Sample Program Plan
Students enrolling in the combined DNP/PhD in nursing program will complete coursework in a side-by-side fashion, whereby courses in both program will be taken concurrently. An overlap of 11 credits will be allowed.
A sample program plan for students enrolled in courses during the academic year appears below; the program would take a minimum of five years to complete. However, the joint degree program may be completed in less time if DNP courses are taken during the summer months.
Sample DNP - PhD Program Plan (Academic Year Only)
Fall – 1st Year |
Spring – 1st Year |
NURS 506: Epistemology (3) |
NURS 511: Theory development (3) |
NURS 532: Basic statistics (3) [ see 1] |
NURS 531: Research methods II (3) [see 2] |
NURS 530: Research methods I (3) [see 2] |
NUND 506: Leadership in organizations (3) * |
Required research practicum hours may be taken during academic year or summer |
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Fall – 2nd Year |
Spring – 2nd Year |
NUND 504: Theories for practice & scholarship (3) |
NURS 518: Qualitative research (3) |
NURS 609 or NUND 508: Health policy (3) [see 3] |
NUND 531: Approaches to practice focused research (3) * |
NURS 630: Linear models (3) |
NURS 631: Multivariate analysis (3) |
Required research practicum hours may be taken during academic year or summer |
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Fall – 3rd Year |
Spring – 3rd Year |
NUND 610: Translating evidence into practice (3) * |
NUND 509: Curriculum and instruction (3) * or |
Elective (3) |
NUND 609: Teaching and evaluation (2) * or |
NURS 615: Topical seminar (3) |
NURS 615: Topical seminar (3) |
Fall – 4th Year |
Spring – 4th Year |
NURS 671: Proposal development (3) [see 4] |
NUND 620: Scholarly Project (2) * |
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NUND 611: Integrated practicum (2) * |
Fall – 5th Year |
Spring – 5th Year |
NURS 701: Dissertation (9) |
NURS 701 Dissertation (9) |
In the above sample program plan, courses with an asterisk (*) are required for the DNP degree and courses without an asterisk are required for the PhD degree. There is an overlap of 11 credits as follows:
[1] Completing the PhD statistics course sequence can be used to replace the need for the DNP applied statistics course = 3 credits
[2] Completing the PhD Research Methods I and II can be used to replace the need for the DNP Research Principles and Methods = 3 credits
[3] Students may take PhD or DNP Health Policy course = 3 credits
[4] Taking the PhD Proposal Development course can be used to replace the DNP Proposal Development course = 2 credits.
