Graduate Level Courses Offered Through the M.S.N., D.N.P. and Ph.D. Programs

Since the courses offered may be updated during the academic year, for the most up to date information, students should always view the online course catalog, available through Cardinal Students. Please also consult the website for course descriptions.

All courses are three credit unless otherwise noted. Course descriptions are available on the Website.

The number of hours of meeting/contact time per week is determined by the type of nursing course and credits. The following ratios are used:

Didactic Course 1 credit=1 hour/week
Laboratory Course 1 credit=3 hours/week
Clinical Course 1 credit=6 hours/week
Doctoral Residency 1 credit=90 hours
Doctoral Practicum 1 credit=30 research hours

*When courses are a combination of didactic and clinical or didactic and laboratory, the number of hours/week is adjusted to reflect the relative proportions