BS-PhD Global Public Health Program Plan
The BS-PhD program provides a pathway for students who already have a BSN to seamlessly earn their MSN and PhD. The global public health concentration exposes students to the theoretical, scientific, and practical issues affecting the health of people on the global stage during their doctoral research.
Year one
Total: 15 credits
Fall
- NUR 500: Theoretical Foundations in Advancing Nursing Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 520: Healthcare Systems - 3 credits
Spring
- NUR 511: Translating Research Evidence for Advancing Nursing Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 512: Integrated Physiological Knowledge - 3 credits
Summer
- NUR 605: Statistical Analysis - 3 credits
Year two
Total: 12 credits
Fall
- NUR 540: Principles of Biostatistics and Epidemiology - 3 credits
- NUR 681: Assessment and Planning for Population Health Practice - 3 credits
Spring
- NUR 673: Global Health Perspectives - 3 credits
- NUR 684: Practicum in Global Public Health Nursing Practice - 3 credits
Year three
Total: 19 credits
Fall
- NUR 700: Philosophy of Nursing Science - 3 credits
- NUR 720: Human Response to Health and Illness: Research, Theory, and Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit
Spring
- NUR 705: Theory Construction, to Synthesis and Application Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 710 - Multivariate Analysis in Health Care Research - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit
- NUR 786: Dissertation Development I - 2 credits
Summer
- NUR 712: Qualitative Methods in Nursing Research - 3 credits
- Apply for MS degree
Year four
Total: 19 credits
Fall
- NUR 714: Quantitative Methods in Nursing - 3 credits
- NUR 750: Leadership & Scholarly Development in Nursing Education - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit
- Select Dissertation Committee Chair in September
Spring
- NUR 730: Nursing Interventions in the Care of the Chronically Ill Person: Research, Theory, and Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 740: Promoting Health and Shaping the Healthcare System: Research, Theory, and Practice - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit
- NUR 787: Dissertation Development II - 2 credits
- Form Dissertation Committee by May
Summer
- Elective - 3 credits
- Apply for PhD candidacy
Year five
Total: 8 credits
Fall
- NUR 788: Dissertation Proposal - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit
Spring
- NUR 789: Dissertation Defense - 3 credits
- NUR 780: Doctoral Seminar - 1 credit