Graduate Admission Requirements
Admission is competitive and an individualized approach is used to identify applicants with demonstrated academic achievement and potential, who have strong motivation to succeed in academic study and professional practice, and the potential to function as a leader in advanced practice and health care delivery or nursing education. The applicant's grade point average(GPA), performance on standardized exams, writing and speaking skills, and prior professional experience are used to assess applicants for admission. A profile of each applicant is developed based on an admission portfolio consisting of:
- Evidence of current unencumbered licensure in the state of Texas or the state in which practicum course work will occur.
- Evidence of current CPR certification that meets facilities' requirements.
- Official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended with a preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4 point scale) from the basic nursing program. (Two official transcripts must be sent from each institution)
- For baccalaureate graduates, an acceptable score on the GRE or the MAT.
- A preferred work history (resume) that includes two years of full-time experience or its equivalent as a registered nurse in an area of adult, gerontology, or pediatric care if entering the CNS major.
- Apreferred work history that includes two years of full-time experience or its equivalent as a registered nurse, if enter the nursing education major or the CNL major.
- For applicants for whom English is a second language, demonstrated English language proficiency is measured by an acceptable score on the Test of Spoken English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the institutional version of the Test of Spoken English (TSE).
- An assignment demonstrating written communication skills and computer proficiency.
- Three letters of reference, of which two are from health care professionals and the third is preferably from an instructor in the basic nursing program.
Application deadline – February 1 of each calendar year. Please send application materials to the:
Graduate ApplicationOffice of Graduate Studies
Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
TCU Box 298625
Fort Worth, Texas 76129.
