MSN - MBA 100% Online Dual Degree Program

 

Course	Credits
ACC 200  Financial Accounting*	3
ACC 711  Managerial Accounting	3
BUS 771  Quantitative Methods	3
BUS 799  Strategic Management	3
ECO 100* or ECO 201*  Elements of Economics or Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECO 716  Applied Economic Analysis	3
FIN 711  Corporate Finance	3
HRM 711  Human Resources Management	3
MGT 751  International Business Management	3
MKT 711  Marketing Management	3
NUR 601  Theory and Research in Nursing	3
NUR 602  Health Policy in Nursing	3
NUR 603  Information Systems for Nurses in Health Care Organizations	3
NUR 604  Population Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	3
NUR 711  Nursing Organization and Leadership Theory	3
NUR 712  Nursing Administration and Leadership Role	3
NUR 714  Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration	3
NUR 715  Financial Management in Non-profit Health Care Organizations	3
NUR 813  Nursing Administration Role Practicum	6
Total	54 or 60

* ACC 200, ECO 100 or ECO 201 - Undergraduate Foundation Courses - These courses are only required if your admission decision letter listed the foundation courses in addition to the graduate courses in order to fulfill the graduation requirements of the program.

 

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Admission Requirements (Regular)  

MSN-MBA Dual Degree

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (BSN) with a GPA of 3.00 or higher in the undergraduate nursing degree or in the last 60 credits completed (Students with a GPA below 3.00 may apply for conditional admission)
• Official transcripts from an accredited BSN program
• Unencumbered RN licensure in the state in which the applicant is employed in nursing
• Current Resume indicating at least one year of experience working in nursing, preferably, nursing management
• An essay to include career goals and objectives as well as a description of how the student plans to use the MSN degree
• International Global Online Applicants
• Scholastic record must be comparable to that reflected by a 3.00 GPA verified with official transcripts and applicant needs to be licensed in their country of residence
• Applicants must submit a credential evaluation from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) for nursing course work and World Education Services (WES) for non-nursing course work

Conditional Admission Requirements

• Conditional Admission may be granted with the following modifications of the Regular Admissions Requirements. Those admitted conditionally based on missing document/s or pre/co-requisites, have up to a maximum of two semesters to satisfy these requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree with a GPA under 3.00 will be reviewed for a decision
• Deficiencies in Pre/Co-requisite Courses (up to two maximum semesters to satisfy these deficiencies)

Provisional Admission:
Applicants who have provided unofficial documentation of test scores, prerequisite courses, transcripts or lack of letter(s) of recommendation may be admitted provisionally.

This policy also applies to undergraduate students who apply for graduate admission pending bachelor degree completion. Upon receipt of all official documents, a student will be changed from Provisional Admission to either Regular Admission or Conditional Admission. Provisional Admission students may take classes for one term but will not be eligible for Federal Financial Aid.

Pre/Co-Requisite Courses

• Applicants may remove deficiencies in the following nursing pre/co-requisite courses at Cal U or another accredited institution prior to regular admission or after conditional admission
• 3 credits Statistics

 Foundation Courses for the MBA

• Applicants may remove deficiencies in the following MBA foundation courses at Cal U or another accredited institution prior to regular admission or after conditional admission
• 3 credits Financial Accounting

• 3 credits Principles of Microeconomics or 3 credits of Elements of Economics
• To satisfy your outstanding foundation course requirements you may take the courses with Cal U, take the equivalent course at another accredited school, take CLEP tests, or take the equivalent course with Peregrine Academics.   

 How to Apply:

• Complete the Graduate School Application
• Submit the nonrefundable $35 Application Fee
• Mail official transcript to:

School of Graduate Studies and Research
California University of Pennsylvania
Box 91
250 University Ave. 
California, PA 15419

For additional information:
Email: calugo@calu.edu
Phone: 1.866.595.6348