Post-master's options are available in all clinical areas and in nursing administration and teacher education. Students select a major area of study when they apply for admission. All degree requirements must be met within six years of initial enrollment. The Ph.D. in Nursing Science Degree program, which builds on baccalaureate nursing education, is based on the beliefs that professional nursing is a scientific discipline and that it has a unique role and body of knowledge that can be expanded, applied, and validated through recognized methods of scholarly inquiry. The LPN to A.S.N. mobility program enables students to apply previous nursing education toward earning an Associate of Science in Nursing degree.
Graduates are eligible to take the registered nurse licensure examination.
The RN to M.S.N. educational mobility option is available to qualified registered nurses who do not hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing but who have earned academic credit in addition to their initial registered nurse program. Included are those whose highest academic credential is the diploma in nursing, the A.S.N. degree, or the baccalaureate degree in a non-nursing field. Specific mobility courses are offered on the Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Columbus campuses and through distance education, including the Internet. Prerequisite and selected courses in the nursing major and the RN to B.S.N. mobility option are offered on the Bloomington campus. The headquarters of Sigma Theta Tau International, nursing's honor society, is located on the Indianapolis campus, where it was founded in 1922.