PhD in Nursing Program Course Plan
Plan of Study
The nursing curriculum requires 46 credits of required
course work, 6 credits of electives (for 52 total credits
in coursework), and 20 credits of dissertation work (for
a grand total of 72 credits). The curriculum is designed
to be delivered over 7 semesters, with additional time
which is variable for the dissertation work. Focus is on
core areas of nursing science (N), research (R),
education (E), and analytical (A) courses. The curricular
plan follows:
Semester |
Courses Taught (Credits) |
|
Summer 1 |
N534
(1) Research Seminar: Grant Development and
Critique (R) |
|
Fall 1 |
N536
(2) Nursing Theory: Foundation for Knowledge
Development (N) |
|
Spring 1 |
N565 (3)
Information Management for Clinical Practice
(N) |
|
Summer 2 |
N574
(2) Nursing Science: Acute Biobehavioral Nursing
Outcomes (N) |
|
Fall 2 |
N521 (3)
Learning, Teaching and Evaluation in Nursing
(E) N584 (3) Nursing Science: Systems of Health Care Delivery (N) N528* (3) Analytical Seminar for Health Sciences (A) |
|
Spring 2 |
N523 (3)
Educational Issues and Curriculum Analysis
(E) |
|
Fall 3 |
N585 (1)
Faculty Role Seminar
(E) N586 (2) Faculty Role Practicum (E) |
Course Descriptions
N521
Learning, Teaching and Evaluation in Nursing. Theories,
frameworks, and methods used in teaching, learning, and
assessment in nursing education. Develop evidence-base
practices to improve educational outcomes.
N523
ducational Issues and Curriculum Analysis. Exploration of
curriculum history, development, future predictions;
program evaluation, instructional resources, leadership,
and policy development in academic and service settings.
N526*
Association, Group Difference, and Regression Techniques
for Health Sciences. Application of quantitative
techniques to explore relationships and group differences
among variables supporting research questions in health
science research.
N527*
Multivariate Statistical Techniques for Health Sciences.
Application of quantitative techniques to explore
relationships and predict group membership among
variables, supporting research questions in heath science
investigations.
N528*
Analytical Seminar for Health Science. Seminar and guided
study to survey research techniques and to explore in
depth research methods used for health science research.
N534
Research Seminar: Grant Development and Critique. Seminar
course that focuses on the sections of a grant proposal
for clinical research, potential sources of funding for
research and dissertation work, and the critical review
of grant proposal. Students will lead selected class
discussions and conduct a mock grant review session.
N535
Philosophy of Nursing Science. Examine and analyze the
structure and organization of fields of knowledge in
science including historical and philosophical tenets of
inquiry.
N536
Nursing Theory: Foundation for Knowledge Development.
Theory development analysis, theory critique, nursing
knowledge examination, impact of theory on nursing
science, applied to student’s phenomenon of
interest.
N565
Information Management for Clinical Practice.
Application/evaluation of nursing informatics;
information systems to support clinical research,
practice, administration and education.
Nursing Science: Chronic Biobehavioral Nursing Outcomes. Analyzes concepts, theories, and research relevant to preventing and managing chronic conditions across the life span.
N574
Nursing Science: Acute Biobehavioral Nursing Outcomes. An
overview of research methods, procedures and analysis of
acute phenomena in nursing with a focus on vulnerable
populations.
N584
Nursing Science: Systems of Health Care Delivery.
Examination of health care delivery systems in the U.S.
and worldwide, addressing barriers to care, social
justice, vulnerability, access disparity.
N585
Faculty Role Seminar. Analysis of current issues related
to the faculty role in nursing education.
N586
Faculty Role Practicum. Analysis, development and
enactment of selected aspects of the faculty role.
N587
Research Inquiry: Qualitative Methods I. Qualitative
methodologies, issues, and techniques of data collection,
analysis, and interpretation. Issues of ethics and bias
will be addressed.
N588
Research Inquiry: Quantitative Methods I. Quantitative
methodologies, issues, and techniques of data collection,
analysis, and interpretation.
N589
Psychometrics in Health Care Research.
Theoretical/practical application of psychometric theory
and techniques for constructing/analyzing/testing
instruments to measure nursing/educational
interventions/outcomes.
N591
Mixed Methods for Outcome Evaluation. Outcomes and
evaluation in nursing and healthcare will be addressed
from both qualitative and quantitative methods and
application perspective.
N593
Preliminary Examination Seminar. Students will examine
methods to synthesize knowledge from courses to present
and analyze scholarly nursing science knowledge.
N799
Dissertation Seminar. Establish best practices for
doctoral research and presentation.
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*refers to tentative and working course numbers for those
courses within the university review process
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