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The Master of Science in Nursing courses are delivered online with the exception of two The Master of Science in Nursing courses are delivered online, including two virtual residency requirements for orientation to the program (1.5 days) , as well as during NURS 503 Conflict course (3 daysand NURS 503 Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation (format TBD). The 

Master The Master of Business Administration courses Administration courses are also delivered online.

Admission Requirements

• Students must be accepted to both

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• the MSN and MBA programs.

• MSN and MBA requirements: a 3.

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• 0 GPA in undergraduate nursing courses plus 2 acceptable references

• Interview with both the MSN and MBA program directors

Course Requirements

Semester Hours: Total of 56 SH (a reduction of 17 SH in the dual degree)

Shared Courses Between the MBA Health Care Track and the MSN (9 SH)

• NURS 515  Health Care Delivery System (3 SH)
• NURS 516  Application of Legal and Ethical Principles to Health Care (3 SH)
• NURS 626  Managing in a Complex Environment (3 SH)

MSN RequirementsCourse Descriptions - MSN(23 SH)

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Students can take all MSN courses or MBA courses together or MSN and MBA courses integrated with each other.

MSN Requirements (32 SH)

• NURS 501 Conceptual Framework for Sacred Covenant (1 SH)

• NURS 503 

  NURS 503 Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation (3 SH)

• NURS 510 

  NURS 510 Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing (3 SH)

• NURS 511 

  NURS 511 Translational Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice (3 SH)

• NURS 512 

  NURS 512 Knowledge Development: Informatics, Epidemiology and Outcomes (3 SH)

  NURS 620 

• NURS 515  Health Care Delivery System (3 SH)

• NURS 516  Application of Legal and Ethical Principles to Health Care (3 SH)

• NURS 620 Safety, Risk Reduction, and Quality Care (4 SH)

• NURS 629 

  NURS 626 Managing in a Complex Environment (3 SH)

• NURS 629 Instructional Methodologies Nurse Leaders (2 SH)

• NURS 630 

  NURS 630 Leadership Project (4 SH) (with the addition of

  an MBA faculty

  an MBA faculty advising the project to ensure the presence of sustainability content)

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NOTE: NURS 511 is a prerequisite to NURS 620 which is a prerequisite to NURS 630. In addition, these courses must be taken sequentially in the student’s last year of MSN program requirements. Finally, all work must be completed or being taken concurrently before one is eligible for enrollment in NURS 630.

MBA Requirements (24 SH)

• MBA 522 Leadership and Management for the Common Good (4 weeks w/ weekend residency, 3 SH) OR OLS 510 Leadership and Management for the Common Good (semester long, 3 SH)

• MBA 541 Global Sustainability (6 weeks, 3 SH) OR MBA 680 Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship (semester long, 3 SH)

• MBA 564 Organizational Behavior (7 weeks, 3 SH)

  (NOTE –

  OR NURS 628

  Org Behavior may be substituted if schedule requires

  Systems Approach to Organizational Behavior (semester long, 3 SH)

• MBA 585

  Financial and Managerial Accounting (

  Managerial Finance and Accounting (6 weeks, 3 SH) OR OLS 540 Managerial Finance and Accounting (semester long, 3 SH)

• MBA

  623 Financial Management

  615 Narrative Leadership (3 SH)

  OR MBA

  647 Strategic Marketing Management

  670 Strategic Leadership in a Multicultural World (3 SH)

• Choose one: MBA 541 Global Sustainability OR MBA 680 Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship

  MBA 623 Financial Management (3 SH)

  Choose one: MBA
• 615 Narrative Leadership OR MBA 670 Strategic Leadership in a Multicultural World

  MBA 647 Strategic Marketing Management (3 SH)

• Choose one:

  MBA 671 Data Analytics for Decision Making (3 SH) OR MBA 663 Managerial Economics (3 SH)