School of Nursing

PhD of Nursing

Curriculum

Full-Time Curriculum Plan (BSN to PhD)

First Year - Fall (12 Credits) First Year - Spring (10 Credits) First Year - Summer (6 Credits)
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis, and Management (3)
NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4)
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Science (3 )
NURS 7055 Biobehavioral Basis of Health (3)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
HLSC 7101 Ethics in Biomedical Sciences (3)
 
Second Year - Fall (10 Credits) Second Year - Spring (10 Credits) Second Year - Summer (4 Credits)
BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)
NURS 7305 Qualitative Research Design (3)
BIOS 6102 Biostatistical Methods II (4)
NURS 7313 Nursing Science (3)
NURS 7323 Qualitative Research Methods (3)
NURS 7059 Writing for Publication (1)
Research Cognate (3)+
 
Third Year - Fall (10 Credits) Third Year - Spring (7 Credits) Third Year - Summer (6 Credits)
NURS 7309 Quantitative Research Design and Methods (3)
NURS 7369 Academic Teaching (4)
NURS 7803 Doctoral Research Practicum (3) **
NURS 7308 Measurement and Health Outcomes (4)
NURS 7056 Emergent Science: Omics Nursing Research and Practice (3)
NURS 7322 Research Proposal Development (3)
Support course (3) ***
 
Fourth Year - Fall (1 Credits) Fourth Year - Spring (3 Credits) Fourth Year - Summer (3 Credits)
 NURS 7801 Doctoral Synthesis (1) NURS 8000 Dissertation (3) NURS 8000 Dissertation (3)
 
Fifth Year - Fall (3 Credits)    
NURS 8000 Dissertation (3)    

Total credit hours: 85*
*This plan represents the minimum hours. Additional hours may be prescribed by the major professor.
**Students must take one Research Practicum Course
***One support course is required within the LSUHSC campus as options based on individual research interests; courses may include advanced statistics, epidemiology, genetics or public health issues surrounding health disparities and vulnerable populations

+ Students are required to take 1 Research Cognate
Research Cognate course options (1 course required)

NURS 7057 Big Data and Data Science in Nursing and the Health Sciences (3)
OR
NURS 7058 Health Intervention Research: Theory to Dissemination (3)


Part-time Plan of Study (BSN to PhD)

First Year - Fall (6 Credits) First Year - Spring (7 Credits) First Year - Summer (3 Credits)
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)

NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4)
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Science (3 )

NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
 
Second Year - Fall (6 Credits) Second Year - Spring (3 Credits) Second Year - Summer (3 Credits)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis, and Management (3)
NURS 7055 Biobehavioral Basis of Health (3) HLSC 7101 Ethics in Biomedical Sciences (3)
 
Third Year - Fall (7 Credits) Third Year - Spring (7 Credits) Third Year - Summer (1 Credits)
BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)
BIOS 6102 Biostatistical Methods II (4)
NURS 7313 Nursing Science (3)
NURS 7059 Writing for Publication (1)
 
Fourth Year - Fall (7 Credits) Fourth Year - Spring (4 Credits) Fourth Year - Summer (3 Credits)
NURS 7309 Quantitative Research Design and Methods (3)
NURS 7369 Academic Teaching (4)
NURS 7308 Measurement and Health Outcomes (4) Research Cognate (3)+
 
Fifth Year - Fall (6 Credits) Fifth Year - Spring (6 Credits) Fifth Year - Summer (6 Credits)
NURS 7305 Qualitative Research Design (3)
NURS 7803 Doctoral Research Practicum (3) **
NURS 7323 Qualitative Research Methods (3)
NURS 7056 Emergent Science: Omics Nursing Research and Practice (3)
NURS 7322 Research Proposal Development (3)
Support course (3) ***
 
Sixth Year - Fall (1 Credits) Sixth Year - Spring (3 Credits) Sixth Year - Summer (3 Credits)
NURS 7801 Doctoral Synthesis (1)
[General Exam]
NURS 8000 Dissertation (3) NURS 8000 Dissertation (3)
 
Seventh Year - Fall (3 Credits)    
NURS 8000 Dissertation (3)    

Total credit hours: 85*
*This plan represents the minimum hours. Additional hours may be prescribed by the major professor.
** Students must take one Research Practicum Course
*** One support course is required within the LSUHSC campus as options based on individual research interests; courses may include advanced statistics, epidemiology, genetics or public health issues surrounding health disparities and vulnerable populations
+ Students are required to take 1 Research Cognate
Research Cognate course options (1 course required)

NURS 7057 Big Data and Data Science in Nursing and the Health Sciences (3)
OR
NURS 7058 Health Intervention Research: Theory to Dissemination (3)