Dual Degree Option: MSN/JD
MSN Course Requirements
Graduate Core (6 Hours) GSA613 Organizational Behavior (3)
Select one quantitative methods course:
- NUR500 Advanced Statistical Methods (3)
- GSA611 Analytical Methods for Managers (3)*
(The quantitative methods course must be completed before the 700 level nursing courses.)
Ethics Course: This requirement is met by LAW780 under JD electives.
Nursing Core (9 hours)
- NUR510 Nursing Science & Theory (3)
- NUR520 Advanced Nursing Research (3)
- NUR530 Systems & Nursing Informatics (3)
(These courses may be taken in any order and at any time prior to the 700 level nursing courses. These 9 hours meet the MBA Elective requirement.)
Synthesis & Application (9 hours minimum)
- NUR755 Role Development in Advanced Practice Nursing (3)*
- NUR765 Program Development in a Changing Health Care System (3)*
Select one of three options:
- NUR767 Proposal Writing (1)* and NUR770 Thesis (3 hours minimum)*
- NUR767 Proposal Writing (1)* and NUR785 Project (3 hours minimum)*
- NUR772 Synthesis and Integration (3)* and NUR773 Comprehensive Examination (1)*
(These capstone courses, which build on preceding experiences, should be taken toward the end of the program. All 600 level nursing core courses must be completed first.
JD Course Requirements
JD Core (42 hours)** - LAW610/611 Legal Writing I and II (4)
- LAW620/621 Contracts I and II (6)
- LAW630/631 Torts I and II (6)
- LAW640 Criminal Law (3)
- LAW650/651 Constitutional Law I and II (6)
- LAW660/661 Property I and II (6)
- LAW670 Evidence (3)
- LAW680/681 Civil Procedure I and II (6)
- LAW690 Professional Responsibility (2)
JD Electives (35 hours)**
(The 35 hours listed below + 9 hours from the Nursing Core = 44 hours for JD Electives.)
Required:
- Perspective Distribution Course (2)
(Select from the International Law or Jurisprudence, Legal History, Theory categories.)
- Business Distribution Courses
(This 6 hour requirement is met by courses below marked with ).
Writing Requirement (no separate credit)
Highly Recommended by the School of Nursing:
- LAW714 Health Law (3)
- LAW780 Bioethics and Law (3)
- LAW856 Professional Malpractice (3)
Recommended - Content on the Bar Exam:
- LAW720/721 Business Assoc. I & II (6)
- LAW730 Commercial Transactions (3)
- LAW731 Commercial Paper (3)
- LAW741 Family Law (3)
Other courses recommended by the School of Nursing (9 hours must be selected):
- LAW700 Administrative Law (3)
- LAW705 Labor Law (3)
- LAW706 Labor Relations (3)
- LAW707 Labor Arbitration (2)
- LAW710 Antitrust & Trade Regulation
- LAW740 Juvenile Law (2)
- LAW867 Products Liability (3)
- LAW880 Alternative Dispute Resolution (2)
(Other Law courses may be approved for JD elective credit on a course-by-course basis by the Associate Dean of Nursing prior to enrollment in those courses.)
The minimum requirements for both these degrees when taken together are 101 semester hours. They must be completed within the degree completion guidelines of 5 years.
* Prerequisite(s) required.