Nursing (PhD) - MS to PhD, Population Health Track

Department of Nursing | College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Program Requirements

Complete 60 credits from 17 courses including 14 required courses, one elective, one guiding dissertation course, and twelve credits of dissertation research.

Doctoral candidacy: Students must pass written and oral comprehensive exams which is a prerequisite for doctoral candidacy. The written exam consists of two papers; one conceptual and one methodological.
Dissertation: Candidates must complete and defend a dissertation written in traditional five-chapter format.

Statute of limitations: Eight years.

Course Requirements

Required Courses (42 Credits)

NURSNG 607 - Evidenced Based Teaching Practices 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 700 - Philosophy of Nursing Science: Ways of Knowing 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 702 - Doctoral Seminar 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 703 - Health Economics 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 741 - Health Policy I 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 745 - Population Health I 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 746 - Population Health II 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 750 - Contemporary Disciplinary Knowledge 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 757 - Social Behavioral Determinants of Health 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 770 - Biostatistics II: Advanced Statistical Methods in Healthcare Research 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 780 - Epidemiologic Methods 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 790 - Integrating concepts & methods for research development 3 Credit(s)
NURSNG 825L - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods I 3 Credit(s)
EHS 825L - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods I 3 Credit(s)
PPOL-G 609L - Qualitative Methods and Field Research 3 Credit(s)

Electives (3 Credits)

Complete one research methods course chosen in collaboration with an academic advisor.

Guiding Dissertation Course (3 Credits)

NURSNG 791 - Integrating Theory and Policy in Dissertation Research 3 Credit(s)

Dissertation Research (12 Credits)

NURSNG 899 - Dissertation Research 3 - 9 Credit(s)

Advanced Practice Certification

Students enrolled in the nursing PhD program who wish to pursue additional coursework to apply for Advanced Practice certification (NP or CNS) after completion of the PhD will be allowed to take up to two NP courses for their elective requirements within the PhD curriculum at the discretion of their faculty advisor. Students are encouraged to discuss this option with their faculty advisor as early as possible during their PhD coursework.