This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the College of Nursing program at Montana State University. A general description of the undergraduate program, admission information, transfer credit policies, and other relevant information are provided so that you can make the most informed decision regarding whether our program is the right one for you. We hope that you find it useful and encourage you to contact us should you have any questions that you can not readily find answers to on our web site.
The "Caring for Our Own: A Reservation/University Partnership", or CO-OP program, is a nationally recognized partnership of university nursing educators with tribal leaders, reservation-based educators and native health professionals, many of whom are graduates of MSU in clinical practice and health care administration on the reservations. We are looking for students who would like to provide the very best health care available to their own people and are willing to pursue university-level education in order to do so.
Students are admitted to Montana State University into Pre-Nursing. You are admitted to Nursing once you have been accepted to Upper Division (junior and senior level nursing courses) with the College of Nursing's application for upper division placement.
Find out more about the Nursing upper division placement
application process.
Answers to commonly asked questions about the
BSN program and placement process are available on our Frequently
Asked Questions page.
Use our online form to request
information about our BSN program.
MSU's core curriculum is focused on inquiry-based learning and is required for all students have entered after Fall 2004.