BSN - PhD in Nursing Science – Plan of Study

62 Credit Hours Minimum

Pre-Requisite Coursework (9 credits total)

Graduate level statistics course.

Plus choose 2 additional courses (6 credits) from the following course options:

NURS 6327	Health Systems Policy	3
NURS 6420	Health Promotion Theory and Population Health	3
NURS 6500	Leadership and Collaboration for Quality and Safety	3
NURS 6325	Healthcare Informatics, Economics, and Financial Principles	3
NURS 6523	Foundations of Scholarly Writing and Evidence-Based Practice	3

Year 1 (30 credits)

Fall Year 1 (10 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5010	Philosophical and Theoretical Underpinnings of Nursing	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5035	Mentored Research Experience I	1
WASHU CLNV 5150	Biostatistics I Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Research	3
WASHU	Minor/Cognate I	3

Spring Year 1 (10 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5015	Literature Critique and Synthesis	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5040	Mentored Research Experience II	1
WASHU CLNV 5151	Biostatistics II Intermediate Statistics for the Health Sciences	3
WASHU	Minor/Cognate 2	3

Summer Year 1 (10 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5060	Research I: Research Designs and Measurement for Scientific Inquiry: Quantitative Methods	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5005	Symptom Science and Precision Health Care	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5065	Research II: Research Design and Measurement for Scientific Inquiry: Qualitative Methods	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5045	Mentored Research Experience III	1
WASHU MGS 8005	Mentored Teaching Experience (Semester 3 or 5)

Year 2 (20 credits)

Fall Year 2 (10 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5070	Research III: Research Designs and Measurement for Scientific Inquiry: Psychometrics	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5050	Mentored Research Experience IV	1
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100	Dissertation	3
WASHU	Minor/Cognate 3	3

Spring Year 2 (7 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5020	Dissemination and Implementation Science	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5030	Interdisciplinary Science and The Innovative Nurse Scientist	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5055	Mentored Research Experience V	1
WASHU MGS 8005	Mentored Teaching Experience (Semester 3 or 5)

Qualifying Exam (Milestone)

Summer Year 2 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100	Dissertation	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 9000	Full Time Graduate Research/Study

Dissertation Proposal (milestone)

Admission to Candidacy (milestone)

Year 3 (12 credits)

Fall Year 3 (6 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5025	Grant Writing and Scientific Review	3
WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100	Dissertation	3

Spring Year 3 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Summer Year 3 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Defend Dissertation (milestone)

Year 4 (optional) (9 credits)

Fall Year 4 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Spring Year 4 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Summer Year 4 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Year 5 (optional) (9 credits)

Fall Year 5 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Spring Year 5 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

Summer Year 5 (3 credits)

WASHU M93-NRSSCI 5100

Dissertation

3

*NOTE: Courses and sequencing are subject to change.

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