Master of Science in Nursing
Welcome to Graduate Nursing!
The College of Nursing and Health Professions at USI strives to ensure our graduate students are successful in their professional, personal, and academic careers. Graduates of our MSN program are able to integrate critical thinking, independent judgment, provide leadership, synthesize knowledge, and promote the essential values of caring in their professional and personal lives. We have created this website to provide prospective and current students one central location to easily obtain information about the program.
Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) the Graduate Nursing program is offered online with no required campus visits.
Fall and spring courses are 16 weeks in length; summer course offerings are 10 weeks long.
We offer admission into the program once a year and work with our students to provide a Plan of Study that allows for timely graduation and achievement of their goals.
The Graduate Nursing Program offers the following specialty areas:
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
- Clinical Nurse Specialist (CSN)
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP)
- Nursing Education (NED)
- Nursing Management and Leadership (NML)
Additional information about the University may be found at http://www.usi.edu. We also welcome student visits on campus that are arranged through the USI Office of Admission.
Mayola Rowser, PhD, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP
Director of Graduate Nursing
University of Southern Indiana
mrowser@usi.edu
Accreditation is an indication of public approbation, attesting to the quality of the educational programs and the continued commitment of the sponsoring institution to support the programs. For further information about the accreditation of these programs, please contact the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education at the following address: One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, D.C. 20036-1120, Phone (202) 887-6791.
