The Ph.D. program at Georgia State University is a cooperative program with the Ph.D. program at the Medical College of Georgia. At Georgia State University the area of concentration centers on health promotion, protection and restoration, with a focus on vulnerable populations. At Medical College of Georgia the areas of concentration offered are Health Care throughout the Life Span and Nursing Administration. The Ph.D. Program in Nursing at Georgia State University requires a minimum of 48 semester hours past the master's degree in nursing, plus a minimum of 9 semester hours dissertation credit. In general, each three semester hour course represents three lecture hours of content.
Some courses have field experiences.
There is no clinical practice requirement in the Ph.D. Program. This is consistent with an academic, research focus rather than a clinical, professional degree focus. The curriculum includes nursing core courses, research courses, area of concentration courses and electives, unspecified electives, and dissertation credits. The curriculum is described in the Graduate Bulletin. The student's program of study requires one intermediate statistics course.