BSN to DNP: Practice Leadership Option Full-Time Plan of Study

The following is a sample degree plan. You are not required to follow this plan, although all necessary courses must be completed before graduating.

Meet with your advisor and review the class schedule before scheduling your classes.

Sample schedule

After you are admitted into the program, you will:

  • Complete doctoral-level courses
  • Take 63 hours of course work and 1,029 clinical rotation hours

The following degree plan, last reviewed 06/18/2024, is based on the 2024-25 graduate catalog.

First semester (fall)

Courses Hours
NUR 740 Advanced Pathophysiology 3
NUR 763 Advanced Pharmacology 3
NUR 710 Clinical Epidemiology 3
NUR 711 Advanced Roles and Leadership in Nursing 2
NUR 733 Advanced Physical Assessment and Health Promotion 2
NUR 703 Population Health: A Local to Global Perspective 3
Total hours 16

Second semester (spring)

Courses Hours
NUR 791 Practice Leadership Practicum I 3
NUR 824 Health Policy to Improve Health Disparities 3
NUR 772 Research Methods for the Health Professions 3
NUR 792 Practice Leadership Practicum II 3
NUR 789 Organizational Leadership 3
Total hours 15

Third semester (summer)

Courses Hours
NUR 793 Practice Leadership Clinical Immersion 3
Total hours 3

Fourth semester (fall)

Courses Hours
NUR 800 DNP Leadership I: Concepts for Evidence-Based Practice 4
NUR 802 Emerging Science and Methods of Advanced Practice 3
Total hours 7

Fifth semester (spring)

Courses Hours
NUR 830 DNP Leadership II: Impacting Disparities in Health and Healthcare 6
Total hours 6

Sixth semester (fall)

Courses Hours
NUR 860 DNP Leadership III: Transforming Systems 6
NUR 880 Leadership and Innovation in Nursing 3
Total hours 9

Seventh semester (spring)

Courses Hours
NUR 810 Finance Management and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Roles 2
NUR 840 Technology for Transforming Nursing and Healthcare Systems 2
NUR 993 Transforming Practice 3
Total hours 7