Nursing Degrees Online

2008-2009
Tuition Semester Annual
Undergraduate
Full Time $13,162 $26,324
Per Credit $819 (if total under 12 or over 18)
Graduate
Per credit: $655. Rate may vary by program, contact graduate admissions
Fees **
Health Service Fee $83 $166
**Required of undergraduate students carrying 9 or more credits.
Other Expenses:

Please keep in mind that additional expenses for books and supplies, transportation, health insurance, and personal expenses vary from student to student depending on individual circumstances.Student Health Insurance $1020 per year/$510 per semester
Automatically charged to undergraduate and graduate students with 12 or more credits unless a waiver card is filled out and returned to Student Accounts within the first two weeks of a semester. Undergraduate students with 9-11 credits or graduate students with less than 12 credits have the option to enroll in the program by contacting the Student Accounts Office. Student insurance is mandatory for all international students (undergraduate or graduate) regardless of the number of credits enrolled. Proof of insurance is required if the policy is not through the College student insurance plan.

Housing Semester Annual
Somers Residence Hall
(includes full board plan)
Double Room $3,386 $6,972
Suite $3,711 $7,422
Apartments*
Grove Apartments $1,800 $3,600
Pine, Maple, Willow and Birch Apartments $2,250 $4,500
Cedar Hall and Scanlon and Kerst 2BR $2,322 $4,644
Scanlon and Kerst 4BR $2,556 $5,112

*Apartment Utilities are included in these rates.
*Apartment residents and off-campus students may elect to purchase any of the different board options.

Please keep in mind that additional expenses for books, supplies, transportation and personal expenses vary from student to student depending on individual circumstances.

Each applicant recommended for graduate admission by their department and determined eligible by the Dean of the Graduate College will be issued a Certificate of Graduate Admission. The Certificate of Graduate Admission can only be issued by the Dean of the Graduate College. The Certificate is the sole official verification that graduate admission to The University of Arizona has been approved.

Throughout the admissions process, questions about your application status, recommendation, or denial, should be addressed to your specific academic department or tracked through the online application system

The Certificate of Graduate Admission will specify the status to which the applicant has been admitted. The status will be one or the following:

Regular Graduate Status:

Students who meet all departmental and Graduate College admission requirements will be admitted to Regular Graduate Status. Only students in Regular Graduate Status can be awarded a graduate degree.

“Subject To” Admission:

Students who are admitted with a “Subject To” status, please note that your admission is subject to receipt of final official documents within 30 days of your enrollment at The University of Arizona. The required missing documents will be clearly stated at the bottom of your official Certificate of Admission. If you are currently pursuing a degree, the final document that must be submitted is the transcript which includes verification that the degree has been awarded. Failure to submit the required official documents may impact the disbursement of fellowship or scholarship funds and will prohibit students from receiving credit for current coursework, or registering for future semesters. Please send all “subject to” documents to: The University of Arizona, Graduate Admissions, PO Box 210066, Tucson, AZ 85721-0066 or bring them to the Graduate College front counter in Administration, Room 322 when you have arrived on campus

Admission with Deficiencies:

When previous academic work does not meet the general requirements for the corresponding bachelor’s degree at The University of Arizona or the requirements for the field in which the candidate proposes to specialize, additional undergraduate courses may be required. With departmental approval, a maximum of 16 semester units of undergraduate coursework may be completed after admission to a graduate program to make up deficiencies. No graduate credit will be earned for this coursework.

Old Dominion University School of Nursing initiated the NURSE EDUCATOR ROLE option in the MSN program in fall 2003. This curriculum is designed to meet the critical need for nurse educators throughout Virginia and other states.

About the program: The Nurse Educator role option in the MSN program is offered as a part-time or full-time web-based course of study. Internships may involve day, evening or weekend hours depending on placements. A 15-credit post-masters certificate program is available for those with an MSN. The curriculum plans are available at the links above.

Contact Information:

Dr. Karen Karlowicz, Role Coordinator
Ph: 757-683-5262, Mail: kkarlowi@odu.edu

Dr.Laurel Garzon, Graduate Program Director
Ph:757-683-5250, Mail:lgarzon@odu.edu

Sue Parker, Coordinator of Graduate Student Services
Ph:757-683-4298, Mail:sparker@odu.edu

How to apply:

Obtain and complete the ODU Graduate application online or mail in your application to Graduate Admissions.Do not send application materials to the School of Nursing. All application materials must be completed by June 1 for consideration for fall admission. All distance students should submit all application materials to their site directors or to distance admission on campus. All non-distance students should submit all application materials to ODU graduate admissions. Please request three references as indicated on the application form using the forms supplied. The references should be former supervisors and faculty. You will need to request that official copies of all your transcripts be sent to graduate admissions. You are asked to compose a goal statement and complete a supplemental application form. You must submit satisfactory scores on either the Miller Analogy Test (MAT) or the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for admission. The scores required for regular admission are 400 on the MAT or 1000 total on two sections of the GRE (verbal and quantitative). Students with scores below these levels will be considered for provisional admission based on a review of all admission materials submitted. .

National Nursing Faculty Shortage

There is a national nursing faculty vacancy rate of 8-10% (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2000; Hinshaw, 2001). These are fully funded, core faculty positions that have been filled in the past. This trend will worsen as 784 senior nursing faculty in the southeast retire during the next decade (SREB, 2002; Kelly, 2002). During the 2000-2001 academic year 144 nurse educators retired. During that same year, 350 nursing faculty resigned, of which 249 held master’s degrees. Reasons given for resignation included salary, inability to maintain clinical practice, lack of preparation for teaching and taking more lucrative positions in practice. Eighty-six nursing programs in the southeast have indicated an unprecedented number of unfilled faculty positions, 306 full-time and 126 part-time (SREB, 2002). The shortage is related to many factors and the solutions must be broad in scope with short and long-term solutions (Trossman, 2002).

Graduate Student rate
$690 per credit hour for fall, spring, and summer semester classes (full or part time). Full-time graduate students carry a minimum of 9 credit hours per semester. Part-time students carry fewer than 9 credit hours.
Special Program Tuition Rates
Education Cohort Program at Reston Center
Available at a reduced tuition rate. Please contact Graduate Admissions for further information.
Physical Therapy Program
$25,175 per year, for those entering in fall 2008 (Class of 2011), for a total of $75,525 for the three-year program. This sum includes all PT courses, lab fees, and summer courses.
Consortium Tuition

Payment for consortium credits is due at the time of registration. Marymount consortium students pay the Marymount tuition rate to the Marymount Student Accounts Office. Credits taken through the consortium are counted toward full-time/part-time status at Marymount for the purposes of financial aid. All applicable fees are to be paid by the student to the visited institution.
Refunds and credits to accounts for consortium courses follow the Marymount refund schedule.
Tuition Payment
Due DatesFall Semester August 1, 2008
Spring Semester January 5, 2009
Summer Sessions I and III May 1, 2009
Summer Session IV May 29, 2009
Summer Session II June 12, 2009

Admission to graduate programs at National University is based on evidence including the student’s academic record in other institutions, test scores, interviews, professional experience, motivation, and educational objectives.

Applications are reviewed year round, and qualified applicants can begin classes any month of the year, depending on course offerings at their chosen learning facility.

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