Nursing (Ph.D.)

Curriculum Requirements with optional Education Courses - Total Credits Required: 51

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 45

Required Curriculum

Year I

• NUR 701 - Philosophy of Science (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 710 - Approaches to Nursing Knowledge and Theory Development: Deductive Process (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 702 - Research Methods I: Qualitative (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 705 - Knowledge Development in Nursing Science (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 505 - Curriculum Design, Course Development, and Program Evaluation (Cr: 3)
  
  (Optional)

Year II

• NUR 735 - Research Methods II: Quantitative (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 712 - Analysis and Evaluation of Theories of Nursing Practice, the Client -Nurse Relationship, and Client Phenomena (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 714 - Measurement in Practice-Based Research (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 752 - Research Methods III - Issues in Research (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 565 - Teaching Methods: Principles of Teaching (Cr: 3)
  
  (Optional)

Year III

NUR XXX Elective/Cognate course - 3 cr. (Students will need elective approval from the Director of the Ph.D. in Nursing program)

• NUR 716 - Research Methods II: Qualitative (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 720 - Advanced Statistical Methods (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 750 - Emerging Roles: Nurse Scientist, Scholar and Leader (Cr: 3)
  

• NUR 755 - Doctoral Comprehensive Examination (Cr: 0)
  

Year III-IV

• NUR 760 - Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Advisement and Doctoral Seminar (Cr: 12)
  

• NUR 782 - Doctoral Dissertation and Review Paper Continuation (Cr: 0)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will:

• Incorporate mastery of knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to engage in activities that extend disciplinary knowledge as a scholar and researcher.
• Combine logical, critical and scientific thinking with ethical integrity in the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of nursing research.
• Integrate the philosophical foundations of knowledge into theory and research development that contributes to improving nursing care and practice.
• Select theories and research relevant to the care of diverse, ethnic and cultural populations.
• Collaborate and Communicate as a scholar within nursing and interdisciplinary community in the conduct and application of research.
• Pursue lifelong learning and ongoing personal development through excellence in scholarly activities within and beyond the discipline.
• Embraces the diversity of opportunities for career development, professional roles and disciplinary leadership as a nurse scientist, scholar, educator or mentor.

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