Applicants may submit transcripts to the School of Nursing. Copies will be forwarded to the Owen Graduate School of Management. The School of Nursing offers several options for entry into the M.S.N. program for applicants who do not hold a B.S.N. degree. Students enter the pre-specialty component where they complete 42 hours of generalist courses. They then complete a minimum of 39 hours in courses for a nursing specialty.
Students enter into the pre-specialty program.
After completing 42 hours of pre-specialty courses, they complete a minimum of 39 hours in a nursing specialty. Humanities courses are those concerned with human thought, including literature, classics, drama, fine arts, history, philosophy, and religion. Technical or skill courses such as applied music or studio art are not acceptable as humanities courses. An introductory course in statistics that includes descriptive and inferential statistical techniques is required. Math 127-128, Math 180, Math 233, or Psychology 2101P are the courses offered at Vanderbilt that fulfill this requirement.