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PhD Curriculum

Full Time 

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Summer I: Orientation

NUR 8900  Issues and Trends in Health Care 
                & Health Delivery Systems

Summer I:  Orientation

NUR 8900 Issues and Trends in Health Care
               & Health Delivery Systems

Fall 1

NUR 9511 Dissertation Seminar I (1 credit)
NUR 9502 Philosophy & Science of Nursing
NUR 9505 Statistical Analysis I
NUR 9501 Concepts in Health and Culture

Fall 1

NUR 9502 Philosophy & Science of Nursing
NUR 9505 Statistical Analysis I
NUR 9511 Dissertation Seminar I (1 credit)

Spring 1

NUR 9512 Dissertation Seminar II (1 credit)
NUR 9503 Quantitative Research Design
               & Methods
NUR 9506 Statistical Analysis II
NUR 8951 Principles of Assessment,
               Measurement & Evaluation

Spring 1

NUR 9503 Quantitative Research Design
               & Methods
NUR 9506 Statistical Analysis II
NUR 9512 Dissertation Seminar II (1 credit)

Summer 2

NUR 9509 Philosophy of Higher Education
NUR 9504 Qualitative Research Design
               & Methods

Summer 2

NUR 9509 Philosophy of Higher Education
NUR 9504 Qualitative Research Design
                & Methods

Fall 2

NUR 9513 Dissertation Seminar III (1 credit)
NUR 9500 Social Ethics and Healthcare
NUR 8950 Curriculum Design in Nursing
               Education
NUR 8952 Teaching Strategies in Nursing

Fall 2

NUR 9513 Dissertation Seminar III (1 credit)
NUR 9500 Social Ethics and Healthcare
NUR 9501 Concepts in Health and Culture

Spring 2

NUR 8954 Practicum in Nursing Education
NUR 8500 American Higher Education Cognate

Spring 2

NUR 8951 Principles of Assessment,
               Measurement & Evaluation
NUR 8500 American Higher Education

Summer 3

NUR 9514 Advanced Research Design

Summer 3

NUR 9514 Advanced Research Design Cognate

 

 

Fall 3

NUR 8950 Curriculum in Nursing Education
NUR 8952Teaching Strategies

NUR 9508 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation
               until completion of program

Spring 3

NUR 8954 Practicum in Nursing Education

NUR 9508 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation
               until completion of program

 

TOTAL: 51 semester credits (typical)

 

TOTAL: 51 semester credits (typical)
 

Students must be enrolled in NUR 9508 during the semester in which they defend their dissertation. Students must be enrolled in NUR 9508 during the semester in which they defend their dissertation.

"I believe that a PhD in nursing education is the most appropriate educational path to provide me with the knowledge and skills to become a nurse educator, nurse researcher, and nursing leader in the 21st century."

Joanne Schwartz, MSN, CRNP
Doctoral student


Course numbers may be created for independent studies which may fulfill cognate requirements and/or be substitutions for courses students do not need for various reasons.

After completion of course work, students will enroll in Doctoral Dissertation Continuation until defense of dissertation.