PG NURS TR NUED - Post Graduate in Nursing: Nurse Educator Track Certificate (CT)

Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program is based on an evaluation of the following data by the Graduate Admission and Progression Committee:

1. Baccalaureate of science degree or higher in nursing from an accredited institution (ACEN - formerly NLNAC or CCNE) - which included upper-division theory and clinical practice courses in nursing; (Note: Applicants who are enrolled in the final semester of a baccalaureate nursing program may be considered.)

2. A minimum cumulative GPA (undergraduate and graduate coursework) of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or alternatively a nursing GPA of at least a 3.0;

3. Evidence of current unrestricted licensure (RN) to practice in the United States and eligibility for licensure in Mississippi and/or privilege to practice in a state in which the student may have clinical practice; 

4. Official transcripts from all schools attended;

5. For applicants who earned course work/degrees from institutions outside the United States:

   a.    Completion of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for graduates of foreign schools whose academic language was not English. The minimum required score is:

   ·         TOEFL-Internet Based Test (IBT): 79 or higher

   ·         TOEFL-Paper Based Test (PBT): 550 or higher

   b.    Other documents required by UMMC and local, state, and federal authorities;

   c.     Transcripts must be evaluated in a course-by-course report from World Education Services (WES) or the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).

6. If an applicant has been dismissed from any nursing program, one year must pass from date of dismissal to date of eligibility into any UMMC School of Nursing program.

7. An interview may be required as a part of the admissions process. Additional information will be provided to applicants when they are invited to interview.

Program Application

All application documents and the application fees must be received by the Office of Enrollment Management by February 1 for summer admission, March 15 for fall admission, and September 15 for spring admission.

Kim Douglas, PhD, RN, CNE
Phone: 601-984-6261