Our online interdisciplinary PhD in Nursing Ethics is a total of 47 credits. The program
can be completed in four years and does require three in-person residencies. It is
offered with the Center for Global Health Ethics in the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal
Arts.
How credits are calculated:
26 credits |
Nursing |
12 credits |
Health Care Ethics |
3 credits |
Cognate |
6 credits |
Dissertation |
47 credits |
Total |
You can find the curriculum below. Please note that revisions to curricula are ongoing.
* Required On-campus Visit
** Required Study Abroad
Year 1
Summer
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 901 |
State of the Science and Discovery |
3 credits |
|
Doctoral Week* |
|
Fall
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 927 |
Structure of Nursing Knowledge |
3 credits |
HCE 659 |
Methods in Health Care Ethics |
3 credits |
Spring
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 923 |
Methods of Scientific Inquiry I |
4 credits |
HCE 648 |
Clinical Ethics |
3 credits |
Year 2
Summer
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 924 |
Methods of Scientific Inquiry II** |
4 credits |
GPNG 903 |
Measurement Issues |
3 credits |
Fall
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 931 |
Applied Qualitative Practicum |
3 credits |
HCE 642 |
Multicultural Society |
3 credits |
Spring
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 940 |
Statistics II |
3 credits |
HCE 643 |
Ethics of Care |
3 credits |
Year 3
Summer
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
|
Cognate |
3 credits |
GPNG 921 |
Foundations of Social and Distributive Justice in Health Policy |
3 credits |
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
|
Comprehensive Exams |
1 credits |
Spring
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 915 |
Dissertation |
1 credit |
Year 4
Summer
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 915 |
Dissertation |
1 credit |
Fall
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 915 |
Dissertation |
1 credit |
Spring
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 915 |
Dissertation |
1 credit |
Year 5
Summer
Course # |
Course Name or Program Requirement |
Credits |
GPNG 915 |
Dissertation Defense* |
1 credit |