The Master of Science in Nursing courses are delivered online that includes two virtual residency requirements for orientation to the program (1.5 days), as well as during NURS 503 Conflict course (format TBD).
The Master of Business Administration courses are delivered online.
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
Semester Hours: Total of 56 SH (reduction of 17 SH in the dual degree)
MSN Requirements Course Descriptions - MSN (32 SH)
NURS 501 Conceptual 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 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 626 Managing in a Complex Environment (3 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 and Management for the Common Good (3 SH)
MBA 541 Global Sustainability (3 SH)
MBA 564 Organizational Behavior (3 SH) (NOTE – NURS 628 Org Behavior may be substituted if schedule requires)
MBA 585 Managerial Finance and Accounting (3 SH)
MBA 615 Narrative Leadership ( 3SH)
MBA 623 Financial Management (3 SH)
MBA 647 Strategic Marketing Management (3 SH)
MBA 671 Data Analytics ( 3 SH)