Master of Science in Nursing Program
RN to BSN (UW BSN at Home) to MSN
How the program works:
*General education courses must be taken first in the RN to BSN at Home program in order to meet the time to the Masters degree.
*Students in the RN to BSN program may take graduate required courses as BSN electives in order to expedite their entry into the graduate program.
*The MSN required classes that may be taken as RN to BSN electives include: 702 Health Care Policy & Politics (2 cr); 703 Health Promotion (2 cr); 707 Epidemiology (2 cr); 708 Ethics (2 cr); 719 Theory (3 cr).
*A grade of B or better must be attained in graduate courses and health assessment.
*During the last 2 BSN semesters, interested students should apply to the graduate program; students are considered ‘special students' until accepted.
*Taking a graduate course does not mean acceptance into the graduate program. Students must make application.
*Graduate tuition is paid for graduate courses
*The 5 year limit to the Masters degree from the time of first graduate course must be maintained.
*Students must meet prerequisite requirements for the graduate program including a 3 credit introductory statistics course within five years of admission (descriptive and inferential stats), a 3 credit health assessment course within two years of admission, a 3.0 undergraduate GPA.
REGISTRATION:
1. When a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh student takes a graduate course for Undergraduate credit, the student needs to contact the College of Nursing Graduate Office at (920) 424-2106 or email at congrad@uwosh.edu to have their name listed as a BSN at Home to MSN student.
2. In preparation for beginning a Graduate class, contact the College of Nursing Graduate Program office the semester prior to taking the 1st graduate course.
3. Student must be within last year of their BSN study.
RN to BSN (UW BSN at Home) to MSN
Sample Program of Study
Fall Semester
324 Orientation to Major 1 credit
Humanities * 3 credits|
341 Theoretical Foundations 4 credits
Spring Semester
Statistics * 3 credits
Social Science * 3 credits
Humanities * 3 credits
Summer
Physical Education * 2 credits
English (Advanced Comp) * 3 credits
Ethnic Studies * 3 credits
Fall Semester
434 Nursing Research 3 credits
444 Community Health 3 credits
Spring Semester
Non-Western Culture * 3 credits
492 Pathophysiology 3 credits
Humanities * 3 credits
Summer
405/605 Health Assessment 3 credits
(health assessment must be taken within 2 years of entry into Masters program and a grade of B or better attained)
Fall Semester
438 Community Health Clinical 3 credits
437 Leadership and Management 4 credits
719 Theory (or other MSN as elect) 3 credits
Spring Semester
448 Nursing Synthesis 4 credits
703 Health Promotion 2 credits
(or other MSN as elect)
* Indicates general education requirement
