The curriculum of the doctoral program in
nursing is designed to increase the understanding of chronic
illness, its prevention and management and its impact on
human and economic resources or the health care system.
Students are required to take a nursing theory course, a
health policy course and a course focusing on either the
prevention or management of chronic illness or organizational
theories. Students take two additional courses focusing
on the substance of nursing that support the development
of a specific focus on a particular age or gender group,
population level (individuals, families, or communities),
a particular health response or intervention strategy, a
particular health problem or the health care system. In
addition, students are required to take six methodological
courses (quantitative and qualitative research methods,
statistics, measurement and a research practicum), three courses
outside of nursing, and two electives.
Students are required to have knowledge in the areas of
the required courses. With approval of the advisory committee,
the Doctoral Executive Committee and the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral
Programs Director, students may substitute equivalent courses.
Students often elect to take more than the minimum required
courses. Students must meet the University language requirements
through two doctoral-level statistics courses.
Students must have a research practicum N985 (formerly N385), prior
to beginning their dissertation. Equivalent knowledge gained
as a research assistant or researcher may be substituted
for N985 (formerly N385) as long as this experience helps the student
acheive program objectives and research competencies
for doctoral program (see course
transfer policy).
Students who do not have a master's degree in nursing must
complete five master's-level bridge courses prior to or
after enrollment: theory, research methods, statistics and
two advanced practice clinical courses in nursing. Students
who did not take any of these courses as part of their masters
degree must also take them during their first year of coursework.
Students focusing on the health care system must take
N933 (N351) as one of their substantive area courses and HPAA715 (HPAA270)
as one of their secondary area courses.
Course Requirements
| Course Category |
Course Number1 |
Course
Title |
Credit Hours |
|
| Required Core |
N910 (N281) |
Knowledge Development in
Nursing |
3 |
| N915 (N352) |
Nursing, Health Organizations,
and Policy Making in the Context of Ethics & the
Law |
3 |
| Substance of
Nursing Courses |
N921 (N335) |
Theories of Prevention of
Chronic Conditions |
3 |
| or |
| N922 (N336) |
Theories of Management of
Chronic Illness |
3 |
| or |
|
|
| N928 (N279) |
Organizational Theories Applied
to Nursing |
3 |
| Plus
6 credits in the substance of nursing from the following
courses: |
| N710 (N200) |
Developmental Physiology |
3 |
| N715 (N230) |
Advanced Physiology |
3 |
| N899 (N300) |
Special Topics in Nursing |
1-3 |
| N930 (N310) |
Children at
Risk |
3 |
| N921 (N335) |
(The courses
not taken to meet the previous requirement.) |
3 |
| or |
| N922 (N336) |
|
3 |
| or |
|
|
| N928 (N279) |
|
3 |
| N957 (N338) |
From Theory to Intervention
in Chronic Conditions |
3 |
| N932 (N339) |
Families and Health |
3 |
| N933 (N351) |
Health Care Quality and
Patient Outcomes : Conceptual and Empirical Approaches |
3 |
| N935 (N353) |
Ethics and Law in Health
Care and Research |
3 |
| N960 (N384) |
Proseminar in
Nursing (not on research methods) |
1-3 |
| N603 |
Alternative Medicine |
3 |
| N604 |
Aging and Health |
3 |
| N608 (N608) |
Diabetes Care |
3 |
| N791 (N609) |
Genomics and Society |
3 |
| Methodological
Courses |
N970 (N370) |
Advanced Statistics I: Principles
of Regression and Correlation |
3 |
| N971 (N371) |
Advanced Statistics II: Principles
of Analysis of Variance |
3 |
| N976 (N376) |
Issues in Sampling and Design
for Nursing Research |
3 |
| N977 (N377) |
Qualitative Methods |
3 |
| N978 (N378) |
Principles of Measurement |
3 |
| |
N985 (N385) |
Research Seminar and Practicum
(first 3 credits meets research practicum requirement,
see above. Additional credits may be taken as electives) |
3-5 |
| Additional Elective
Nursing Courses |
N862 (N204) |
Scientific Writing |
1 |
| N875 (N290) |
Principles of Teaching |
3 |
| N876 (N291) |
Curricula in Nursing |
3 |
| N950 (N315) |
Analysis of the Academic
Role in Nursing Education |
3 |
| N958 (N337) |
Designing Intervention Studies |
3 |
| N979 (N379) |
Qualitative Analysis |
3 |
| N980 (N380) |
Observational Methods |
3 |
| N981 (N381) |
Longitudinal Methods and Analysis |
3 |
| N960 (N384) |
Proseminar in Nursing (on
research methods) |
1-3 |
|
|
| Minor/Secondary Area of Study |
|
Coursework in related discipline(s) at
100-300 level that make up a coherent program supporting
the dissertation research. Must be approved by the advisory
committee. |
9 |
| Electives |
|
In nursing or other disciplines to support
the dissertation and /or student career goals |
6 |
| Dissertation |
N994 (N394) |
Doctoral Dissertation |
6 |
|
| Total Program |
|
|
> 54 |
1Course number changed in Fall 2006. Old
numbers are in parentheses.
