Master of Science in
Nursing

Degree Requirements

Students complete 17 units of core courses and then begin specialty role courses in Nurse Educator, Parent-Child Nursing, or Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). Nurse Educators must also develop an advanced clinical focus by taking a course related to clinical practice in a specialty. Students complete 36-40 units of coursework and role performance, and additional units allocated to taking a comprehensive examination (registration for 3 elective units), or doing a directed project or thesis (3 units) to meet the MSN degree requirements. Students must also satisfy the GWAR.