All students must complete 54 units of graduate coursework in nursing. The project option involves innovation in a new or existing health care system or group which must be justified on the basis of the literature and community assessment. The project report must include at least short term evaluation of the project. The goal of the thesis option is knowledge discovery. Research questions and methods must be justified by a review of the literature.
Data collection is limited to a small series of cases, interviews, or surveys.
Students are counseled in the selection of their topics and choice of options beginning early in the program. Thus, papers written and work completed throughout may be integrated into the capstone experience.