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Hahn School of Nursing & Health Science » Current Students » PhD Students » PhD Student Curriculum

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN NURSING CURRICULUM PLAN

COURSE DISTRIBUTION (Total Units: 48)

I. CORE COMPONENT (9 units)
PHDN 601 Logics of Inquiry (3)
PHDN 602 Theory Development in Nursing (3)
PHDN 641 Social, Historical and Philosophical Bases in Nursing (3)

II. RESEARCH COMPONENT (18 units)
PHDN 607 Applied Statistics & Quantitative Research Methods
PHDN 670 Quantitative Designs in Research
PHDN 677 Advance Quantitative Designs in Research
PHDN 673 Ethnographic and Field Research Design
PHDN 676 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
********* Selected Research Emphasis

III. AREA OF EMPHASIS (9 units)

IV. DISSERTATION COMPONENT (12 units)
PHDN 664 Dissertation Seminar
PHDN 695 Dissertation
PHDN 695 Dissertation
PHDN 695 Dissertation


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