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Sample Curriculum
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Year One - Fall Semester | ||
| NGR 7115 | Philosophies of Science Grounding Nursing | 3 |
| NGR 7116 | Caring: An Essential Domain of Nursing Knowledge | 3 |
| NGR 7846 | Essential Statistical Methods for Nursing Science | 3 |
| Year One - Spring Semester | ||
| NGR 7932 | Doctoral Seminar in Knowledge Development 1 | 1 |
| NGR 7815 | Qualitative Research Methods I | 3 |
| NGR 7121 | Theory Development & Application in Nursing | 3 |
| NGR 7709 | Doctoral Cognate OR Crafting the Life of Scholarship (Elective) | 3 |
| Year One - Summer Semester | ||
| NGR 7111 | Evolution of Nursing as a Discipline and Practice | 3 |
| NGR 7818 | Advanced Nursing Research: Applied Quantitative Design & Methods | 3 |
| Year Two - Fall Semester | ||
| NGR 7934 | Doctoral Seminar in Knowledge Development 2 | 1 |
| NGR 7817 | Qualitative Research Methods II | 3 |
| NGR 7822 | Measurement in Practice Based Research | 3 |
| Doctoral Cognate | 3 | |
| Year Two - Spring Semester | ||
| NGR 7936 | Doctoral Seminar in Knowledge Development 3 | 1 |
| NGR 7853 | Innovations in Inquiry | 3 |
| NGR 7738 | Public Policy in the Context of Nursing & Health | 3 |
| Doctoral Cognate | 3 | |
| Year Two - Summer Semester | ||
| NGR7878 | Doctoral Synthesis (Comprehensive Exam) | 3 |
| Year Three - Fall Semester | ||
| NGR 7979 | Advanced Research (Research Proposal Defense) | 3 |
| Year Three - Spring Semester | ||
| NGR 7980 | Dissertation (must take over at least two semesters) | 6 |
| Year Three - Summer Semester | ||
| NGR 7980 | Dissertation (must take over at least two semesters) | 6 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 63 | |
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.