Shape the Future of Nursing
Your experience in health care can benefit more than your own patients. Share your knowledge with others, and help train the next wave of nurses.
Give your career an edge with the traditional M.S.N. education track at NSU. The degree will introduce you to a whole new world of work opportunities in staff development, vocational-technical or community college education. Go even further and use your masters as a basis for a doctoral study to teach higher-level programs.
With 15 semester hours of core foundational courses and 21 hours of online courses in nursing education, you’ll gain valuable skills that reignite and reinvent your passion for what you do. Our accomplished faculty will mentor you through your nursing education practicum. Learn how to be the best— from the best.
Earn your M.S.N. in Nursing Education, and make a difference in both your career and the community. Your power as a Shark goes a long way.
Why Earn a Nursing Degree at NSU?
Quick Facts
Tuition
Curriculum
This degree program is 36 total credits to complete.
Application Deadlines
Applications for admission are accepted online. The deadline to complete and submit the NursingCAS and supplemental NSU applications for fall admission is August 1 and December 9 for winter admission.
Delivery Options
Coursework is available online, keeping your busy schedule in mind.
Immerse Yourself in High-Tech, High Fidelity Patient Simulation
Explore the Nursing Simulation Lab
M.S.N. Nursing Education Curriculum
**Requires 250 Practicum Hours
For those with a B.S. or B.A. in a field other than nursing, an overall GPA of 3.0 is required and satisfactory completion of NSG 5000B, Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice, prior to beginning the M.S.N. program. NSG 5000B course is only offered in the fall term.
For a full list of all course descriptions, visit coursewizard.nova.edu.
Ready for the Next Step?
Here's how to apply. Nursing students must submit the NursingCAS application.
The Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing participates in the centralized applications service called NursingCAS.
NursingCAS allows applicants to use a single online application and one set of materials to apply to multiple programs at participating schools. It is used for document verification but does not take part in the student selection.
The Office of Admissions works on a rolling basis. Applications are accepted year-round.
Submit a NursingCAS Application
Submit your NursingCAS application online.
Submit Transcripts to NursingCAS
Request all official transcripts from all previously attended institutions to be sent directly to NursingCAS.
Watertown, Massachusetts 02471
International Applicants Coursework taken at foreign institutions must be evaluated for U.S. institutional equivalence by an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) organization such as one of the services listed below.
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
It is the applicant's responsibility to have this coursework evaluated. An official course-by-course evaluation with a cumulative grade point average must be sent directly from the evaluation service.
Complete the Supplemental NSU Application
Once the NursingCAS application is completed, you should complete the supplemental NSU Application online.
Once all applications and documents have been received, the application will be processed and reviewed.
