Wittenberg students are given preferential consideration in the application process, although admission to this program is not guaranteed. Either of these degrees may be completed in approximately two years. After completing the first year at Johns Hopkins, students receive their Bachelor of Arts degree from Wittenberg. Similar to the Johns Hopkins program, students complete liberal arts and science courses at Wittenberg in three years, then apply to Case during their junior year. An interesting feature of this program is the required research component, which involves six to twelve months of clinical research.
Students use their research findings to complete their doctoral thesis.
The GRE is a test taken by many students wishing to pursue a masters or doctorate in Nursing. This exam measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills that have been obtained over a long period of time and are not directly related to any particular field of study. These sections are designed to evaluate a student's ability to analyze and evaluate written material, test basic mathematical skills and problem solving techniques, and measure the ability to understand structured sets of relationships. Now given via computer, the GRE can be taken at any time during the first three weeks of any given month.