Policy includes health policy, and nursing research and policy. Cognates may be taken in psychology, human development, ethics, health policy, nursing, or any area related to the student's research, including appropriate courses in methods. A dissertation is required with a minimum of ten credit hours of advisement. Some courses may be available for nonmatriculated study with permission of the chairperson of the doctoral program and the course instructor. The following is a sample plan of study for the full-time program, but varies by focus area.
Credit hours are in parentheses.
Students register for two credits per term in the first five terms following completion of course work, and one thereafter until the degree is awarded. Cognates as necessary. This sequence includes four required courses. A study of the nature and evolution of science is essential to understand the impact of scientific philosophy on the development of knowledge in a discipline. Knowledge in any discipline develops as a result of the systematic examination of the phenomena of concern.