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Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)* Program Degree Requirements

To graduate, students must complete all coursework, pass qualifying exams, successfully defend their Scholarly Delivery Project, and submit all required materials by the Graduate School deadline. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required, along with 1,000 clinical hours (up to 500 of which can be transferred from an MSN program). Students must also apply for graduation by the posted deadline.

*Pending final approval by SACSCOC.

Required Courses (33 Credit Hours)

NURS 8303 - Theoretical Application for Advanced Practice Nursing (3)  
NURS 8304 - Health Policy and Economics for the DNP (3)  
NURS 8315 - Advanced Rural Health Systems Impact on Health Care (3)  
NURS 8316 - Informatics, Technology & Trends for Transforming Health Care (3)  
NURS 8302 - Genomics and Biostatistics in Health Care (3)  
NURS 8301 - Rural Focused Epidemiology for Evidence Based Practice (3)  
NURS 8317 - Evidence-Based Practice Application I (3)  
NURS 8318 - Evidence-Based Practice Application II (3)  
NURS 8319 - Advanced Rural Health Systems & Policy: Strategies for Improving Access & Outcomes (3)  
NURS 8105 - DNP Project Proposal (1)  
NURS 8107 - DNP Scholarly Project Dissemination (1)  
NURS 8423 - DNP Project Seminar (4)  

Choose one of the following Elective Courses (4 hours)

NURS 8420 - Advanced Principles for Clinical Nursing Practice Application (4)  
NURS 8421 - Advanced Principles for Executive Practice (4)  
NURS 8422 - Advanced Principles for Education Practice (4)