MSN-PhD Plan of Study & Curriculum Checklist

The PhD in Nursing programs at Florida International University have the following six curricular components:

  1. Program of Study
  2. Candidacy Examination
  3. Dissertation Proposal and Defense
  4. Dissertation Research
  5. Dissertation Writing
  6. Dissertation Defense

Courses & Syllabi

Enrolled students can click through to the FIU PhD Nursing Sharepoint page to view available courses and syllabi.

MSN‐PhD Plan of Study and Checklist

A unique plan of study is developed after admissions with the academic advisor. The below checklist is used to during development of this and throughout a student’s time in the PhD program to ensure all curriculum requirements are met.

 

COURSE AND TITLE

CREDIT HOURS

BSN-PhD

MSN-PhD

NGR 6123 – Knowledge Development

3

X

X

NGR 5810 – Research Methods in Nursing

3

X

 

NGR 5131 – Culture and Advanced Nursing Practice

3

X

 

NGR 5141 – Pathophysiologic Concepts

3

X

 

NGR 6172 – Pharmacological Concepts

3

X

 

NGR 7873 – Accessing, Managing, and Packaging Information

3

X

X

NGR 6002C – Advanced Health Assessment

4

X

 

NGR 7830 – Research in Health Care for Multicultural, Diverse, and Vulnerable Populations

3

X

X

NGR 7736 – Academic, Health Care and Political Systems: Function, Structure, Leadership, and Survival

3

X

X

 

Research Methods and Design (9)

NGR 6800 – Advanced Nursing Research Methods I

3

X

X

NGR 6801 – Advanced Nursing Research Methods II

3

X

X

NGR 6815 – Qualitative Methods

3

X

X

 

 

 

 

Grantsmanship (6)

NGR 6917 – Grantsmanship I

3

X

X

NGR 6818 – Grantsmanship II

3

X

X

 

Statistics (9 credits)

NGR 6850 – Empirical Evidence for Clinical Research and Practice I

3

X

X

NGR 6851- Empirical Evidence for Clinical Research and Practice II /PHC 6052 – Biostatistics I (recommended)

3

X

X

NGR 6857 – Empirical Evidence for Clinical Research and Practice III/PHC 6091 – Biostatistics II (recommended)

3

X

X

 

Cognate Electives (6) – faculty advisor approval required

XXX 6/7000 level course

3

X

 

XXX 6/7000 level course

3

X

 

 

Specific NP track – choose course(s) relating to Adult-Gero, Family, Child or Psych Mental Health

NGR 6201C-Adv. Adult or 6601C-Adv. Family or 6301C-Adv. Child or NGR 6503 Adv. Psych Health 1

3-4

X

 

NGR 6201L-Adv. Adult or 6601L-Adv. Family or 6301L-Adv. Child or NGR 6503L – Adv. Psych Practicum 1

3-4

X

 

 

NGR 6202 -Adv. Adult or 6602C-Adv. Family or 6302C-Adv. Child or NGR6504C Adv. Psych Health 2

3-4

X

 

NGR 6202L-Adv. Adult or 6602L-Adv. Family or 6302L-Adv. Child or NGR6504L Adv. Psych Health Practicum 2

3-4

X

 

Total Clinical Hours Adult / Child / Psych Mental Health: 1170 hours; Total Clinical Hours Family: 1310 hours

NGR 6700L-Role Synthesis in Adult-Gero or 6619L-Family or 6337L-Child or 6505L – Psych Mental Health

4

X

 

NGR 6209 - Clinical Decision-Making Adult or 6748-Family or 6337-Child or 6560 – Psych Mental Health

3

X

 

NGR 6538 – Psychopharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing – Psych Mental Health track only

3

X

 

 

MSN Education Track

NGR 6713 - Curriculum Development in Nursing

3

X

 

NGR 6715 – Instructional Technologies in Nursing and Health Sciences

3

X

 

NGR 6714C -Clinical Teaching Strategies for Nursing

3

X

 

NGR 6718 – Testing and Evaluation in Nursing Education

3

X

 

NGR 6708C – Classroom Teaching Strategies for Nursing

3

X

 

NGR 6710L – Clinical Specialty Practicum for the Nurse Educator

1

X

 

NGR 6910C - Research Project

3

X

 

 

Candidacy Examination (3-9)

NGR 7982 – Candidacy Examination

3-9

X

X

Dissertation (18)

NGR 7980 – Dissertation

3-18

X

X

*Plan of study may change at the discretion of the FIU PhD Nursing Program. Revised: January 2024