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General Information
BSN Program
MSN Program
Nursing Department
Prerequisite Courses
Adult Health Nursing
Faculty
Nursing Courses
Family Nurse Practitioner
Alternative for RNs
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

MSN in Adult Health Specialization

Required Courses (31 semester credit hours)
NURS 6301 Theoretical Foundations in Nursing
NURS 6302 Research in Nursing
NURS 6303 Statistics in Nursing
NURS 6304 Advanced Pathophysiology in Nursing
NURS 6305 Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 6306 Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS 6208 Nursing Informatics
NURS 6209 Professional Nursing Issues
NURS 6321 Advanced Adult Health I or NURS 6310 Health Promotion
NURS 6322 Advanced Adult Health II
NURS 6323 Advanced Adult Health III

Complete one of the following functional role sequences (6 semester credit hours)

Clinical Specialist
NURS 6341 Advanced Practice I
NURS 6342 Advanced Practice II

Educator
NURS 6343 Educator I
NURS 6344 Educator II

Administrator
NURS 6345 Administrator I
NURS 6346 Administrator II

and either
Thesis Option (6 semester credit hours)
NURS 7300 Thesis I (Proposal)
NURS 7301 Thesis II
or
Non-Thesis Option (6 semester credit hours)
NURS 7302 Practice Intervention Project
An additional approved three hour graduate course