Online RN-to-BS Nursing Program

The College of Nursing offers registered nurses an online baccalaureate program that is individually planned for each student. Customized planning continues as students are supported and guided as they progress through the program by faculty and student mentors.

Highlights:

• focus on community health nursing
• individualized plan for program progression each semester
• online format provides contact with classmates and faculty
• nursing courses may be completed in 4 semesters
• program begins with one mandatory full day of class in the first semester

Students may transfer non-nursing course credits from other institutions to meet most program requirements. A total of 45 credits, including 28 nursing credits must be taken at UMass Dartmouth. These courses may be satisfied through UMass Dartmouth University Extension with online, blended or face-to-face courses. Nursing courses build on RN prior knowledge and skills and support professional development. A clinical course allows students to increase their knowledge in community nursing through faculty directed independent practice.

Eligibility: RN-BS applicants must show proof of a valid unecumbered United States RN license and possess the functional capabilities to perform the skills and behaviors required of a professional nurse. Students are responsible to fulfill all of the regulatory requirements of the clinical agency that they will be enrolled in the community health clinical course.

View the UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing Undergraduate Student Handbook.

Why Go Back for a Baccalaureate Degree?  (from "American Nurse Today")

• RN-to-BS fact sheet
• Curriculum and Objectives
• Faculty

Please review Admissions before applying. 

The Online RN-to-BS Nursing program is accepting students for the Spring 2014 semester.

Online programs and courses are offered by the Departments and Colleges of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth through UMass Dartmouth University Extension.