Full-time MSN to PhD
- MSN transfer credits: 24*
- Credits required for PhD: 37-40
- Dissertation credits: 30
- Minimum of 91 credits total
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring/Summer | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer 24 graduate credits | ||||||
| Year 1 | NUR 8011: Scientific Writing in Nursing | 1 | NUR 8040: Quantitative Methods | 3 | NUR 8335: Grant Writing | 3 |
| NUR 8012: Philosophical Basis of Nursing | 3 | NUR 8612: Statistical Analysis II | 3 | Research Residency 1^ | 0 | |
| NUR 8610: Statistical Analysis I | 3 | NUR 8210: Determinants of Health & Health Disparities | 3 | |||
| NUR 8060: Qualitative Methods | 3 | Final plan of work must be filed | ||||
| GS 0900: Responsible Conduct of Research (one-day course) | 0 | |||||
| 10 total | 9 total* | 3-6 total* | ||||
| Year 2 | NUR 8014: Health Interventions | 3 | NUR 8020: Theory-Guided Nursing Inquiry | 3 | NUR 9991: Qualifying Exam | 7.5 |
| Concentration 1** | 3 | Advanced Methods Course | 3 | |||
| Concentration 2** | 3 | NUR 7222: Leadership in Heath Policy, Ethics & Change (if needed) | 3 | |||
| Research Residency 2^ | 0 | |||||
| 9 total | 6-9 total* | 7.5 total | ||||
| Year 3 | Proposal Defense
| 7.5 |
| 7.5 | NUR 9994: Dissertation | 7.5 |
| 7.5 total | 7.5 total | 7.5 total | ||||
| Year 4 | NUR 9995: Dissertation Maintenance*** | 0 |
*MSN Transfer credits: 6000 level or above
Content area requirements (minimum-maximum semester hours):
- Theory: 3-6 credits
- Research & Statistics: 6-15 credits
- Policy nursing: 6-12 credits
**Sequencing of concentration courses, advanced methods elective and residencies will be flexible depending on students' needs, courses offered and faculty availability. Concentration courses may be taken at consortium institutions (University of Michigan, Michigan State University; see "Courses Requiring Written Approval" section in the handbook).
*** 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.
^^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.
Please note
- NFLP: All PhD students who elect to participate in the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) and accept NFLP award monies for even one semester must complete all of the GCNE courses prior to graduation unless 1. You already have a master’s degree in nursing education, OR 2. you have taught the equivalent of a full-time year (equivalent of a WSU workload, e.g., lead two didactic courses per semester and three clinical groups in each semester). Students are required to provide documentation that they taught at an accredited nursing school with both didactic and clinical teaching experiences. The PI of the NFLP will review the documentation for determination of GCNE exemption. Failure to fulfill the obligations of the GCNE courses for NFLP may delay PhD graduation.
- Program may be completed in less time if concentration, electives, or residencies are completed in the Spring/Summer semester or students elect more credits each term.
- 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.