Nursing courses

Please refer to individual program handbooks for descriptions of the curriculum.

Also available is a list of elective courses for nursing students.

Course Title Credit
HS 200 Enhanced Clinical Competency Elective Course 1-2
HS 225 Global Perspectives on the HIV and AIDS epidemic 3
HS 300 Spanish Language for Healthcare Professionals 6
HS 301 / HS 501 Exploring Palliative Care 2
HS 404 Gender Based Violence: From Theory to Action 2-3
HS 494 / HS 594 Topics in Health Equality, Inequities, and Disparities 3
HS 505 Team-Based Clinical Decision Making 2
HS 510 Foundations of Informatics in Practice 4
HS 520 Assessment for Population Health 4
HS 527 Introduction to Research Methods in Sexual Health and HIV/STD Prevention 3
HS 528 Global Perspectives on Research in Vulnerable Populations 3
HS 529 Developing Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Resource-Limited Settings 3
HS 550 Scientific Methods for Health Sciences: Fundamentals 4
HS 601 Health Economics for Health Professionals 4
HS 610 Sociotechnical Components of HIT Systems 3
HS 612 Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics 3
HS 620 Health Program Planning 4
HS 650 Data Science and Predictive Analytics 4
HS 710 Informatics Immersion 3
HS 802 Epidemiology for Health 3
HS 807 Management and Analysis of Large U.S. Health Data 4
HS 841 Qualitative Research Methods for the Health Sciences 3
HS 851 Scientific Methods for Health Sciences: Applied Inference 4
HS 852 Scientific Methods for Health Sciences: Linear Models 4
HS 853 Scientific Methods for Health Sciences: Special Topics 4
NURS 122 Nursing as a Societal and Interpersonal Profession 3
NURS 142 Nursing Seminar 2
NURS 152 Assessment of Health and Illness 4
NURS 194 Context of Care I 3
NURS 196 Communication, Groups and Teams 2
NURS 210 Anatomy and Physiology 5
NURS 211 Anatomy and Physiology Lab 1
NURS 218 Applied Statistics 3
NURS 220 Perspectives in Women's Health 3
NURS 230 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 3
NURS 240 PHARM Foundations of Nursing Practice 4
NURS 245 Pathophysiology 6
NURS 254 Health Maintenance and Restoration I 2
NURS 256 Health Maintenance and Restoration II 2
NURS 257 Introduction to the Research Approach in Nursing 3
NURS 295 Honors Seminar 2
NURS 352 Childbearing and Reproductive Health 3
NURS 354 Infant, Child and Adolescent Health and Illness 5
NURS 356 Health and Illness in Young, Middle and Older Adults 5
NURS 358 Mental Health and Illness Across the Lifespan 3
NURS 395 Honors Directed Research 2
NURS 420 Introduction to Global Health: Issues and Challenges 2
NURS 421 Perspectives in Global Health 2
NURS 454 Leadership and Management: 5
NURS 456 Community Health Nursing 2
NURS 457 Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Needs 2
NURS 459 Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Needs II 2
NURS 477 Cultural Aspects of Health and Illness 1-3
NURS 495 Honors Project 1-4
NURS 499 Independent Study in Nursing 1-3
NURS 502 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 4
NURS 503 Advanced Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Nurses 4
NURS 521 Introduction to Global Health: Issues and Challenges 3
NURS 523 Role Transition to APRN 3
NURS 527 Promoting Optimal Models and Systems for Healthcare Delivery 3
NURS 528 Models, Theories and Methods to Promote Optimal Health Outcomes 3
NURS 529 Scientific and Analytic Approaches for Advanced Practice 3
NURS 533 Effective Resource and Operations Management 3
NURS 539 Foundations of Quality Science and Analytics 4
NURS 541 CDM I: Wellness and Illness for the ACPNP 3
NURS 544 Wellness for the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 1
NURS 546 Antepartum Care of The Essentially Normal Woman 5
NURS 550 CDM II: Foundations for Practice: Common Acute Illness for the ACPNP 2
NURS 551 Acute Care Pediatric Advanced Management I 2
