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  Graduate School-Camden 2004-2006 Graduate School–Newark Master of Science Admission Requirements  

Admission Requirements

The requirements for admission to the master`s program are as follows:

1.  baccalaureate degree in nursing from a nationally accredited program

2.  undergraduate cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 (where A = 4.0)

3.  one of the following: five years of relevant practice experience or a grade of B or better in three Rutgers` College of Nursing graduate courses taken on a nonmatriculated basis; or a B.S. in nursing from Rutgers in the past 12 months with a GPA of 3.2 or better; or a satisfactory combined score on the verbal, quantitative, and analytical portions of the Graduate Record Examination taken within the last five years

4.  current New Jersey Professional Nurse licensure

5.  three satisfactory academic and professional letters of reference

6.  prerequisite to full matriculation, the following courses must be completed successfully: a descriptive/inferential statistics course, a physical assessment course,* or its equivalent


 
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