Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)

ID:UMD10102

Level:1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Applicants follow the general procedures for graduate degree acceptance into the master's degree program, but in an abbreviated form.
Apply and submit all required application materials to the Office of Graduate Studies.
Required materials
Statement of purpose: minimum 300 words
Official transcripts: from all post-secondary institutions attended (regardless if a credential is earned or not)
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English Requirements

Application for taking the GRE, GMAT or TOEFL may be made by contacting the appropriate branch of the Educational Testing Service. Applicants should request that official test results be sent to the Graduate Office, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Institution Code #3786).
Graduate Record Examination. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is required of applicants for admission to many, but not all, degree programs. In addition, some programs require the GRE Subject Test. Consult the specific program listings in this catalogue and the table in the application instructions booklet. Applicants must have taken the examination within five years of the anticipated date of admission.
Test of English as a Foreign Language. International applicants to any of UMass Dartmouth graduate programs are required to submit results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The TOEFL/IELTS requirement is waived for:
- Applicants with undergraduate degree from the United States or from countries where English is an Official Language and the Language of Instruction in Higher Education. (See list of countries below *)
- Applicants with a degree earned from the American University in Beirut, American University in Bulgaria, The American College of Greece, or from Bogazici University in Turkey.
- Applicants who can demonstrate that they have completed at least two academic semesters of full-time college/university study (excluding ESL or test-prep) in the USA by the date of submission of the application for admission to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Course Information

Nurses who earn the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) at UMass Dartmouth will have completed the required coursework and clinical experiences for certification as Adult-Gereontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (AGPCNP) by the American Credentialing Center (ANCC). This program track consists of 24 total credit hours and 500 hours of faculty-supervised clinical hours. Eligible applicants have a masters degree or doctoral degree in nursing.

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