Nursing (PhD) - MS to PhD Health Policy and Population Health Track

Program Requirements

Complete 48 credits from 14 courses including seven required courses, three research methods courses, three methods electives, and nine 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) or one paper plus research portfolio (combination of paper and research portfolio must represent a balace between conceptual and methods knowledge).
Dissertation: Candidates must complete and defend a dissertation written in traditional five-chapter or three-manustrict format.

Statute of limitations: Eight years.

Course Requirements