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The graduate Certificate in Forensic Healthcare (CERT-FOHC) equips professionals to thrive in this growing specialty by leveraging comprehensive academic training in forensic medicine to support survivors of violent incidents and traumatic experiences. This Forensic Healthcare Certificate program is designed for licensed registered nurses who possess a bachelor's degree in nursing and maintain an active, unrestricted RN License. Completion of the certificate does not mandate any clinical practice hours.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and active, unencumbered RN license.
Recommended 3.0 GPA on all undergraduate and graduate course work
Community service
Leadership and involvement in extracurricular and/or professional activities
Military service
History of withdrawals, repeats or failures
You are an international graduate applicant if you:
are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States (or applicant for permanent residency) AND
you have not graduated from a Texas high school after three years in residence in Texas AND
hold a bachelor’s or professional degree (or equivalent)
Test Scores Accepted by Texas A&M University
The following global test scores are acceptable to meet the ELP Requirement for admission and registration:
Minimum TOEFL-iBT score of 80 (in person or Home Edition) from a test date within two years (Texas A&M University does not accept the MyBest TOEFL score)
Minimum TOEFL Essentials score of 8.5 from a test date within two years (Texas A&M University does not accept the MyBest TOEFL score)
Minimum IELTS Academic test score of 6.0 overall band from a test date within two years (Texas A&M University does not accept the IELTS General test)
GRE Verbal Reasoning score of at least 146 (subject to departmental approval) from a test date within five years; or
GMAT Verbal Score of at least 77 on the new scale or 22 on the old scale (subject to departmental approval) from a test date within five years.