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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Nursing Education Graduate Certificate
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This graduate certificate prepares nurses for a career as nurse educators in both academic and nursing service settings. Nursing education involves curriculum design and development, resource management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and application of technology, information systems, knowledge, and critical thinking. Home unit: College of Nursing .
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Campus Code
Distance Education Graduate Certificate Type
Add-On Stand-Alone Admissions Standards/Procedures
- Admitted to a UT Knoxville graduate program and in good academic standing OR hold a Master’s degree or higher.
- Submit an application to be formally admitted to the certificate through the Office of Graduate Admissions.
- Submit an essay addressing College of Nursing essay prompts.
- Provide 2 references from previous faculty, supervisors, or health care providers with a Master’s degree or higher.
Academic Standards
The College of Nursing will observe the following grading scale: | A = 92 – 100 |
4 quality points |
| B+ = 88 – 91 |
3.3 quality points |
| B = 83 – 87 |
3 quality points |
| C+ = 78 – 82 |
2.3 quality points |
| C = 75 – 77 |
2 quality points |
| D = 67 – 74 |
1 quality point |
| F = 66 or below |
0 quality points |
Credit Hours Required
A minimum 12 graduate credit hours Required Courses
You are required to take the two nursing courses (6 credit hours) listed below and an additional 6 credit hours of education courses selected from distance education courses offered by the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and in consultation with the Nursing Education Certificate Coordinator. |
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