Curriculum Overview

The APCHSN curriculum consists of 64-67 credits. Full-time study can be completed in 7 quarters, and part-time study in 10 quarters.

These are the course components:

• APCHSN Core Courses (15 credits)

• Community Cognates (3 credits)
  
  • Communities for Youth assures the health of youth through a responsive community health system
  • Cross Cultural and Global Health promotes the health of multicultural communities and populations.  NURS 562 Clinical Applied Anthropology and NURS 579 Transcultural Nursing Practices are required courses for students who choose the Cross-Cultural and Global Health cognate.
  • Healthy Aging emphasizes the well being during aging regardless of residence and health status
  • Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN) promotes the health and prevention of injury among workers, their families, and community members. 
  • Rural Health promotes programs and policies for the health of people in rural communities

 

• Therapeutic Cognate (9 credits)

• Health Policy
• Program Development and Program Evaluation


• Research Courses/Scholarly Inquiry (10-13 credits)
• Clinical Internship (14 or 17* credits)

*note: 17 credits after 2009 due to course revision

• Public Health Science/Health Service (with Management and Budget Courses, 13 credits)
• Management and Budget Course Elective

To Plan Your Study, see the APCHSN Full Time Curriculum Plan

To Plan Your Course Schedule, go to the UW Time Schedule