A minimum of 77 credits is required, depending on certification exam requirements and course waivers: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (79-85 cr.), Family Nurse Practitioner (77-83 cr.), Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (80-86 cr.), and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (84-90 cr.)
1 This course can be taken over several semesters, 6 credits are required. 2 Required for FNP students. 3 Required for FPNP students. 4 Required for AGNP students. 5 Required for ACNP students.
Requirements (for the MSN with advanced practice certification).
Thirty-seven credits are required for students who have a MSN and are certified to complete the DNP program. The total number of credits can be reduced to a minimum of 34 by waiving up to three credits of coursework if comparable graduate coursework has been taken.
1This course is designated for students admitted to the MSN to DNP track only.
Transfer Credit
Up to six hours of graduate credit may be transferred and six hours of graduate credit waived into the DNP program by students admitted to either the RN or BSN track. Students admitted to the MSN track may waive up to three hours of graduate credit and transfer up to six hours of graduate credit into the DNP program. Transfers and waivers are made in accordance with the policies of the DNP graduate program committee, if comparable graduate coursework has been taken.
