WellStar School of Nursing: DNS
Admission Requirements for DNS Program
- Official transcripts of all previous college work, graduate and undergraduate.
- Master’s degree with a major in nursing from a nationally accredited
- Official GRE scores of 500 Verbal, 500 Quantitative, and 3.5 (minimum) analytic writing. GRE scores will be considered from applicants whose scores are more than 5 years old (GRE reporting limit), but who can produce “official documentation” of their scores.
- A current license to practice professional nursing in the United States. (Nursing credentials of international students will be assessed individually).
- A course in statistics.
- A course in research at the graduate level.
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can address the applicant’s abilities to do doctoral level work.
- A curriculum vitae or resume.
- A written statement of personal and professional interests and goals related to nursing doctoral study (1-2 pages in length). Be sure your name is on your statement.
- Personal interview with program faculty.
Application Deadline
Applications must be received by March 1, 2010.
Transfer Credit
If accepted into the program, up to 15 post-master’s graduate semester hours of comparable transfer credit for the DNS may be accepted toward completion of the requirements. Transfer credit will not be accepted for the core course requirements that are central to the program’s distinctive focus. Consequently, transfer credit considerations are typically restricted to elective courses and possibly statistics courses. Decisions about the acceptability of transfer credit will be made on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by the doctoral advisor and director of the doctoral program.
