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Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

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Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
Fall, Year 1
NGR 7111	Evolution of Nursing as a Discipline and Practice	3
NGR 7846	Essential Statistical Methods for Nursing Science	3
NGR 7116	Caring Science I: An Essential Domain of Nursing Knowledge	3
Spring, Year 1
NGR 7115	Philosophies of Science Grounding Nursing	3
NGR 7815	Qualitative Research Methods	3
NGR 7818	Advanced Nursing Research: Applied Quantitative Design & Methods	3
Summer, Year 1
NGR 7946	Scholarship Practicum	3
NGR 7845	Applied Advanced Statistics	3
Fall, Year 2
NGR 7121	Theory Development & Application in Nursing	3
NGR 7118	Caring Science II: Developing Phenomena of Interest within Research Focus Areas	3
NGR 7816	Mixed Methods in Practice Based Research	3
Spring, Year 2
NGR 7853	Innovations in Inquiry	3
NGR 7119	Caring Science III: Innovative Methodologies to Study Caring Science	3
	Cognate	3
Summer, Year 2
NGR7978	Doctoral Synthesis (Comprehensive Examination)	3
Fall, Year 3
NGR 7979*	Advanced Research	3
Spring, Year 3
NGR 7980*	Dissertation (two classes over two semesters)	6
Summer, Year 3
NGR 7980*	Dissertation (two classes over two semesters)	6
	Total Credit Hours	60

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

The sample curriculum outlined above is designed for a student starting at the beginning of the academic year in the fall semester.
Doctoral Cognates are master’s level (or higher) courses that are a non-Nursing subject. PhD students take three Cognate courses OR two Cognate courses and one Nursing elective course. Total credit hours must equal 9.