NURS 552 Pediatric Acute Care Advanced Management II 4
NURS 553 Advanced Practice Specialty Procedures and Skills for Acute Care 3
NURS 554 Advanced Practice Specialty Procedures and Skills for Primary Care 2
NURS 555 Advanced Practice Specialty Procedures and Skills for Pediatric Primary Care 1
NURS 557 CDM I: Infant, Child, and Adolescent Health: Wellness and Management of Common Illness 1-8
NURS 561 Care of the Childbearing Woman 1
NURS 566 Advanced Primary Care I 3-5
NURS 568 Critical Elements in the Study of Family and Health 3
NURS 571 Advanced Midwifery Clinical 2
NURS 572 Current and Emerging Issues in Occupational Health Practice 2
NURS 573 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Nursing Theory I 4
NURS 575 Adult--Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Nursing Theory II 4
NURS 577 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum I 3
NURS 579 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum II 3
NURS 581 Foundations for Systems and Organizational Science 2
NURS 588 Policy Analysis and Development for Healthcare Leaders 2
NURS 589 Advanced Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum 4
NURS 591 Occupational Safety for Nurses 2
NURS 595 Clinical-Scholarship Praxis Experience I 3
NURS 611 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum III 4
NURS 617 CDM II: Infant, Child, and Adolescent Health: Primary Health Care Across Multiple Settings 7
NURS 637 Acute Care Pediatric Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum I 3
NURS 638 Acute Care Pediatric Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum II 3
NURS 639 Acute Care Pediatric Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum III 5
NURS 640 Nursing Care of Childbearing Family 2
NURS 646 Primary Care of Older Adults 3
NURS 666 Advanced Primary Care Nursing of Chronic Illness in Adults and their Families 6
NURS 672 Teacher Strategies in Nursing 3
NURS 674 CDM III: Advanced Primary Care Nursing of Adults and Families with Complex Systems 8
NURS 676 Intrapartum, Postpartum, and Newborn Care 2-7
NURS 677 Integration of Midwifery Care to the Woman, Mother, and/or Newborn with Complex Health Conditions 4
NURS 678 Transition to Advanced Practice: Professional Issues 3
NURS 681 Decision Science for Population Health 3
NURS 682 Systems Assessment and Leadership Effectiveness 4
NURS 695 Selected Topics 0.5-4
NURS 697 Independent Studies 1-4
NURS 699 Nurse Scholarly Project 1-8
NURS 781 Leadership Immersion for Impact 2
NURS 795 Special Topics in Nursing 1-3
NURS 797 Independent Study 1-3
NURS 800 Graduate Statistics for Advanced Practice and Research 3
NURS 803 Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship 1
NURS 804 Systematic Research Synthesis 2
NURS 805 Grant Writing 2
NURS 806 Preparing Publications 2
NURS 811 Health Informatics 3
NURS 812 Clinical Leadership in Complex Systems 4
NURS 815 Quality and Safety 3
NURS 816 Policy Analysis and Transformation in Healthcare 3
NURS 825 Critical Appraisal for DNP Scholarly Inquiry 3
NURS 832 Clinical Leadership for Effective Resource Management 3
NURS 843 Expanded NMW Scope of Practice 3
NURS 880 Philosophical Influences and Theory Building in Nursing 4
NURS 881 Intervention Research 3
NURS 883 Topics in Bio-Behavior Nursing 3
NURS 884 Topics in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Nursing 3
NURS 885 Topics in Nursing Systems 3
NURS 886 Topics in Women's Health 3
NURS 887 Special Topics in Nursing 3
NURS 890 Substantive Research Focus I 3
NURS 891 Substantive Research Focus II 3
NURS 900 Seminar on Research Synthesis 4
NURS 910 Translation, Implementation Science and Comparative Effectiveness 3
NURS 950 DNP Residency
NURS 955 DNP Scholarly Project 6
NURS 960 Capstone Residency and Seminar I 6
NURS 965 Capstone Residency and Seminar II 6
NURS 990 Dissertation - Precandidacy 1-8
NURS 995 Dissertation - Candidacy 8