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Revised July 2009

Minimum requirements for the PhD program are 93 credits. Of these, 41 credits are defined as Theory and Domain of Knowledge, and a minimum of 52 credits are defined as Scholarly Inquiry.

An optional Statistics Area of Concentration is available. The number of credits for this Concentration varies by the student.

Theory and Domain of Knowledge
Minimum 41 credits
Required (Core) courses are highlighted in bold.

Course	Credits
NURS 587: Role Transition Seminar	2
NURS 588: Philosophical Basis of Nursing Inquiry	3
NURS 589: Theoretical Perspectives in Nursing Science	3
NURS 590: Ecology of Human Health	5
NURS 592: The Science of Nursing Therapeutics	4
NURS 593 or NURS 594: Advanced Seminar - Healing or Preventive Therapeutics	3
NURS 595: Synthesis of Nursing Science	3
Graduate Nursing Courses	6
Related Fields: Courses without a NSG, NURS, NCLIN, or NMETH prefix; may be independent study	12

Scholarly Inquiry
Minimum 52 credits
Courses in this category are grouped into three required sub-categories:

Course	Credits
NMETH 579: Research Design and Methods	4
NMETH 580: Methodological Perspectives in Nursing Science	3

Design/Methods/Analysis Sequence (18 credits)
Courses are divided into two areas:
- Advanced Methods
- Statistics
In addition to the courses listed below, the Department of Biostatistics offers many interdisciplinary research methods courses.

Advanced Methods: 8 credit minimum
Course	Credits
NMETH 582*: Interpretative Methods in Nursing Research I	4
NMETH 583: Interpretative Methods in Nursing Research II	4
NMETH 591: Clinical Outcome Research I	4
NMETH 592: Clinical Outcome Research II	2-4
NMETH 593: Time Series and Sequential Analysis	4
NMETH 584: Methods: Physiological Measures	4
NMETH 586: Methods: Instrument Development and Testing	4
NMETH 587: Methods of Theory Testing: Causal Modeling	4
BIOST 524: Design of Medical Studies	3
*Students taking NMETH 582 will receive an N grade for satisfactory work; grades will be assigned upon completion of NMETH 583.

Statistics: 10 credit minimum
Optional Statistics Courses	Credits
BIOST 511: Medical Biometry I	4
BIOST 512: Medical Biometry II	4
BIOST 513: Medical Biometry III	4
EDPSY 593: Experimental Design and Analysis	5
EDPSY 594: Advanced Correlational Techniques	5
PSYCH 524: Probability Theory and Nonparametric Statistics	4
PSYCH 525: Linear Models and Data	4
PSYCH 526: Modeling Experimental and Observational Data	4
SOC 504: Applied Social Statistics	3
SOC 505: Applied Social Statistics	3
NMETH 590: Special Topics - Computerized Statistical Procedures (SPSS)	2

Optional Advanced Statistics Courses	Credits
BIOST 524: Design of Medical Studies	3
BIOST 574: Multivariate Statistical Methods	3
SOC 526: Causal Approach to Theory Building and Data Analysis	3
SOC 529: Structural Equation Models for the Social Sciences	3
Courses Offered by the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS)	Credits vary

Optional Elective - Colloquium
NURS 596: Colloquium, Scientific Content, and Dissertation Seminar (2-6 credits)