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2016-2017 Graduate

Nursing D.N.P. (Post-Master's)

College of Natural and Health Sciences

Degree Requirements — 44 credits

See “Nursing D.N.P.”.

Students that are APNs may also enter with a master’s and complete the doctoral degree with 33 hours. The general plan of study for students who enter the DNP with a baccalaureate degree in nursing and a conferred master’s degree is listed below.

Degree Requirements

DNP Major Core Courses - 15 hours

NURS 618Epidemiology in Advanced Nursing Practice

3

NURS 668Population Centered Health Care

3

NURS 678Professional Practice and Healthcare Finance Seminar

3

NURS 703Philosophical Underpinnings of Nursing Science

3

NURS 707Leadership in Health Policy

3

DNP Research Courses - 26 hours

NURS 723Design, Methods and Analysis in Health Care Research, Part I

3

NURS 724Design, Methods and Analysis in Health Care Research, Part II

3

NURS 725Translational Reseach Methods

3

NURS 791DNP Seminar I

1

NURS 792DNP Seminar II

1

NURS 793DNP Seminar III

1

NURS 795DNP Capstone Project Proposal Seminar

2

NURS 798DNP Project Practicum

1-12

NURS 798: All doctoral students must earn 12 hours to fulfill the requirement for the doctorate.

Elective - 3 hours

                               3 credit elective required, approval of program coordinator needed