PROGRAM OVERVIEW
MSN/MPH Dual Degree (51 or 54 hours)
The College of Nursing and the Arnold School of Public Health dual degree leads to the M.S.N./M.P.H. degree for nursing and health administration majors. The program requires from the nursing and public health curricula a combined total of 51 credit hours for the non-thesis option or 54 credit hours for the thesis option.
Applicants must meet the admission requirements for both the College of Nursing and the School of Public Health. The general test of the GRE is required for admission to the dual degree program. The admission requirements and program description for the MPH program can be viewed at the link to the MPH program from http://hspm.sph.sc.edu. The admission requirements for the MSN program are as follows.
Admission requirements
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Meet all admission requirements for both the College of Nursing and the Arnold School of Public Health
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Be accepted into the USC Graduate School
MSN admission requirements:
The admission process attempts to identify
individuals who have a high probability of successfully completing the
program. All factors are considered in combination. Specific requirements
include:
1. A bachelor of science in nursing degree
from a program that is nationally accredited;
2. Transcripts of all previous college
studies (The average undergraduate GPA for recently
admitted students was greater than 3.20; the average nursing GPA was greater
than 3.30.);
3. General GRE verbal and quantitative scores
or Miller Analogies Test score (The average GRE scores for recently admitted
students were greater than 451 [verbal] and 524 [quantitative]. The average
MAT score was greater than 46.)
4. Registered nurse licensure in South Carolina
or eligibility for S.C. licensure;
5. A completed application to The Graduate
School with the College of Nursing supplement;
6. Two references written by master's or
doctorally prepared nurses who are qualified to evaluate nursing practice
performance and academic potential.
MPH admission requirements
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Demonstrate satisfactory GRE scores or GMAT (Among accepted applicants for fall 2003, the mean GRE scores were 466 verbal and 522 quantitative. Mean GMAT score total was 490).
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Provide an official transcript from each school/college previously attended
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Submit two letters of recommendation for the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Management (HSPM)
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Submit a detailed statement of career goals and areas of interest
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Submit an updated resume
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International applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit a satisfactory score on the TOEFL or the University of Cambridge’s IELTS Academic Course Type 2 exam. The minimum acceptable score on the TOEFL is 230 computer-based or 570 paper-based. The minimum acceptable overall band score on the IELTS exam is 6.5.
Courses and sequence of courses required to meet the dual degree requirements are as follows:
Nursing: NURS 700, 708, 716, 7201 (6), 770, 790, and 7382 (24 hours)
NURS 792 (Research Project); NURS 799 (Thesis) (3 or 6 hours)
Public Health: HSPM 700, 712, 716, 725, HPEB 700, ENHS 660, BIOS 700, and EPID 700 (24 hours)
1NURS
720 is cross-listed with HSPM 798, Public Health Residency.
2NURS
738 is cross-listed with HSPM 730, Financing of Health Care.
To HSPM detail topic
list, Curricula section
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