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University of Florida Graduate School
The College of Nursing offers a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Nursing
Practice (D.N.P.). The program prepares advanced practice nurses with the
knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in today's complex health care environment
and produces advanced practice nurses with educational background comparable to
health care practitioners in other fields.
Admission: To be considered for the D.N.P. program, students must meet the
following minimum requirements:
— A bachelor of science in nursing degree for the BSN/DNP program or a master's
degree in nursing for the post master's DNP program
— A GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
— A score of 500 or higher on each of the verbal and quantitative sections of the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
— Completion of the GRE analytical section.
— Current licensure (or eligibility) in the state of Florida
Program of study: The D.N.P. program consists of 93 credits that can be completed
in 8 semesters of full-time study or 14 semesters of part-time study. Students who
already have an M.S.N. degree are able to satisfy the requirements of the D.N.P.
curriculum upon completion of 48 credits.
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Doctor of Plant Medicine
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences offers an interdisciplinary program
leading to the degree of Doctor of Plant Medicine (D.P.M.). The D.P.M. degree is
awarded after a 3- to 4-year program of graduate study. Foreign languages are not
required. The program leading to the D.P. M. degree is administered by the College
of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Graduate School.
Admission: Students must meet the following minimum requirements:
— B.S. or B.A. degree, preferably in biological, agricultural, or health science.
— A 3.00 grade point average in upper-division courses.
— A program specific acceptable score on the GRE General Test.
— Applicants from countries where English is not the native language must also
achieve a satisfactory score on one of the following: TOEFL (Test of English as a
Foreign Language: computer=213, paper=550, web= 80), IELTS (International
English Language Testing System: 6), MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment
Battery: 77) or successful completion of the University of Florida English Language
Institute program.
— Evidence of good potential for academic success in at least three letters of
recommendation.
— Evidence of acceptable skills in written expression through personal statements
briefly describing their backgrounds, reasons, and career goals for studying plant
medicine.
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