The master's program requires completion of a minimum of
40 to 42 credit hours. Students who complete more than one program option will exceed the required minimum.
| Course Category |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
|
| Professional
Core |
N646 |
Health Care Policy in the
US |
3 |
| N647a |
Approaches to Advanced Practice:
Integrating Theories, Roles, and Issues |
3 |
| Research Core |
N776 |
Research for Advanced Clinical Practice |
3 |
| N777 |
Intermediate Statistical Applications in Health Care |
3 |
| N992 |
Master's Paper |
3 |
| or |
| N993 |
Thesis |
3-6 |
| Clinical Core |
N642 |
Health Promotion and Illness
Prevention in Advanced Practice |
2 |
| N710 |
Developmental Physiology
& Pathophysiology |
3 |
| or |
| N715 |
Pathophysiology for Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
| N720 |
Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced
Nursing Practice |
3 |
| One advanced
assessment & diagnostic reasoning course appropriate to
the student's specialty area: |
| N725 |
Advanced Health Assessment
& Diagnostic Reasoning in Neonatal and Pediatric Nursing |
4 |
| N726 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
in Primary Care |
4 |
| N727 |
Advanced Diagnostic Reasoning
Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing |
4 |
Advanced Practice
Areas
(including electives) |
|
Adult Nurse Practitioner |
13 |
| |
Family Nurse Practitioner |
15 |
| |
Women's Health |
| |
Women's
Health Nurse Practitioner |
13 |
| |
Psychiatric-Mental Health CNS/NP |
20-24 |
| |
Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner |
13 |
| Health Care Systems Core (Administration, Clinical Nurse Leader, Education, Informatics, Outcomes) |
N870 |
Health Care Informatics |
3 |
| N871 |
Leadership and Advanced Practice Roles in Health Care Organizations |
3 |
| N872 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
| N873 |
Financial Management |
3 |
| N874 |
Outcomes Management |
3 |
| N878 |
HCS Residency |
3 |
| N704 |
Scientific Writing |
1 |
| Other required coursework dependent on focus area -- http://nursing.unc.edu/degree/msn/hcs.html |
|
|
| a Not
required of Health Care Systems students. |
