The Master of Science in Nursing degree offers two tracks, and enrollment can be full time or part time.
Clinical Research Track
The Clinical Research track consists of 35 credit hours, including a 5-credit hour clinical practicum experience. Didactic courses are designed to be full semester courses or modular courses. Modular courses are offered in 7 week sessions in the fall and spring and 6 week sessions in the summer. The practicum course (RSH 615) is a 15-week long course that is completed in the last semester of the program. The program can be completed in 6 semesters of part-time study, including summer, or in 4 semesters of full-time study, including summer.
| Fall | Credit | |
| Course # | Hours | |
| NSG 500** | Innovative Leadership for Organizational Transformation | 3 |
| NSG 600** | Principles of Business and Finance in Health Care | 3 |
| NSG 510** | Communication for Leaders | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Spring | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| NSG 515** | Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 |
| NSG 525** | Workplace and Population Mental Health | 3 |
| RSH 600** | Foundation of Good Clinical Practice in Clinical Trials | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Summer | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| NSG 520** | Complex Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 |
| NSG 620** | Lean: Healthcare Quality Improvement | 3 |
| RSH 605** | Fundamentals of Clinical Research Management | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Fall | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| RSH 610** | Clinical Trials and Site Management | 3 |
| RSH 615** | Clinical Trials Research Practicum | 5 |
| TOTAL | 8 | |
| Total Degree Hours | 35 |
*General Education Course
**Major Course
| Spring | Credit | |
| Course # | Hours | |
| NSG 500** | Innovative Leadership for Organizational Transformation | 3 |
| NSG 510** | Communication for Leaders | 3 |
| NSG 515** | Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Summer | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| NSG 520** | Complex Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 |
| RSH 600** | Foundation of Good Clinical Practice in Clinical Trials | 3 |
| NSG 620** | Lean: Healthcare Quality Improvement | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Fall | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| NSG 525** | Workplace and Population Mental Health | 3 |
| NSG 600* | Principles of Business and Finance in Health Care | 3 |
| RSH 605** | Fundamentals of Clinical Research Management | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Spring | ||
| Course # | Credit Hours | |
| RSH 610** | Clinical Trials and Site Management | 3 |
| RSH 615** | Clinical Trials Research Practicum | 5 |
| TOTAL | 8 | |
| Total Degree Hours | 35 |
+This curriculum may be adapted for part time students.
*General Education Course
**Major Course