Completion of the M.S.N. program requires 27 credit hours of core courses and 17 -25 credit hours of Population Specific Nurse Practitioner courses (including required clinicals). Students may apply for transfer of up to 6 credits of recent comparable coursework with a grade of B or better earned from an accredited institution.
Core Courses
NURS 602D Graduate Nursing Healthcare Ethics (3 credits)
NURS 610D Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
NURS 657D Advanced Health Assessment (3 credits)
NURS 661D Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing (2 credits)
NURS 663D Health Care Policy, Organization and Financing (3 credits)
NURS 671D Healthcare Biostatistics (3 credits)
NURS 674D Advanced Population Health (2 credits)
NURS 691D Pathophysiology (3 credits)
NURS 701D Health Promotion (2 credits)
NURS 708D Research in Nursing: Methods and Outcomes (3 credits)
NURS 789D Advanced Practice Role Seminar (1 credit)
NURS 800D Capstone Research Project (3 credits)
Family Nurse Practitioner Track Courses
NURS 733D The Well Child (2 credit)
NURS 735D Women's Health (formerly Perinatal Health) (1 credit)
NURS 780D Primary Care of the Young Child (3 credits)
NURS 781D Primary Care of Adolescent Seminar (1 credit)
NURS 782D Primary Care of Adults I (3 credits)
NURS 783D Primary Care of Adults II (3 credits)
NURS 784D Nurse Practitioner Practicum I (2 credits)
NURS 785D Nurse Practitioner Practicum II (2 credits)
NURS 786D Nurse Practitioner Practicum III (2 credits)
NURS 793DA-DD Guided Study in Nursing (4 optional courses)
Acute Care PNP Track
NURS 733 The Well Child (2 credits)
NURS 780 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Seminar/Practicum I (3 credits)
NURS 781 Primary Care of Adolescent (1 credit)
NURS 781A Adolescent Practicum (1 credit)
NURS 779 Child & Adolescents with Special Needs (2 credits)
NURS 784 Nurse Practitioner Practicum I (2 credits)
NURS 787 Primary Care of the Newborn (1 credit)
NURS 657AD Advanced Diagnostics ( 2 credits)
NURS 658 Complex, Acute and Critical Problems in Pediatrics (3 credits)
NURS 737 Advanced Practice Residency (4 credits)
Pediatric Primary Care Track
NURS 733 The Well Child (2 credits)NURS 780 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Seminar/Practicum I (3 credits)
NURS 781 Primary Care of Adolescent (1 credit)
NURS 781A Adolescent Practicum (1 credit)
NURS 779 Child & Adolescents with Special Needs (2 credits)
NURS 784 Nurse Practitioner Practicum I (2 credits)
NURS 785 Nurse Practitioner Practicum II (2 credits)
NURS 787 Primary Care of the Newborn (1 credit)
N658 Complex, Acute and Critical Problems in Pediatrics (3 credits)
NURS 733 The Well Child (2 credits)
Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track
NURS 735 Women's Health (1 credit)
NURS 781 Primary Care of Adolescents Seminar (1 credit)
NURS 782 Primary Care of Adults I (3 credits)
NURS 783 Primary Care of Adults II (3 credits)
NURS 784 Nurse Practitioner Practicum I (2 credits)
NURS 785 Nurse Practitioner Practicum II (2 credits)
NURS 786 Nurse Practitioner Practicum III (2 credits)
NURS 603: Inter Prof. Geriatrics (3 credits)
NURS 604: Geriatric Considerations in Pharmacology (1 credit)
NURS 605: Non-Pharm Approaches to Geriatric Behavior Concerns (2 credits)