MS Completion Option

william f. connell school of nursing

The MS Completion Program allows nationally certified nurse practitioners to earn a master's degree with advanced placement in clinical specialty courses.


Sample Curriculum

Each student's plan of study is individualized, but for many the required courses might include:

Required Courses
  • NU 415 Concepts
  • NU 416 Ethics
  • NU 520 Nursing Research
  • NU 417 Advanced Practice
  • Graduate Elective
  • NU 523/4/5 Research II
Courses with Potential to Challenge
  • NU 420/6 Phamacotherapeutics/Psychopharm
  • NU 672 Physiologic Life Processes
  • NU 430 Health Assessment
Courses with Portfolio Evaluation / Independent Study
  • Specialty Theory
  • Specialty Practice

Course Descriptions and Schedules are available

Full- and part-time study is possible and courses taken elsewhere are evaluated for equivalency.