Nursing D.N.P. (Post-Master's)
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Degree Requirements — 33 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
Research Core — 6 hours
| NURS 618 | Epidemiology in Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURS 638 | Concepts in Advanced Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
Nursing Science Master’s to D.N.P. Core — 27 hours
| NURS 628 | Information Technology in Health Care | 3 |
| NURS 658 | Applied Nursing Genomics | 3 |
| NURS 668 | Population Centered Health Care | 3 |
| NURS 678 | Professional Practice and Healthcare Finance Seminar | 3 |
| NURS 685 | DNP Practicum | 1-7 |
| NURS 688 | Advanced Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems | 3 |
| NURS 700 | Advanced Nursing Theory | 3 |
| NURS 795 | DNP Capstone Project Proposal Seminar | 2 |
| NURS 796 | DNP Capstone Project | 1-4 |
Deficiencies
Dependent on documented Master’s supervised clinical hours, some students may need to take additional NURS 685 DNP Practicum credit hours to achieve the minimum 1000 clinical hours required for the DNP.