TTU School of Nursing, in collaboration with the other five Tennessee Board of Regents universities, offers an MSN-RODP program leading to the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). By choosing Tennessee Tech as your “home school,” you’re able to earn an MSN with your choice of the following concentrations: Nursing Education, Nursing Administration, Nursing Informatics, or Family Nurse Practitioner.
All coursework is done online, and you have a choice of preceptors to complete the clinical experiences. For most Registered Nurses, this program gives you an achievable way to further your education while continuing your job responsibilities.
The checklist below will guide you through the process of applying for the program and navigating through the administrative procedures of the program.
This document is intended only as a checklist to guide you in
successfully completing the MSN-RODP program. All policies for
the program can be found on the RODP web site.
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Apply for the MSN-RODP program through
the RODP web site at http://www.rodp.org/msn/. Choose your concentration
of study and your home school. |
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Complete all RODP requirements to be accepted into
the MSN-RODP program. |
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Wait for an acceptance letter from RODP. If your
choice of home schools was TTU and RODP approved your choice,
apply for graduate admission at TTU.
If you have questions,
your contact at TTU is Kristi
Loftis,
Academic Advisor for the School of Nursing, at
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To view details of the MSN-RODP program, visit http://www.rodp.org/msn/ and click on the concentration you're interested in. This page will show you
a list of classes you’ll take for your particular
concentration. For a detailed syllabus of each class, click
on the class number link. To see a recommended sequence of
taking the classes, scroll down below the numerical listing
of classes. |
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Keep track of all important dates by visiting http://calendar.tntech.edu and choose the calendars you want to view. At a minimum, keep
track of dates under Academic Calendar and Student Accounts. |
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Whenever possible, be advised and get registered
during early course selection times. Since you probably live
outside the Cookeville area, we won’t require you to
visit campus for advisement and registration.
Send an e-mail
to Kristi Loftis with the classes
you want to take the next semester, and she will e-mail your
Registration
Access Code (RAC) to you. If you’re doing early course
selection during the spring semester, make sure you specify
which classes you want to take summer semester and which
classes you want to take fall semester. |
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Pay your fees by the appropriate date on the student
account calendar. You may do this by check or credit card through
your Eagle Online account. |
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Check your TTU e-mail account frequently. This will
be the method of communication used to send you information.
To find out your TTU e-mail address, look in your Eagle Online
account under Personal Information. For new students, your
e-mail address will be available a few days before classes begin
if your fees have been paid. For directions on setting up your
password, getting into WebCT to do your online classes, or
to find any other information concerning "computing at
TTU", visit www.tntech.edu/its and click on "Welcome to
Students." |
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Before you complete 15 semester hours, visit the
graduate studies web site and print out an Application for Candidacy
and Proposed Program of Study for your particular concentration.
Completely fill out the program with the semester you plan
to complete each class. This plan can be changed at a later
date, but it helps to plan course offerings and clinicals.
Under the column for the semester you plan to take each class,
use the format YYS, where YY is year and S is semester. Fall
semester is F, Spring semester is S, and Summer semester is
M. As an example, summer 2007 would be 07M. |
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Contact Dr. Melissa Geist, Clinical Coordinator for the
MSN-RODP program, at MGeist@tntech.edu at least one semester
before you plan to enroll in clinicals. This time is needed
to get contracts for preceptors in place. Without these contracts,
you will not be able to begin clinicals. |
