The School of Nursing collaborates with the School of Medicine, the School of Law, and the Department of Religious Studies to offer a joint Ph.D. in Nursing and M.A. in Bioethics.
Students follow the doctoral program curriculum.
Cognates and elective requirements for the doctorate are taken in bioethics, meeting the M.A. degree requirement. Graduates are prepared to engage in continuing scholarship and research which both contributes to the knowledge base of the discipline of nursing, and addresses bioethical issues in nursing and health care. Students may register for GNUR 990 more than once to achieve a total of 2 credits. Cognates and electives may be taken in different terms and years from those shown here. Students are advised to verify when courses they wish to take are offered.