Prior to acceptance into candidacy for the Master of Science
in Nursing degree: Nursing Administration and Emergency
Management, the student must meet general admission
requirements of the Graduate School as cited in the
Graduate Catalog and adhere to the guidelines for the
Graduate School. Additionally, applicants must have a
current, unencumbered registered nurse license and have
graduated from an NLNAC or CCNE accredited nursing program
with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
General Requirements listed below:
A total of 39 semester hours is required of which a
minimum of eighteen semester hours shall be completed at
the 6000 level. A minimum of 30 hours of graduate course
work must be completed at Arkansas Tech University.
A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 must
be achieved in all graduate work attempted at Arkansas
Tech University. A maximum of six (6) hours of “C” can
be counted toward degree requirements, and a student
receiving more than six (6) hours of “C” or three (3)
hours of “D” or “F” is subject to dismissal from the
program. Refer to the section of the Graduate Catalog
on “Academic Probation and suspension.”
A maximum of nine (9) semester hours of graduate
credit with a grade point average of “B” or better may
be transferred from an accredited graduate school with
approval of the DON and the Graduate School. Graduate
credit earned six years prior to the completion date of
all degree requirements may not be applied toward the
degree without the approval of the appropriate program
director and the Dean of the Graduate School. Students
must send a written request to the Head of the Nursing
Program to petition an acceptance of the transfer credit
prior to requesting admission to candidacy to the
graduate program.
No undergraduate course may be repeated for graduate
credit.
If after admission to graduate study, a student
wishes to take a course at another institution to count
toward degree requirements at Arkansas Tech University,
the student must (in advance of enrollment) obtain
written approval from the Department Head and the Dean
of the Graduate School.
Thirty-nine credit hours are required for completion of
the MSN degree. Twenty –seven hours shall be completed
in a professional core component, including 6 hours of
research methods and 3-6 hours of research
thesis/project (application). Twelve hours shall be
completed in one of two specialty tracks: Nursing
Administration (including 6 hours of practicum) or
Emergency Management (including 3 hours of Workshop).
