Not Applicable
Other Requirements
- Resume
- Submit official transcripts that reflect graduation from a nationally accredited (ACEN or CCNE) baccalaureate program in nursing (BSN) with at least a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

