Curriculum
The DNS curriculum sequences interrelated coursework
in nursing knowledge, research, investigation (conceptual & methodological
issues), and proposal development with nursing and non nursing support
courses. Formal study is concluded with the successful completion of
the doctoral dissertation.
A curriculum plan for full time students
entering the fall semester may be as follows:
| Fall
Semester |
|
|
| NURS 7301 |
Development of
Nursing Knowledge |
3 |
| NURS 7305 |
Qualitative
Research Design |
3 |
| NURS 7306 |
Nursing and Health
Policy |
3 |
| NURS 7800 |
Doctoral Seminar |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Spring Semester |
|
|
| BIOS 6222 |
Biostatistics II |
3 |
| NURS 7303 |
Quantitative
Research Design |
3 |
| NURS 7320 |
Conceptual
Basis for Nursing Investigation |
3 |
| Support Course |
(Nursing or
Non-Nursing) |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Summer Semester |
|
|
| Support Course |
(Nursing or
Non-Nursing) |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Fall
Semester |
|
|
| NURS 7304 |
Measurement of
Nursing Phenomena |
3 |
| NURS
7321 |
Methodological
Issues in Nursing Investigation |
3 |
| NURS
7307 |
Theory
Development in Nursing |
3 |
| Support
Course |
(Nursing
or Non-Nursing) |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Spring
Semester |
|
| NURS
7322 |
Proposal
Development |
3 |
| HLSC
7101 |
Ethics
in the Biomedical Sciences |
3 |
| NURS
7323 |
Qualitative
Research Methods OR |
3 |
| NURS
7324 |
Quantitative
Research Methods |
|
| Support
Course |
(Nursing
or Non-Nursing) |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Summer, Fall, and Spring |
|
| NURS
8000 |
Dissertation |
9 |
Total Credits Earned
- 60
*This plan represents the
minimum hours. Additional
hours may
be
prescribed by the major professor.
|
