MSN Course Listings
Common Core I Courses (15 credit hours)
Health Care Informatics (2 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5002
This course explores the integration of computer technology, information science and nursing practice in education, research, administration and healthcare systems and facilitates the student's engagement in the digital electronic era in healthcare.
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5033
This course prepares the student to evaluate and utilize appropriate theory from nursing and related disciplines. The focus is on mid-range theories with emphasis on integration of theory into advanced nursing roles.
Scholarly Inquiry (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5023
This course prepares the student to evaluate and utilize new knowledge to provide high quality, evidence-based health care, to initiate change, and to improve nursing practice. (Prerequisite: Successful completion of a basic statistics course.)
Health Promotion in Diverse Populations (2 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5012
This course provides a theoretical foundation in health promotion, illness prevention and maintenance of function across the lifespan for individuals and aggregates in diverse populations.
Ethics in Health Care (2 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5042
This course provides the student with the opportunity to explore and analyze values that shape advanced nursing roles, systems of health care, and health care delivery.
Nursing and Health Care Policy (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5053
This course provides a comprehensive knowledge of how national and international health policy is formulated, how to affect this process, and how it impacts consumers and health care delivery.
Nursing Education Focus (15 credit hours)
Strategies for Teaching in Nursing (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURSE 5103
This course examines teaching strategies of the advanced nursing role in a variety of settings. Both traditional and innovative methodologies are explored.
Curriculum Development (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5123
This course examines the elements of curriculum and program design and related issues, such as program approval and accreditation.
Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5113
This course explores theories related to measurement and evaluation of learning outcomes in a variety of settings.
Education Practicum I (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5123
This course focuses on organizing, teaching, and evaluating individuals and small groups. The faculty and student will collaborate to design a learning experience based on the student's career goals.
Education Practicum II (3 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5143
This course focuses on teaching, managing, and evaluating large groups. The faculty and student will collaborate to design a learning experience based on the student's career goals.
Common Core II Courses (9 credit hours)
Capstone Seminar (1 credit hour)
Course Number: NURSE 5981
This seminar course provides an opportunity for the student to collaborate with faculty and peers in the development of the capstone project.
Transition to Advanced Nursing Role Seminar (4 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5984
This course facilitates transition into advanced nursing roles by focusing on interaction among nurses in advanced nursing roles, professional colleagues, and clients in the health care system.
Theory, Research, and Advanced Role Project (4 credit hours)
Course Number: NURS 5994
This course provides a capstone experience which synthesizes content from previous learning. The student identifies a clinical nursing problem, demonstrates an understanding of related research and theory, critically analyzes the problem, and develops strategies for resolution.
