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Nursing and Healthcare Education Online

Program plan

Summer prior to Year 1  

  • NUR 605 Statistical Analysis Data (3cr)—Course offered during Summer Session only

Fall Year 1 

  • NUR 500 Theoretical Foundations for Advancing Nursing Practice (3cr) 
  • NUR 520 The US Health Care Delivery System (3cr)

Spring Year 1

  • NUR 511 Translating Research Evidence for Advancing Nursing Practice (3cr) 
  • NUR 547 Promoting the Health of Populations (3cr)

Fall Year 2

  • NUR 644 Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation in Nursing (3cr)
  • NUR 510 Healthcare Informatics (3cr)

Spring Year 2 

  • NUR 642 Curriculum Development in Nursing (3cr)
  • NUR 512 Integrated Physiologic Knowledge in Patient Care (3cr)

Fall Year 3

  • NUR 615 Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Healthcare (3cr)
  • NUR 645 Teaching in the Clinical and Technology Enhanced Environments (3cr)

Spring Year 3 

  • NUR 646 Practicum in Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation in Nursing (3cr) 
  • Elective (3cr)

University requirements for graduate admissions

  • Submit an application via the online portal. Be sure to provide your full legal name and to capitalize the first letter of all proper nouns.
  • Pay non-refundable $60 application fee (American Express, Discover, MasterCard or Visa) via the online portal. For Nursing applicants, the non-refundable application fee is $75.
  • Statement of Purpose, minimum 300 words. Unless otherwise indicated in the program requirement details, indicate your graduate study objectives, research interests and experience, and business or industry experience if applicable. If you are applying for a teaching or research assistantship, include any special skills or experience that would assist us in making assistantship decisions.
  • Resume
  • Transcripts for all post-secondary institutions attended (regardless of whether a credential is earned or not). Unofficial transcripts are accepted for admissions application review, once enrolled a final official transcript is required. International students applying with an transcript evaluation, please submit that document with your unofficial transcripts. International applicants for Data Science must submit semester-by-semester transcripts as well as consolidated transcripts. 
  • Many programs have specific recommendations/requirements, please see the additional program-specific requirements for more information.
  • International students: official TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Pearson PTE or Duolingo (if accepted by program) score. Unofficial scores are accepted for admissions application review, once enrolled official scores are required and must be sent by the testing agency (copies/scans not accepted). This is required of any applicant who did not earn a bachelor’s degree or higher degree from an accredited academic institution in the U.S. or accepted English-speaking country, see exemptions for more details. We require an overall/total minimum score of 72 on the TOEFL iBT or BAND 6.0 on the IELTS or a 52 on the Pearsons PTE Academic for entrance to any program and a minimum score of 79 on the TOEFL iBT or BAND 6.5 on the IELTS for consideration for a teaching assistantship. Some programs require higher minimum scores (see program-specific requirements). Most programs also accept the Duolingo with a minimum score of 95. The following programs do not accept the Duolingo: Art Education, Biology/Marine Biology, Marine Science and Technology (MS, PSM, PhD), Nursing (MS, DNP, PhD), Psychology: Clinical, and Public Policy. 
  • All official documents are required for enrollment, please have documents (ie. test scores) sent prior to the expiration. 

Program deadlines

Learning Style: Online

Online courses are taught by UMass Dartmouth faculty to provide high quality instruction and personal attention. Students have the flexibility to accommodate work and home responsibilities within the structure of defined assignment due dates. The majority of our online courses are taught asynchronously.

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