Required Coursework
Coursework is delivered online. 90 total credits required. These requirements are for students meeting the 2023-2024 catalog and after. 90 total credits required with 31 core, 6 statistics, 27-130 electives* and 23-26 dissertation.
| Semester offered | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | HSC 631 Biostatistics I | 3 |
| Spring* | HSC 731 Biostatistics II | 3 |
| Fall | NURS 615 Foundations of Advanced Nursing | 3 |
| Spring | NURS 675 Cultivating a Practice Of Cultural Humility In Healthcare | 3 |
| Summer | NURS 670 Health Policy, Legislation, Economics and Ethics | 3 |
| Fall | NURS 810 Doctoral Seminar | 1 |
| Fall | NURS 815 Philosophical Basis for Nursing Inquiry | 3 |
| Spring | NURS 820 Theory Development in Nursing | 3 |
| Spring (even years) | NURS 825 Qualitative Research Methods in Nursing | 3 |
| Summer (even years) | NURS 830 Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research | 3 |
| Fall | NURS 890 Doctoral Seminar II | 1 |
| Fall | NURS 835 Ethical Issues Influencing Practice and Research in Health | 2 |
| Spring (odd years) | NURS 845 Measurement and Instrument Evaluation in Health Sciences Research | 3 |
| Fall (odd years) | NURS 840 Health Promotion Theory and Research | 3 |
| Variable | NURS 898 Dissertation 23-26 credits required | 23-26 |
| Variable | ELECTIVE CREDITS As approved by the student's advisory committee. Three credits must be either an additional statistics course or a methods course. | 27-30 |
Footnotes
*HSC 731 – Biostatistics II is offered every spring. The plan of study will include 9 credits if it is taken in the second semester of the Ph.D. core course sequence immediately following HSC 631. Alternatively, it may be taken concurrently with NURS 845 later in the program with the 6 core course semester credits.