Master of Nursing (M.N.): Nurse Practitioner

Degree Requirements

NOTE: Several courses in the M.N. Nurse Practitioner program require a passing grade of 70%.
These courses are as follows:

  • NURS 830.3 Theory for Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 831.3 Therapeutic Foundations for Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 832.3 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioner Practice I
  • NURS 833.3 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioner Practice II
  • NURS 834.3 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning I
  • NURS 835.3 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning II
  • NURS 836.3 Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 837.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles I
  • NURS 838.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles II
  • NURS 839.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles III
  • NURS 840.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency I
  • NURS 841.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency II
  • NURS 842.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency III

Students with relevant graduate level course equivalent completed in statistical methods or evidence informed practice may be exempt from completing up to six credit units of course work, as determined by the program.

  • GPS 960.0 Introduction to Ethics and Integrity
  • GPS 961.0 Ethics and Integrity in Human Research, if research involves human subjects
  • GPS 962.0 Ethics and Integrity in Animal Research, if research involves animal subjects

A minimum of 45 credit units, including the following:

  • NURS 818.3 Applied Statistical Methods in Nursing
  • NURS 821.3 Evidence Informed Practice in Nursing
  • NURS 830.3 Theory for Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 831.3 Therapeutic Foundations for Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 832.3 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioner Practice I
  • NURS 833.3 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioner Practice II
  • NURS 834.3 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning I
  • NURS 835.3 Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning II
  • NURS 836.3 Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • NURS 837.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles I
  • NURS 838.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles II
  • NURS 839.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Roles III
  • NURS 840.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency I
  • NURS 841.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency II
  • NURS 842.3 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency III
  • NURS 990.0 Seminar

Please note that students who are unsuccessful in completing any two courses within a graduate program in the College of Nursing will be recommended to be required to discontinue.