Fall Year 1:

• STA 610 - Applied Statistics for Health Professions: Project-oriented overview of major statistical techniques commonly used in problems encountered in health professions. Students will learn to use a major statistical computing package. Hypothesis testing, t-tests, regression, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, categorical data analysis, and nonparametric statistics. 
• NUR 608 - Leadership Roles in Complex Systems - In this course, students analyze and evaluate theories and research that influence leadership in complex systems. Leadership is explored in complex system domains. Core competencies for leadership effectiveness are examined and evaluated, with application in an experiential field experience.
• NUR 607 - Health Care System Policy and Politics  - This course focuses on policy decisions related to organization, financing, and delivery of health care in global communities. It provides a basis for understanding political and social forces that shape nursing practice and health care delivery. Ethical dimensions of public policy will be applied in field experiences.

Winter Year 1: 

• NUR 641 – Advanced Human Scienced: Clinical Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, and Advanced Assessment. This course provides basic theoretical foundations in pathophysiology, clinical pharmacology, and advanced assessment for understanding management of health problems of patient populations in varied settings.
• NUR 698 - Scholarly Inquiry and Evidence-Based Practice - This course focuses on the review and synthesis of literature to improve health care practice. Methodologic considerations and variable measurement are explored along with ethical considerations in human subjects. It is in sequence with statistics and quality improvement theory.
• NUR 703 - Healthcare Informatics - This course provides a detailed introduction to information systems and technologies that support systems of practice in healthcare. Relevant theories, as well as issues and standards including ethical and privacy concerns, are addressed. Strategies for building and managing information
  system components will be incorporated, with an opportunity for application in field experience.

Spring/Summer Year 1:

• NUR 704 - Quality and Management in Healthcare - This course provides knowledge and expertise in the application of key concepts from quality improvement, implementation science and project management. A project plan will be designed during contextual field learning experiences..
• NUR 625 - Health Issues in Vulnerable Populations - This course examines and incorporates epidemiologic methods and theories in the assessment of health disparities in vulnerable populations. Course content will explore issues in health access, disparities in U.S. populations, and examine current trends, societal consequences, and contributory cause(s).
• NUR 643 – Adult Learning Principles for Health Professionals. This course focuses on the introduction and synthesis of foundational learning theories to improve health care education for individuals and groups. Methodologic applications and assessments will be implemented.

Fall Year 2:

• NUR 615 - MSN Clinical Specialty Immersion/Capstone I
• Elective - optional

Winter Year 2:

• NUR 616 - MSN Clinical Specialty Immersion/Capstone II
• Elective - optional