TTUHSC on-campus intensives, skills labs and OSCEs
TTUHSC's online graduate programs still bring students to campus. The MSN nurse practitioner and midwifery tracks plan on 7-8 campus days across the whole program with OSCEs in Lubbock, the BSN to DNP asks for a visit at least once a semester, and the Post-Master's DNP meets twice each semester. Many of those days fall inside clinical semesters, so they shape your preceptor's schedule too.
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Campus time, program by program
How much time you spend on a TTUHSC campus depends heavily on your program. The program pages and the archived graduate FAQ set these expectations:
| Program | Campus expectation | Where |
|---|---|---|
| MSN NP tracks (FNP, AGACNP, PNP, PMHNP) | 7-8 days across the entire program: an intensive, skills labs and OSCEs | OSCEs in Lubbock |
| MSN Nurse-Midwifery | 7-8 days across the program, including orientation and the advanced skills and health assessment practicum | TTUHSC campuses (not named) |
| BSN to DNP (FNP, PMHNP) | At least once per semester, visits of 1-2 days | Lubbock, with some intensives in Austin and Dallas |
| Post-Master's DNP | Intensives twice a semester, three days each | Anchored in Lubbock, with travel to Austin and Dallas |
| MSN Nursing Education | 2-3 days during the program | Not stated |
| MSN Leadership | Described as 100% online | None listed |
Post-graduate NP certificates are listed as online with an on-campus intensive and skills labs, since they share the MSN tracks' clinical courses and the campus notes attached to them.
MSN NP tracks: the intensive, skills labs and OSCE
Three kinds of campus requirement run through the MSN nurse practitioner plans. Advanced Health Assessment carries the note "Requires on-campus intensive": NURS 5342 in some plans, and NURS 5430 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning in the AGACNP and pediatric tracks and in the FNP plan for students admitted after Summer 2026. Each population-focus clinical course is marked "Requires on-campus skills lab." And the catalog flags the FNP Practicum, NURS 6660, for an on-campus OSCE.
The archived graduate FAQ places OSCEs in Lubbock and says "Dates for OSCEs are given to students a couple of months in advance." The catalog lines themselves do not name a campus for each intensive or skills lab, so your course site in D2L and your course faculty are the source for where each session happens.
Because skills labs sit inside the clinical courses, campus days land in the same semesters as your preceptor hours. NURS 5541 Primary Care II carries the note, as do the pediatric primary care courses such as NURS 5580 and the AGACNP courses through the NURS 6400 Immersion. The FNP clinical courses guide shows where those courses fall.
BSN to DNP: a campus visit most semesters
TTUHSC's BSN to DNP pages are specific: "Students should plan on coming to campus at least once per semester. Some intensives will be in Austin and Dallas while the remainder will be in Lubbock. On campus visits typically last 1-2 days per visit."
The PMHNP plan shows what that looks like. Orientation happens on campus in the first Summer, with a four-hour intensive for NURS 6304. An on-campus OSCE comes in the third semester, a second, on-campus intensive in the sixth, and a telehealth OSCE for NURS 6603 in the seventh. The eighth semester has two on-campus intensives, one in Austin, and OSCEs attach to NURS 7450, NURS 7451 and the final practicum. Several semesters use virtual intensives instead.
From the sixth semester on, most of those events sit beside a clinical course carrying 120 to 240 precepted hours, so the visit and the preceptor's calendar have to fit together. The BSN to DNP 1,080-hour guide lays out those courses.
Post-Master's DNP executive sessions
The Post-Master's DNP follows its own rhythm. TTUHSC's program page says its intensives take place twice a semester for three days each, anchored on the Lubbock campus with travel to Austin and Dallas, and the catalog describes "executive sessions" averaging three days, twice during the semester. The web plan, labeled for students beginning Summer 2027, marks every course as requiring on-campus intensives. The program admits in Summer only, so the first sessions arrive in your opening term.
Across six consecutive semesters, that is a steady travel pattern running alongside practicum hours, which in this program may take place at the student's own workplace. Nurse leaders who block campus weeks on their work calendar a semester ahead have the smoothest time. The Post-Master's DNP guide covers the plan of study.
The simulation centers behind campus days
TTUHSC's simulation program runs seven sites, and the catalog describes them supporting interprofessional learning across TTUHSC's schools. In Lubbock, the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center shares the School of Nursing's 4th Street address. The TTUHSC Dallas Simulation Center and the Mansfield Simulation Center serve the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Mansfield's space is set up to simulate both acute and primary care settings. Abilene, Amarillo and Midland have sites as well, and in Odessa the Louise and Clay Wood Simulation Center sits inside Medical Center Hospital.
TTUHSC does not publish which center hosts a given graduate intensive or skills lab, beyond the FAQ's note that OSCEs are held in Lubbock.
Pack for testing. TTUHSC requires a personal laptop in every SON program for on-campus testing, exams and classroom activities, and online exams may run through Proctorio. The student systems guide covers the logins you will need.
Fitting campus days around your preceptor
Campus days are part of the clinical semester, not a pause in it. A preceptor who expects you every Tuesday and Thursday needs to hear well ahead that you will be in Lubbock for two days mid-term. OSCE dates arrive a couple of months in advance, which is plenty of time if you pass them on the day you get them.
Distance adds up. From Amarillo, Midland or Abilene, a Lubbock visit is a drive; from Houston or out of state it means a flight and nights away, and each travel day is a day without clinical hours.
TTUHSC students choose us because we plan placements with the campus calendar already in them. We share your intensive and OSCE windows with the preceptor at the outset, set weekly hour targets that absorb travel weeks, and keep a backup ready if a preceptor's availability shifts. Start with the form below, or read how it works.
Give your preceptor your campus dates on day one. Skills labs and OSCEs fall in the same semesters as your clinical hours, and the hours you miss for travel still have to be completed.
Questions TTUHSC students ask
How many times do TTUHSC online MSN NP students come to campus?
TTUHSC's archived graduate FAQ says the MSN nurse practitioner and nurse-midwifery tracks require students on campus for 7-8 days during the entire program. Those days cover the Advanced Health Assessment intensive, skills labs tied to population-focus clinical courses, and OSCEs. Exact dates come through your courses, with OSCE dates shared a couple of months ahead.
Where are TTUHSC nursing OSCEs held?
For the MSN nurse practitioner tracks, the archived graduate FAQ places OSCEs in Lubbock. DNP students may sit OSCEs on campus or by telehealth depending on the course; the BSN to DNP PMHNP plan, for example, lists a telehealth OSCE for NURS 6603. Confirm each location with your course faculty, since the catalog lines name no campus.
Do BSN to DNP students always travel to Lubbock?
No. TTUHSC says some BSN to DNP intensives take place in Austin and Dallas, with the rest in Lubbock, and a visit usually lasts one to two days. Plan on at least one campus visit every semester. Several semesters in the PMHNP plan use virtual intensives, which reduces travel in those terms.
Is the TTUHSC MSN Leadership track fully online?
TTUHSC's archived graduate FAQ describes the Administration/Leadership track as 100% online. Leadership students still complete four practicums at practice sites, so an online format does not mean a program without field work. The Nursing Education track, by contrast, asks for two to three campus days during the program.
What should I bring to a TTUHSC intensive?
A personal laptop, at minimum: every SON program requires one for on-campus testing, exams and classroom activities. Check your course site in D2L for the session agenda and any OSCE instructions, confirm your eRaider login works before you leave home, and share your travel dates with your preceptor early.
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Last checked 2026-09-26
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