Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Statement of Purpose, minimum 300 words. Unless otherwise indicated in the program requirement details, indicate your graduate study objectives, research interests and experience, and business or industry experience if applicable. If you are applying for a teaching or research assistantship, include any special skills or experience that would assist us in making assistantship decisions. Resume. Transcripts for all post-secondary institutions attended (regardless of whether a credential is earned or not). Unofficial transcripts are accepted for admissions application review, once enrolled a final official transcript is required. International students applying with an transcript evaluation, please submit that document with your unofficial transcripts. International applicants for Data Science must submit semester-by-semester transcripts as well as consolidated transcripts. Candidates must submit the required application materials, university requirements and program-specific requirements, for consideration. Bachelors degree minimum GPA of 3.0 and Masters degree minimum GPA of 3.3. One of these two degrees is from an accredited nursing program. Applicants must be registered nurses and submit copy of RN license. Masters level courses that include exposure to theory and research, and a course in multivariate statistics. For BS-PhD applicants, these will be completed in the program. For BS-PhD applicants, BS minimum GPA of 3.5. International students are not eligible to apply to the BS-PhD program. Two letters of recommendation from people who have supervised the applicant in the academic, professional, or community service setting. If possible, at least one recommendation should be from a doctorally-prepared faculty member who is familiar with the applicants academic work and capacity. The recommendations should address the applicants ability to do graduate work, and potential to advance the discipline of nursing through scholarship. Applicants will be required to provide the recommenders name and email address so we can contact the recommender for the letter of recommendation.Statement of purpose should include research interest and intent. In the first part (up to 250 words), give your reasons for wishing to pursue graduate study. In the second part (up to 1,000 words), indicate your research interests and goals for doctoral study.Scholarly writing samples (for example, a peer reviewed publication or a paper from school), minimum of 10 pages of writing.