Graduate Entry Pathway Admissions
Requirements for Admission
Applications to the Graduate Entry Pathway Master of Science program will be considered when all of the following have been received:
application fee made payable to the University of Massachusetts;
official transcripts of college graduation from an accredited institution and all other colleges and universities attended, including prerequisite courses if taken outside of a degree program;
official report of GRE scores from tests taken within last five years;
three letters of recommendation from people with whom the applicant has been in contact within the last five years. Two letters must be an academic reference from a person with an advanced degree, and one must be a work-related reference from a person who has been in a position to evaluate the applicant’s work performance;
a clear personal statement of professional goals related to specialty of choice; and
two short essays.
Qualified applicants will be admitted on a space-available basis.
Application Deadline: January 15th
Prerequisites
Applicants should have a minimal grade of C or better in the following courses within the last five years. Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better in undergraduate studies.
two courses in anatomy and physiology with lab;
one course in microbiology with lab;
two courses in the social sciences (examples: Introduction to Sociology and Psychology);
one course in college-level statistics (five-year time constraint does not apply to statistics course);
computer competence at the user level, including disk and file management and word processing;
proficiency in reading and writing in the English language. Applicants whose native language is not English must supply their Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results; and
- CPR Certification for Health Providers (BLS) by the American Heart Association