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PhD Plan of Study

CORE COURSES: ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE REQUIREMENTS	Credits
Prerequisites (must be taken within the last 3 years prior to admission):
N603 Theoretical Components of Nursing (pre-requisite)	3
N604: Intro to Statistics for Health Research (pre-requisite)	3
Core Courses:
N700 History of Nursing Science and Philosophy	3
N710 Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research	3
N716 Intermediate Statistics for Health Research	3
N720 State of the Discipline of Nursing	3
N730 Qualitative Methods in Nursing Research	3
N797M Measurement in Health Research	3
N810 Advanced Nursing Research	3
N820 Emerging Nursing Theory	3
N870 Role of Scholar & Leader	3
N897X Topics in Health Research	3
Advanced Methods Elective	3
Cognate Electives	6
N899 Dissertation Proposal Seminar	1
Dissertation	18
Total Credits	57
POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE AN ADDITIONAL 22 CREDITS OF COURSEWORK:
N603 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Science	3
N614 Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning	3
N698A Practicum for Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning	1
N615 Advanced Pathophysiology	3
N619 Advanced Pharmacology	3
N630 Research Methods in Nursing	3
N697S Introduction to Statistics	3
N697SW Scholarly Writing (Suggested)	3

Dissertation

A dissertation is a product of independent research that makes an original contribution to
nursing science and demonstrates the candidate’s intellectual competence. The dissertation
research is conducted under the supervision of a dissertation committee, a group of at least
three faculty members. Two of the members must be from the College of Nursing, the third
graduate faculty member must be chosen from another department.

PhD Plan of Study

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