MS-PhD Qualifications
Applicants to the Hartford PhD program should have the following qualifications:
- Master's degree with a major in nursing. Individuals with a Master's degree in other fields will be considered.
- Recommended Graduate GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- Graduate Record Examination scores taken within 5 years are required. Recommended scores greater than 50th percentile on verbal and quantitative tests and greater than 4.0/6.0 on the analytic writing score.
- Extraordinary potential for a research career with a positive impact on health care.
Students who will be most successful in this program are self-motivated, mature, independent learners who are flexible and patient with the use of technology in education. While the program is designed to overcome traditional barriers to doctoral education and recognizes students will continue to maintain some level of employment, successful students will recognize that pursuing doctoral education requires strong commitment and setting priorities.
Scientific development requires active participation by every learner. Discussion and active participant learning is a cornerstone of doctoral education and creates a community of learning. Therefore students are expected to attend and participate in all scheduled videoconferencing classes and annual on-campus sessions. In addition, the successful student will have a well focused interest in an area that is complimentary to the research interests of a least one of the faculty members in the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence.
For more information about the gerontology PhD program contact contact Jan Abramson by e-mail, jan.abramson@nurs.utah.edu or phone, (801) 587-8390.