These requirements are for students meeting the 2022-2023 catalog and after.
Required Coursework
This is a four year part-time program. Dates, times and locations of individual courses are subject to change based on department requirements. 75 credits are required. There are a total of 1020 clinical hours.
Year One Coursework
Semester Offered | Course | Credits |
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Fall | NURS 615 Foundations of Advanced Nursing | 3 |
Fall | NURS 835 Ethical Issues Influencing Practice and Research in Health Disciplines | 2 |
Fall | NURS 760 Advance Concepts in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | 3 |
Spring | NURS 860 Health Operations and Financial Management in Nurse Leaders | 3 |
Spring | NURS 623 Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: Applied to Advance Practice Nursing | 4 |
Spring | PHA 738 Health Informatics | 1 |
Summer | NURS 670 Health Policy, Legislation, Economics and Ethics | 3 |
Summer | NURS750 Transformational Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
Summer | NURS 875 DNP Intensive | 1 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester
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Year Two Coursework
Semester offered | Course | Credits |
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Fall | NURS 631 Advanced Assessment Across the Lifespan and Lab | 4 |
Fall | HSC 631 Biostatistics I | 3 |
Fall | NURS 875 DNP Intensive | 1-9 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Spring | NURS 850 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations for Evidence Based Care | 3 |
Spring | NURS 875 DNP Intensive | 1 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Summer | NURS 855 Transitional Research in Health Care | 3 |
Summer | PHA 645 Pharmacotherapeutics Across the lifespan: Application to Advanced Practice | 4 |
Summer | NURS 780 Clinical Genetics and Genomics-Advanced Concepts | 1 |
Year Three Coursework
Semester offered | Course | Credits |
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Fall | NURS 733 Psychopathological Disorders Across the Lifespan | 3 |
Fall | NURS 734 Theories and Interventions for Individuals and Groups | 2 |
Fall | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Spring | NURS 732 Psychopharmacology and Neurobiology Across the Lifespan | 2 |
Spring | NURS 735 Advanced Psychiatric Assessment and Differential Diagnosis Across the Lifespan | 2 |
Spring | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Spring | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Summer | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Year Four Coursework
Semester offered | Course | Credits |
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Fall | NURS 781 Clinical Epidemiology - Advanced Concepts | 1 |
Fall | NURS 736 Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Across the Lifespan I | 4 |
Fall | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Spring | NURS 737 Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Across the Lifespan II | 5 |
Spring | NURS 880 DNP Project | 1-8 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |
Summer | NURS 875 DNP Intensive | 5 8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester |