Education concentrate students must take the following courses and complete a minimum of 37 semester hours to graduate. Students in this program will be prepared for faculty or clinical education within an academic institution or healthcare setting. Please note students are encouraged to complete the advanced sciences courses offered through our Clinical Nurse Specialist concentration: Advanced Assessment, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology. This curriculum will make them more suitable for a clinical educator position.

Graduate Core

Statistics: NURS 500 Nursing Statistics
Organizational Behavior: MBA 613 Organizational Behavior
Ethics: IDS 693 Health Promotion, Policy, Ethics*

Nursing Core

NURS 510 Nursing Science & Theory
NURS 520 Advanced Nursing Research
NURS 530 Nursing Informatics

Concentrate Core

NURS 637 Course Curriculum & Design
NURS 638 Teaching-Learning Strategies
NURS 639 Technology in Education

Clinical & Capstone

NURS 755 Role Development in Advance Practice Nursing
NURS 765 Program Development in Changing Healthcare System
NURS 770 Thesis
NURS 772-773 Exam

Education Sample Schedule

*Course options with advisor approval