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University of Wyoming

 

Getting Started!
Masters Program

For the registered nurse
with a baccalaureate degree

  1. Check out Admission Criteria 

    Read through the Application Packet/Admission Criteria listing at this link to make sure you meet the criteria before sending in application packet items. If you have questions, email Claire@uwyo.edu.

  2. Send in all Application Packet Components:

    Click on this link to go to the Application Packet/Admission Criteria page (same as in #1 above) in which each item will have a link to either download the materials or take you to the online form. Components of the application packet:

    • UW Graduate School Application and $50 fee

    • School of Nursing MS Application and $30 fee

    • Resume

    • Statement of Goals

    • Official transcripts from all schools attended

    • 3 Letters of recommendation

    • GRE Scores (Graduate Record Examination)

    • FNP (MS), FMNP (Certificate post-master's), PMHNP (MS) and PMHN (Certificate post-master's) options require interview

    • ADN/Diploma RNs with baccalaureate degree in area other than nursing have additional course prerequisite expectations prior to admission. Check Admission Criteria link in #1 above.

    • International Applicants: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results

    • RN Licensure (see more specifics in the criteria for your option)

  3. Application Deadlines

    Your application packet must be complete by the deadlines to be considered by the admissions committees. Please refer to the Application Packet/Admission Criteria page for deadlines.

  4. Career Counseling

    If you are needing to discuss the appropriateness of one of the program options for your particular situation, you should contact the advisor for the option as listed below:

  5. Taking courses Prior to Admission

    If you want to take classes prior to your formalized acceptance, you will need to submit the non-degree-seeking application on the Graduate School web site to be able to register. You can take up to 12 credit hours prior to official acceptance and have those credits transferred to your program of study.

    When taking courses prior to the semester of your official admittance to the master's/certificate program, it is extremely important that you are classified as a Non-Degree Seeking Graduate Student. If courses that are applicable to the master's program are completed with any type of undergraduate status, those will not be usable towards the graduate degree requirements. Classification (undergraduate versus graduate) is not determined by the level of the course taken but how you have applied and been admitted to UW.

    Students that are finishing up requirements for the baccalaureate degree at UW and who are seeking to take graduate courses simultaneously must be sure to reserve those courses for graduate credit; otherwise, those will be applied to their undergraduate status and will not be usable towards the graduate degree requirements. Go to the Graduate School website (Forms and Publications) to access the 'Request to Reserve Coursework for Graduate Credit' petition. This petition must be completed prior to the semester in which the graduate course is to be taken.

    If you have taken graduate level courses prior to your official admittance to the master's/certificate program and did not follow the above instructions and your courses are posted as undergraduate classification, please contact Debbie Shoefelt (shoefelt@uwyo.edu) at the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing immediately to find out what your options may be for getting it corrected to reflect graduate classification.

    For more guidance in registering for courses, click HERE.

     

Updated 10/18/2007