Curriculum
*Note: DNP Core Courses are held on Monday through Saturday a minimum of six (6) times during a semester. Students' practicum experiences may occur weekdays, weekends, including evening and night shifts.
Curriculum for students starting Summer 2025 and after:
Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Public/Community Health Nursing Concentration
(78 Total Semester Credits)
| First Year Summer (7 Credits) |
First Year Fall (12 Credits) |
First Year Spring (11 Credits) |
| NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) |
BSDS 6100 Biostatistical Methods for Nursing (3) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) NURS 7203 Research: Design & Methodology (3) |
NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (5) [3.5 didactic, 1.5 lab] |
| Second Year Summer (3 Credits) |
Second Year Fall (14 Credits) |
Second Year Spring (10 Credits) |
| NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) |
NURS 7610 Public Health/Community Health Nursing I: Theoretical Perspectives and Standards,
Well-being, and Environmental Health Nursing (7) |
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Proposal Development (3) |
| Third Year Summer (7 Credits) |
Third Year Fall (11 Credits) |
Third Year Spring (6 Credits) |
|
NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) |
NURS 7613 Public Health/Community Health Nursing IV: Program Evaluation, Public Health Law
& Policy (8) [3 didactic, 5 practicum] |
NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Evaluation & Dissemination (3) NURS 7809 Cornerstone of Cultural Competency in the Disaster Cycle (3) |
Curriculum for students who started before Summer 2025:
Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Public/Community Health Nursing Concentration
(84 Total Semester Credits)
| First Year - Summer (7 Credits) | First Year - Fall (13 Credits) | First Year - Spring (10 Credits) |
| NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) |
NURS 7203 Research: Design & Methodology (3) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3) HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3) |
NURS 7607 Health & Wellbeing: Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Managing Chronic Disease
(3) |
| Second Year - Summer (6 Credits) | Second Year - Fall (14 Credits) | Second Year - Spring (10 Credits) |
| NURS 7608 Environmental Health Nursing (3) NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) |
NURS 7610 Public Health/Community Health Nursing I: Theoretical Perspectives and Standards
(7) [3 didactic, 4 practicum] |
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Proposal Development (3) |
| Third Year - Summer (7 Credits) | Third Year - Fall (11 Credits) | Third Year - Spring (6 Credits) |
|
NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) |
NURS 7613 Public Health/Community Health Nursing IV: Program Evaluation, Public Health Law
& Policy (8) [5 practicum] |
NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Evaluation & Dissemination (3) NURS 7609 Disaster Management for Public Health/Community Health Nursing (3) |