Post-Master’s FNP Certificate Application Process
Take your healthcare career to the next level.
A Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate empowers you to a rewarding career making an even bigger impact on people’s lives.
Your graduate transcript needs to demonstrate successful completion (B or better) of current 3-credit pharmacology and pathophysiology courses. These two classes are pre-requisites to starting the post-master’s FNP certificate program and are offered during the fall semester. If you need either or both of these courses, please go ahead and apply to the program and explain your intent on completing these courses prior to your program start date. If you have graduate-level transfer courses to consider for equivalency, please be sure they are listed on your graduate transcripts and we will advise you through the process.
Applications are now being accepted for the January cohort. The priority application deadline is April 1st with decisions mailed to applicants by May 1st. Applications received after priority application deadline are considered if space is available.
Eligibility Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 / 4.0 or higher on any undergraduate work
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 / 4.0 or higher on any graduate work
- Must have current unencumbered license as a registered nurse
- Earned master’s degree with a major in nursing from an nationally accredited program of nursing
- Successful completion of a graduate-level pharmacology course (3 credit hours) within the past five years with a minimum grade of B.
- Successful completion a graduate-level pathophysiology course (3 credit hours) within the past five years with a minimum grade of B.
Application Requirements
In order to apply for the Post-Master’s FNP Certificate program, you must submit the following:
- Completed online application
- Official transcript(s) of all collegiate work (graduate and undergraduate courses) from accredited institutions
- Two letters of recommendation from individuals knowledgeable of your professional or academic experience.
- A current résumé
- Personal career statement (limit 500 words)
- Must pass a background check or provide a current background check
International Application Requirements
- College transcripts. Course-by-course transcript evaluations, translated in English and converted to a US grading scale, must be requested by WES, World Education Services, wes.org, or ECE, Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc, ece.org.
- Official TOEFL scores (We require a minimum score of 62 for the internet based test and 500 on the paper based test). Other English proficiency tests may be accepted and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
All application materials should be submitted to:
Office of Admissions
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
1 St Mary of Woods Coll
Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana 47876
800-926-7692
admissions@smwc.edu
