College of Nursing - Graduate Nursing Brochure

Health Professions Division | 25 Core Required Ph.D. Courses COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS HPH 7200 Bioethics and Ethical Issues in Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7300* Biostatistics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7310 Biostatistics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Nursing COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS NSG 7000 Theory Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7500 Philosophy of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7120 Health Care Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7230 Health Care Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Research Nursing COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS HPH 7400 Quantitative Research Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7410 Qualitative Research Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7600 Grants and Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7210 Evidenced-Based Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7310 Doctoral Seminar I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 NSG 7320 Doctoral Seminar II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 NSG 7330 Doctoral Seminar III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ** Cognate COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS NSG 7140 Theories of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7220 Higher Education Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7150 Instructional Design and Curriculum Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HPH 7700 Tests and Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NSG 7250 Scholarship and Applied Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dissertation*** COURSE # COURSE TITLE CREDITS NSG 7340 Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .minimum 9 Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (minimum) TOTAL CREDITS FOR DEGREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 (minimum) * Students are encouraged to take HPH 4080 Basic Biostatistics before taking Biostatistics 1. ** 90 hours of research experience with a nurse researcher after the completion of qualitative and quantitative research coursework *** Comprehensive exams must be successfully completed prior to the start of the dissertation. Each year, a summer institute is held at the end of May or beginning of June on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. Attendance for this three–five day institute is mandatory. Ph.D. Curriculum