BSN-PhD Program

The BSN to PhD program is an alternative pathway to the Doctor of Philosophy with Major in Nursing available for highly qualified Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates. The program is streamlined, allowing students to proceed to doctoral-level courses in theory research and policy without taking the traditional MS-level courses in these areas.

Curriculum's for BSN-PhD students can be tailored to develop your particular interest (i.e. - Holistic, Education, or Administration Focus). Please review the Post-Master's-PhD curriculum that would be ensued upon reaching the doctoral level under the PhD curriculum. Your Plan of study will be developed between you and your advisor upon admission.

Sample BSN to PhD Curriculum

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
Fall, Year 1
NGR 6110	Advanced Nursing Practice Grounded in Caring	3
NGR 6141	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NGR 6713	Curriculum Evolution & Models in Nursing Education	3
Spring, Year 1
NGR 6002 (O/L)	Advanced Nursing Situations: Health Assessment	2
NGR 6002L (O/L)	Advanced Nursing Situations in Practice: Health Assessment	1
NGR 6711	Creative Teaching-Learning Methods in Nursing Education	3
NGR 6718	Evaluation in Nursing Education	3
Summer, Year 1
NGR 6814	Quantitative Methods for Advancement of Health Sciences and Nursing Practice	3
NGR 6172	Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics	3
Fall, Year 2                                                                                                                                    24
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	3
Spring, Year 1
NGR 7115	Philosophies of Science Grounding Nursing	3
NGR 7815	Qualitative Research Methods I	3
NGR 7818	Advanced Nursing Research: Applied Quantitative Design & Methods	3
Spring, Year 2
NGR 7946	Scholarship Practicum	3
NGR 7845	Applied Advanced Statistics	3
Fall, Year 3
NGR 7121	Theory Development and 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 3
NGR 7853	Innovations in Inquiry	3
NGR 7119	Caring Science III: Innovative Methodologies to Study Caring Science	3
	Cognate	3
Summer, Year 3
NGR 7978	Doctoral Synthesis (Comprehensive Examination)	3
Fall, Year 4
NGR 7979*	Advanced Research	3
Spring and Summer Year 4
NGR 7980*	Dissertation (two classes over two semesters)	12
Year Four - Summer Semester
	TOTAL CREDITS	84

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• The sample curriculum outlined above would lead to a Nurse Educator specialization/care focus.
• The Nurse Practitioner (NP) track is not available to BSN to PhD students.
• Available tracks/specializations include Advanced Holistic Nursing, Administrative and Financial Leadership, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Nurse Educator. Appropriate courses would be substituted.
• Students should work closely with faculty and staff to ensure proper advisement regarding credentialing specialization.
• Students opting to earn a master of science in Nursing while in the BSN to PhD program will need additional courses.