Kent State University Catalog 2011

Nursing - Ph.D. Program Requirements

NURSING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (72 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Nursing Knowledge Component
NURS	70710	History and Philosophy of Nursing Science	3
	70715	Theory Construction and Development in Nursing	3
	70720	Introduction to Nursing Knowledge Domains	3
	86091	Variable Content Seminar in Nursing: Nursing Science I	3
	87091	Variable Content Seminar in Nursing: Nursing Science II	3
Research Methods, Designs and Statistics
NURS	70705	Foundations of Research Methods in Nursing	3
	70725	Quantitative Research Methods in Nursing	3
	70730	Qualitative Research Methods in Nursing	3
	70745 70747	Advanced Topics in Quantitative Research Methods* or Advanced Methods for Nursing Reserach: Application of Qualitative Methods*	3
Statistics
	70727	Advanced Health Care Statistics I	3
	70737	Advanced Health Care Statistics II	3
Cognates
Two courses are required: Selected with the approval of the student’s academic advisor; 3 hours must be from disciplines outside of nursing and 3 hours may be within or outside of nursing. Cognates support the student’s research interest.			6
NURS	70746	Advanced Methods for Nursing Research: Measurement in Nursing
	70748	Advanced Methods for Nursing Reserach: Program Evaluation in Nursing
	70749	Research Methods for Knowledge Management
Health Care Policy
NURS	70735	Nursing and Health Care Policy	3
Dissertation
NURS	80199	Dissertation I	30
MINIMUM TOTAL			72

*Selected with the approval of student's advisor.