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