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Ph.D. in Nursing Coursework

Click on the links below for more information about the courses. See Academic Calendars for deadlines. (SCH= Semester Credit Hours)

UT System students meeting course prerequisites may be allowed to take a course with written approval of the Director of the Doctoral Program (Dr. Haas, barbara_haas@uttyler.edu) and space permitting. Students who obtain permission should contact the TeleCampus Student and Faculty Services for registration procedures.

Hands on a laptopFull-time Curriculum

Year 1 

Fall

Spring

  • NURS 6312 Theory Construction and Evaluation (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6320 Data Management (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6333 Qualitative Research Designs & Methods (3 SCH) 

Summer

  • NURS 6350 Research in Transcultural Health (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 
Year 2

Fall

  • NURS 6330 Quantitative Research Designs & Methods (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6354 The Nurse as Educator (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6352 Healthcare Policy Development (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6337 Advanced Research Design & Methods (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 
  • (Preliminary Exam) (0 SCH)

Summer

  • NURS 6356 Research Practicum (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 
Year 3 

Fall

  • NURS 6660 Dissertation (6 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6660 Dissertation (6 SCH) 

Part-time Curriculum

Year 1 

Fall

  • NURS 6310 Philosophy of Science (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6322 Advanced Statistics (3 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6312 Theory Construction and Evaluation (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6320 Data Management (3 SCH) 
Summer
  • NURS 6350 Research in Transcultural Health (3 SCH) 
Year 2 

Fall

  • NURS 6330 Quantitative Research Designs & Methods (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6342 Scholarship in Nursing (3 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6352 Healthcare Policy Development (3 SCH) 
  • NURS 6333 Qualitative Research Designs & Methods (3 SCH) 
Summer
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 
Year 3

Fall

  • NURS 6354 The Nurse as Educator (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6337 Advanced Research Design & Methods (3 SCH) 
  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH) 
Summer
  • NURS 6356 Research Practicum (3 SCH)
Year 4

Fall

  • Elective / Cognate (3 SCH)
  • (Preliminary Exam) (0 SCH) 

Spring

  • NURS 6660 Dissertation (6 SCH) 
Year 5

Fall

  • NURS 6660 Dissertation (6 SCH) 

 

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