Nursing Science Curriculum

Core Courses

• NURS 7301 - Development of Nursing Knowledge [3 Credits]
• NURS 7306 - Health Policy and Politics [3 Credits]
• NURS 7307 - Theory Development in Nursing [3 Credits]
• HLSC 7101 - Ethics in Biomedical Sciences [3 credits]

Investigation/Methods

• BIOS 6102 Biostatistical Methods II [3 Credits]*
• NURS 7320 - Conceptual Basis for Nursing Investigation [3 Credits]
• NURS 7321 - Methodological Issues in Nursing Investigation [3 Credits]
• NURS 7303 - Quantitative Research Design [3 Credits]
• NURS 7304 - Measurement of Nursing Phenomena [3 Credits]
• NURS 7305 - Qualitative Research Design [3 Credits]
• NURS 7322 - Proposal Development [3 Credits]

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• NURS 7323 - Qualitative Research Methods [3 Credits] or
• NURS 7324 - Quantitative Research Methods [3 Credits]

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• NURS 7800 - Doctoral Seminar [3 credits]

Scholarship/Integration (Support)

(Minimum of 12 hours required)

• NURS 7370 - Graduate Nursing Education [3 Credits]
• NURS 7371 - Role of Graduate Faculty in the Academic Community [3 Credits]
• NURS 7364 - Clinician as Consultant I [3 Credits]
• NURS 7366 - Clinician as Consultant II [3 Credits]
• Nursing Support Course [3 Credits]
• Non- Nursing Support Course [3 Credits]

Dissertation

(3 credit hours per semester)

• NURS 8000 - Dissertation [3 Credits]

Total: 60 Credits