Nursing–RN to MScN Alternate Admission

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NOTE: We are no longer accepting applications for the RN to MScN program for Fall/Winter 2012 entry.

This is an exciting and innovative option offered for the first time in Ontario. The alternate admissions process enables a registered nurse who is a graduate of a diploma or hospital program to fast-track to an MScN program after fulfilling foundational academic requirements.

Potential applicants will be nurses with a diploma and strong academic potential, currently working in leadership positions. Qualified applicants would be admitted to the Faculty of Health as visiting students until they complete the alternate admission requirements of upper-level courses in nursing at the undergraduate level in preparation for graduate study. Students who successfully complete the 30-credit baccalaureate equivalency are not awarded a baccalaureate degree, but are deemed eligible for graduate studies.

Applying for RN to MScN Alternate Admission

To apply for this program, please complete an undergraduate application. Use York's online application since you'll be applying as a visiting student (on the application, select Option 4, and then choose “Health” as the Faculty). Make sure you meet all of the admission requirements below.

The undergraduate program will be offered as a full-time option over three terms and/or as a part-time option over five terms.

Continuation into the Graduate Program

Upon successful completion of the 30 undergraduate credits with a minimum grade of B+, students will be eligible to continue in the MScN program.

Graduate funding

Note that students who continue into the MScN program will not be eligible for graduate entrance scholarships or graduate funding packages. It is imperative that student have funding secured prior to application.

Degrees Offered

Degrees Offered:

	Full time	Part time
MScN	X	X

Deadlines and Dates

Deadlines and Dates:

Deadline date means: Date a completed application package is received by York.
Start Date	September (fall)
Deadlines	January 15: fall (part time and full time) EXTENDED TO: February 15

What you need to apply to this program

Minimum Admission Requirements:

Type	Requirements
Academic (GPA)	B+ International Students: refer to the international credentials information for your country.
Language Proficiency Do you need?	TOEFL Paper-based: 600 Computer-based: 250 iBT: 100 IELTS Overall Band Score: 7.5 YELT (York English Language Test) Band: 1
Recommendations	3; one reference must reflect significant contribution to leadership and clinical practice; there must be one academic reference
Other	Minimum five years’ work experience as a Registered Nurse in Canada; Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario; proof of membership and liability protection with the RNAO (needed for NURS 5400); Statement of intent letter; A portfolio, used to determine significant accomplishments to the nursing profession and exceptional promise to be successful in the graduate program.

Because the number of applicants greatly exceeds the number of positions available, meeting our minimum admission requirements is not a guarantee of admission.

Application Mailing Addresses

Address:

Completed Application Package means:
1. Use York University's undergraduate online application.
2. Send all required and supplementary documents and materials in a single package. (Exception: official transcripts sent to York directly from previous educational institutions. Official transcripts must come directly from, and bear the unbroken seal of, the issuing institution.)
Mail or Courier Completed Application Package to:

Mail
York University
Office of Graduate Admissions
P.O. Box GA2300
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
CANADA M3J 1P3

Courier
York University
Office of Graduate Admissions
W322 Bennett Centre for Student Services
99 Ian MacDonald Blvd
Toronto, ON
CANADA M3J 1P3

Nursing–RN to MScN Alternate Admission

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