Part-time BSN to PhD
- Credits required for PhD: 61-62
- Dissertation credits: 30
- Minimum of 91 credits total
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring/Summer | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | NUR 7000: Statistics | 3 | NUR 7222: Leadership in Health Policy, Ethics and Change | 3 | NUR 8625: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: Theoretical and Methodological Issues | 3 |
| NUR 8011: Scientific Writing in Nursing | 1 | NUR 8210: Determinants of Health & Health Disparities | 3 | |||
| GS 0900: Responsible Conduct of Research (one-day course) | 0 | NUR 7105: Theoretical Foundations of Nursing | 3 | |||
| 4 total | 9 total | 3 total | ||||
| Year 2 | NUR 8012: Philosophical Basis of Nursing | 3 | NUR 8040: Quantitative Methods | 3 | NUR 8990: Pilot Research Study Part 1^^ | 3 |
| NUR 8610: Statistical Analysis I | 3 | NUR 8612: Statistical Analysis II | 3 | Concentration 1** | 3 | |
| Research Residency #1 ^ | 0 | |||||
| 6 total | 6 total | 6 total | ||||
| Year 3 | NUR 8060: Qualitative Research Methods | 3 | Concentration 2 | 3 | NUR 8335: Grant Writing | 3 |
| NUR 8185: Pilot Study Part 2^^ | 3 | Concentration 3 | 3 | |||
| 0 | Final plan of work must be filed | |||||
| 6 total | 6 total | 3 total | ||||
| Year 4 | NUR 8014: Health Interventions | 3 | NUR 8020: Theoretically-Based Nursing Inquiry | 3 | NUR 9991: Qualifying Exam | 7.5 |
| Advanced Methods Elective | 3 | Concentration 4 | 3 | |||
| 6 total | 6 total | 7.5 total | ||||
| Year 5 | NUR 9992: Dissertation Proposal | 3 | NUR 9993: Dissertation | 7.5 | NUR 9994: Dissertation | 7.5 |
| Dissertation Colloquia | 3 | Dissertation Colloquia | 0 | |||
| Teaching residency^^^ | 0 | |||||
| 6 total | 7.5 total | 7.5 total | ||||
| Year 6 | NUR 9995: Maintenance if needed | 0 |
** Sequencing of concentration courses, advanced methods and residencies are flexible depending on students' needs and resource availability. Note: There are five concentration courses in addition to an advanced methods course. Concentration courses may be taken in spring/summer.
*** University Residency requirement met (two successive semesters of at least six graduate credits).
^ Research residency is to be done over two semesters. Both must be completed before Proposal Defense. Satisfactory completion requires that students meet the core research competencies as outlined in the student handbook. Sequencing based on availability of research mentor.
^^ Pilot study must be done prior to Dissertation Proposal Defense. Note: There is one pilot study conducted over two semesters and separate from the Research Residency.
^^^ Teaching Residency is to be done during one semester and must be completed before a student can graduate from the program. Successful completion requires that students meet the teaching competencies as outlined in the student handbook. Program may be completed in less time if concentration, electives or residencies are completed in the spring/summer semester or if students elect more credits each term.
Please note
- NUR 9990 is not required but students may register for 9990 if time is needed to prepare for qualifying exam or full-time status is needed.
- Students have a seven-year time limit to complete all requirements for the PhD. The time limit does not stop with a Leave of Absence. A student whose PhD. time limit has expired is regarded by the Graduate School as automatically terminated from the program unless the department submits an appropriately justified request for a time extension and the Graduate School approves that request.
- 90 graduate credits beyond the baccalaureate degree are required: 60 in coursework and 30 in dissertation research and preparation. Transferred credits may not be used to reduce the minimum requirement of 30 credits of coursework, excluding dissertation, that must be earned at WSU.