Doctor of Nursing Practice Curriculum

Core Courses (13 credit hours)

  • NURS 501 Trends, Roles & Issues in Nursing (3)
  • NURS 502 Research Design in Nursing (4)
  • NURS 510 Nursing and Leadership Theory (3)
  • NURS 511 Evidence-Based Practice (3)

BSN to DNP Preliminary Course Work (32 credit hours)

  • HLTH 503 Advanced Health Assessment (w/ lab) (3)
  • HLTH 505 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
  • HLTH 515 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (3)
  • NURS 545 Clinical Applications (3)
  • NURS 550 Primary Health Care Nursing of Children (4)
  • NURS 551 Primary Health Care Nursing of Women (4)
  • NURS 552 Primary Health Care Nursing of Adults (6)
  • NURS 553 Primary Health Care Nursing of Families (6)

MSN to DNP Upper Division Coursework (27 credits)

  • NURS 508 Nursing Statistics (3)
  • NURS 544 Informatics Issues in Nursing (3)
  • HLTH 605 Epidemiology (3)
  • HLTH 610 Healthcare Economics (3)
  • HLTH 615 Health Policy Leadership (3)
  • NURS 602 Advanced Research (3)
  • NURS 630 Advanced Practice Seminar I (4)
  • NURS 640 Advanced Practice Seminar II (4)
  • NURS 650 Advanced Practice Seminar III (4)
  • NURS 687 Doctoral Research (6)*

*If students are unable to complete all degree requirements in the eighteen month period, they are required to enroll in NURS 687 Doctoral Research for a minimum of two credit hours each semester until they have completed all requirements.

  • Founders' Society
  • Freshman and Transfer CORE Registration
  • Transfer and Adult Students