Accelerated Bacc to Master's
Nurse Midwifery and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
The Accelerated Bachelor of Science to Masters program is designed to allow those students who have or will have an accredited bachelor's degree in a major other than nursing prior to matriculation to take the nursing courses required to get a B.S. with a major in nursing and then continue into the master level courses that are required to achieve a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Certified Nurse Midwifery MS/MN degree.Students on this track are concurrently accepted to the ABS program and either the Nurse Midwifery or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, and will start the master's coursework after completing the required courses necessary to achieve the B.S. degree and passing the nursing licensure exam. This 3 year program begins with a five quarter, full-time course of study in the accelerated undergraduate program, beginning summer term.
At the completion of the Bachelor of Science Nursing curriculum, the B.S. degree is awarded and graduates are eligible for professional registered nurse licensing examinations. The graduate program coursework begins in the fall term, following successful completion of the B.S. degree and nursing licensure exam (NCLEX). The School of Nursing also offers an Accelerated Bachelor’s program.
