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Doctor of Nursing Practice

Sample Plan of Part-time Study

The program requires a minimum of 38 credits comprised of 19 credits of core courses, 15 credits of specialty electives, and 4 credits for a capstone project.  Full-time or part-time options are available.

First Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 802 Methods for Evidence-Based Practice 3
NDNP 810 Capstone Project Identification 1
  Total 4
Second Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 805 Design and Analysis for Evidence-Based Practice
Prerequisite: NDNP802		 4
N--- xxx Specialty Elective 3
  Total 7
Third Semester (Summer)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 809 Complex Health Care Organizations 3
  Total 3
Fourth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 804 Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Nursing Practice 3
  Total 3
Fifth Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 811 Capstone II: Project Development
Prerequisites: NDNP802, NDNP804, NDNP805, NDNP809, NDNP810
Corequisite: NDNP807		 1
NDNP 807 Information Systems & Technology for the Transformation of Health Care 3
  Total 4
Sixth Semester (Summer)
Course Title Credits
N--- xxx Specialty Elective 1
  Total 1
Seventh Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 812 Capstone III: Project Implementation
Prerequisites: NDNP 802, NDNP 804, NDNP 805, NDNP 807,
NDNP 809, NDNP 810, NDNP 811
Corequisite: NDNP 815		 1
NDNP 815 Leadership & Interprofessional Collaboration
Prerequisite: NDNP 809		 3
  Total 4
Eighth Semester (Spring)
Course Title Credits
N--- xxx Specialty Elective 4
  Total 4
Ninth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
N--- xxx Specialty Elective 3
  Total 3
Tenth Semester (Fall)
Course Title Credits
NDNP 813 Capstone IV: Project Evaluation & Dissemination
Prerequisites: NDNP 802, NDNP 804, NDNP 805, NDNP 807,
NDNP 809, NDNP 810, NDNP 811
Corequisites: NDNP 812, NDNP 815		 1
N--- xxx Specialty Elective 4
  Total 5
Total Credits
Total Credits
Total Credits 38

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