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Admission
Requirements
The applicant for the doctor of
philosophy in Nursing (PhD) degree must meet the general
requirements of the Graduate School and have a Master of Science
in Nursing degree from a program accredited by the National
League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or proof of
equivalent education at a foreign institution.
Foreign students whose native language is not English must take,
in addition to the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(minimum score of 550), the Test of Spoken English. The foreign
student must also possess a current Texas RN license for
admission.
Detailed admissions requirements:
BSN to PhD,
MSN
to PhD
Admission
Status Options
The admission status options are defined below.
| Unconditional
Admission |
Applicants
must meet all criteria for unconditional admission
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| Probationary
Admission |
Criteria for
probationary admission status are designated in the following
table. *Students not meeting requirements will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee which is chaired by
the Associate Dean for PhD Programs. The committee will review the following:
GPA; TOEFL (if applicable); Goal Statement;
and Interview scores. An
applicant who performs successfully on a majority of these
criteria will be admitted on probation.
The committee will make a final admission decision and
document that decision for the student record.
When on probation, students can make no grade lower than
a 3.0 in their first 12 semester hours of graduate coursework.
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| Provisional
Admission |
An applicant unable to
supply all required documentation prior to the admission
deadline but who otherwise appears to meet admission
requirements.
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| Deferred
Status |
Deferred decision is
granted when a file is incomplete or when a denied decision is
not appropriate.
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| Denial
of Admission |
An applicant will be
denied admission if he/she has less than satisfactory
performance on a majority of admission criteria listed in the
table below. The
PhD Admissions Committee will make a recommendation for denial. |
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