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Nurse Educator Sample Plan of Study

Post MSN Certificate 
Applies to all students as of Fall 2007
(part-time study options are available)

Semester I (Fall)
NURSMAdvanced Clinical Core Course¹·²3 sh
NURSMSpecialty Courses¹·³  (Minimum 6 sh with 2 clinical hours)6 sh
Semester II (Spring)
NURSM628Care Management and Coordination¹3 sh(0,1,2)
NURSM725Curriculum Development 3 sh(3,0,0)
NURSMElective3 sh
Semester III (Summer)
NURSM615Methodologies of Online Nursing Education/ or Elective3 sh(3,0,0)
NURSM 703Instructional Processes in Nursing¹3 sh(2,0,1)
NURSM777Advanced Practice Role and Scope1 sh(1,0,0)
Semester IV (Fall)
NURSM626Nurse Specialist: Role Residency¹4-7 sh(0,1,3-6)
Thesis or Scholarly Project(optional 0-6 sh)
Minimum MSN course work29-32 sh


¹Clinical component
²A minimum of 3 hours of advanced clinical core courses is required. NURSM600, 624, and 781 may be used to meet the requirement or may be substituted for another course depending on clinical specialty and role desired. (Note: NURSM600 is a prerequisite to NURSM 781)
³Students may choose from existing specialty courses in other tracks such as NP or NMW as there are basic concepts in each specialty area that can be offered to all students. Students need 6 hours of specialty courses with 2 clinical hours.

Semester hour breakdown: 1:1 (Didactic), 2:1 (Seminar), 3:1 (Clinical/lab)

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