University of Maryland

Nursing Programs Offered

Accelerated MSN Programs
BSN Programs
DNP Programs (Doctor of Nursing Practice)
RN Programs
RN to BSN Programs
RN to MSN Programs

BSN Program Details

The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) offers a competitive and rigorous undergraduate program. As a student in this program, you will be educated in an environment where evidence creates the foundation for curriculum and practice. You will have access to faculty who are leaders in their fields, scientists who are on the cutting edge of nursing research, and expert clinicians who will become your mentors. You will hone your nursing skills in state-of-the-art facilities and build relationships with other highly motivated students. Your clinical experiences will be stimulating and varied. By the time you complete your degree, you will be prepared to apply your comprehensive skills and leadership abilities in a wide variety of settings. In addition, your BSN degree will qualify you for graduate study in nursing.

Before matriculating, all students (both traditional BSN and RN-BSN) must complete a minimum of 59 credits of required, lower-division coursework in the social and behavioral sciences, the natural and physical sciences and the arts and humanities. All bachelor's students (both traditional BSN and RN-BSN) must complete their degree program within five years of matriculation.

MSN Program Details

Master's degree program outcomes are formulated on the clear assumption that graduate education builds upon undergraduate education. Graduate education is an intensive and analytic expansion of knowledge, enabling the perception and development of new and more complex relationships that affect nursing. Graduate education provides and ensures further opportunity for our students to think conceptually, to apply theory and research to practice, and to develop in-depth knowledge in a specialized area of advanced practice nursing.

RN to MSN Program Details

The RN Master of Science (RN-MS) option gives individuals the opportunity to earn both the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and the MS degree in Health Services Leadership and Management. The curriculum combines elements of the BSN program with the MS program by substituting the master's core courses for BSN core courses. This option is designed for both registered nurses with a baccalaureate degree in another discipline and for registered nurses who do not have a baccalaureate degree but possess the background and ability to pursue leadership and specialty preparation at the master's level. The RN-MS is offered at UMSON; however, some of the courses may be taken at The Universities at Shady Grove and online. Full-time and part-time options are available. RN-MS students must complete the full course of study within six years.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Details

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a practice-focused doctorate based on the recommendations of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's "Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing" and on their "Essentials of the Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice." Master's prepared nurses who hold positions such as nurse executives, nurse informaticians, nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners are ideal candidates for this terminal professional doctoral degree.