Program Plan
Traditional Nursing Ph.D.
4 Year Program Plan | Anticipated Fall 2020 (Credits: 50 - 85)Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
1 Tailored Elective credit values must be equal to or greater than 9 credits and can be selected in variable credit amounts in the designated terms. Students must take a minimum of 3 analytic credits, 3 substantive credits, and 4 of the 9 must satisfy cognate requirements. Elective credit values within a given term may vary by student.
2 NURS 595 is only required for BSN-PhD students with less than 6 months of practice experience.
3 NURS 990 is taken prior to or during the semester when students take their candidacy exam; exact timing of the course is flexible based on the student’s progress.
4 Students are required to take a minimum of 8 dissertation (NURS 995) credits.