Nursing, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Life Span) Specialty, M.S.N.

Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Specialty Areas: Family, Pediatric Primary Care, Adult-Gerontological Primary Care, Women’s Health, Psychiatric-Mental Health (Across the lifespan), and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care.

Prerequisites

1. A bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred: A bachelor’s degree in a related field will be considered;
2. Current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in California;
3. Admission to graduate standing in nursing at the University;
4. A college level course in statistics;
5. A physical assessment course which includes clinical practice, 
6. An upper division or graduate level course in pathophysiology;
7. An upper division community health nursing course with lab for non-BSN applicants;
8. An overall GPA of 3.0 or better in the undergraduate program.

Advancement to Candidacy

1. Satisfy the general University requirements for advancement to candidacy;
2. Completion of all undergraduate deficiencies;
3. Approval of the school graduate director and Associate Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.

Requirements

1. Completion of a minimum of 30-48 units in approved upper division and graduate courses;
2. An overall GPA of 3.0 or better.

Core Courses