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Sample Curriculum
| 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 | |
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Summer, Year 2
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| 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.