Program Objectives

The nurse scholars prepared in this program will:

• Serve as leaders in nursing and health care.
• Function as nurse scientists to advance the body of knowledge that guides the practice of nursing and contributes to interdisciplinary knowledge.

Program Requirements

BSN-PhD/Pre-requisite Coursework:
NURSE 5527 Cultural Diversity & Values (3)
NURSE 5528 Policy, Politics & Ethics (e)
NURSE 5550 Theoretical Foundations in Nursing (3)
NURSE 5555 Nursing Research: Evidence-based Practice (3)

Core Coursework:
NURSE 5603 Research Institute I (2)
NURSE 5604 Research Institute II (2)
NURSE 5608 Theory Development I (3)
NURSE 5610 Theory Development II (3)
NURSE 5612 Statistics I (3)
NURSE 5622 Statistics II (3)
NURSE 5631 Substantive Seminar: Health Promotion (3)
NURSE 5662 Psychometrics (3)
NURSE 5668 Quantitative Research Methods (3)
NURSE 5664 Concepts & Approaches of Epidemiology & Statistics in Research (3)
NURSE 5670 Qualitative Research (3)
NURSE 5666 Designing Research (3)
NURSE 5697B Ethics/Responsible Conduct of Research (3 one-hour courses)
Collateral Coursework (12)
NURSE 5699 Dissertation (12)