Program Plan
Traditional Nursing Ph.D.
4 Year Program Plan | Anticipated Fall 2022 (Credits: 85 - 100)Year 1
Fall 2022
Credits
HS 851: Applied Inference 
4
HS 888: Observation Research
3
NURS 856: Res & Prof Dev Sem I
1
NURS 880: Phil Inf&Theory Sci
3
PHDREQ 001: Peer Seminar
0
Winter 2023
Credits
HS 852: Linear Modeling
4
NURS 804: Research Synthesis
2
NURS 857: Res&Prof Dev Sem II
1
PHDREQ 001: Peer Seminar
0
Spring/Summer 2023
Credits
NURS 805: Grant Writing
2
PHDREQ 004: NURS 595 (Clinical Scholarship Praxis Experience)1 
0 - 3
Year 2
Fall 2023
Credits
NURS 803: RCRS
1
NURS 806: Prep Pubs
2
PHDREQ 001: Peer Seminar
0
PHDREQ 002: Tailored Elective(s)2
1 - 4
PHDREQ 003: Tailored Elective(s)
1 - 4
Winter 2024
Credits
HS 889: InterventionResearch
3
NURS 890: Research Focus I
3
NURS 990: Diss-Precand3
1
PHDREQ 001: Peer Seminar
0
PHDREQ 002: Tailored Elective(s)2
1 - 4
Spring/Summer 2024
Credits
PHDREQ 002: Tailored Elective(s)2
1 - 4
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Plan notes
Program plan content and sequencing may change based on national standards, curriculum evaluation, and the incorporation of emerging best practices for educational course delivery.1 NURS 595 required only for BSN-PhD students with less than 6 months of practice experience.
2 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.
3 Students must take N990 prior or during the semester they take their comprehensive exam, but the exact timing of the course is flexible based on the students’ progress.
4 Students are required to take a minimum of 8 dissertation (NURS 995) credits.
