Program & Admissions Requirements

Program & Admissions Requirements

This program consists of ten (10) course-credits or 40 semester hours. Students take a Common Core of six (6) courses, and then four (4) concentration courses. A thesis, an evidence-based research project/paper, will be completed as part of the requirements for the Common Core courses.

  • Applicants must complete the online graduate admission application.
  • Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate of science in nursing (BSN) degree from a regionally accredited college or university whose nursing program is nationally accredited and must submit an official transcript from each college or university attended as an undergraduate or graduate student.
  • Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation from nurses with an MSN who can attest to the applicant’s ability to succeed in a master’s program, submitted on the Framingham State University Letter of Recommendation form and sent directly to the University by the recommender.
  • Applicants must submit a typed, 300-word personal statement discussing their motivation for seeking a master’s degree in view of prior formal education, current job responsibilities, and career plans.
  • Applicants must have an unrestricted RN license.
  • Applicants are required to possess an overall undergraduate quality point average (QPA) or at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and a minimum of a 3.25 QPA in undergraduate nursing courses.
  • Applicants who do not meet the above criteria for undergraduate QPA may be asked to take the Miller Analogies Test.
  • Applicants must have completed an undergraduate, introductory course in statistics with a minimum grade of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale).
  • Applicants must have a personal interview with the Nursing Chairperson or Graduate Program Coordinator.

2-Year Option

  • NURM 910: Professional Foundations and Care Coordination
  • NURM 920: Quality Management and Health Promotion
  • NURM 980: Seminar and Practicum in Case Management 
  • NURC 905 Health and Education Resources and Policies
  • NURC 925 Ethical, Social, and Cultural Competencies
  • NURC 935 Essential Preparation for Advanced Nursing Role
  • NURC 971 Nursing Theory and Research I
  • NURC 915 Advanced Technology and Nursing Informatics
  • NURC 972 Nursing Theory and Research II
  • NURM 985 Applied Practicum in Case Management

4-Year Option

  • NURM 910: Professional Foundations and Care Coordination
  • NURM 920: Quality Management and Health Promotion 
  • NURM 980: Seminar and Practicum in Case Management 
  • NURC 925 Ethical, Social, and Cultural Competencies 
  • NURC 915 Advanced Technology and Nursing Informatics 
  • NURC 905 Health and Education Resources and Policies 
  • NURC 935 Essential Preparation for Advanced Nursing Role 
  • NURC 971 Nursing Theory and Research I 
  • NURC 971 Nursing Theory and Research II

No classes

  • NURM 985 Applied Practicum in Case Management

Meet Your Coordinator

Lisa Thomas

Lisa Jean Thomas, PhD, RN, CNE

Associate Professor, MSN Coordinator, Nursing Department

Meet Your Faculty

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Ellen Rearick, Ph.D., RN, CCM

Associate Professor, Chair, Nursing Department
Photo of Susan M. Mullaney, Ed.D., RN, CNE

Susan M. Mullaney, Ed.D., RN, CNE

Professor, Nursing Department
Mary McDonough

Mary McDonough

GCE Visiting Asst Professor, Nursing Department

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