What is the ABM program?
Our Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s degree program (ABM) is a program for people who have or will have a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field prior to matriculation but have a particular interest in Psychiatric Mental Health or Nurse Midwifery. These prospective students are wishing to earn their B.S. with a major in nursing quickly so that they are able to move straight on to a master’s specialty program in either our Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Midwifery graduate programs. Applicants with an accredited bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing or those anticipating the degree prior to starting the nursing program must complete eight additional prerequisite courses, which must be taken with a grade of “B-” or better. Once admitted, students will start the program in the summer and complete a generalist nursing curriculum that is comprised of five (5) intensive, consecutive quarters of full-time nursing coursework required to achieve a B.S. with a
