The Master of Science in Nursing courses are delivered online with the exception of two residency requirements for orientation to the program (1.5 days), as well as during NURS 503 Conflict course (3 days). The Master of Business Administration courses are delivered online.
Admission Requirements
- Students must be accepted to both the MSN and MBA programs.
- MSN requirement: a 3.0 GPA in undergraduate nursing courses plus 2 acceptable references
- MBA requirement: students have at least two years working experience and achieved satisfactory performance on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)
- Students without a background in business may take a prerequisite course (all offered by EMU) including coursework in accounting, finance, and economics.
Course Requirements
Semester Hours: Total of 56 SH (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 & Ethical Principles to Health Care (3 SH)
- NURS 626 Managing in a Complex Environment (3 SH)
MSN Requirements (23 SH)
- NURS 501Conceptual Framework for Sacred Covenant (1 SH)
- NURS 503 Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation (3 SH)
- NURS 510 Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing (3 SH)
- NURS 511 Translational Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice (3 SH)
- NURS 512 Knowledge Development: Informatics, Epidemiology and Outcomes (3 SH)
- NURS 620 Safety, Risk Reduction, and Quality Care (4 SH)
- NURS 629 Instructional Methodologies Nurse Leaders (2 SH)
- NURS 630 Leadership Project (4 SH) (with the addition of an MBA faculty advising the project to ensure the presence of sustainability content)
MBA Requirements (24 SH)
- MBA 522 – Leadership & Management for the Common Good
- MBA 564 – Organizational Behavior (NOTE – NURS 628 Org Behavior may be substituted if schedule requires)
- MBA 585 – Managerial Finance and Accounting
- MBA 623 – Financial Management
- MBA 647 – Strategic Marketing Management
- Choose one: MBA 541 – Global Sustainability or MBA 680 Sustainable Organizations and Global Citizenship
- Choose one: MBA 615 – Narrative Leadership or MBA 670 Strategic Leadership in a Multicultural World
- Choose one: MBA 671 – Data Analytics or MBA 663 Managerial Economics