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DNP Curriculum Courses
Scientific Foundations for Advanced Practice Core (6 courses)
NURS	8112	Scientific and Scholarly Foundations for Advance Practice I	2
NURS	8114	Scientific and Scholarly Foundations for Advanced Practice II	4
NURS	8122	Health Care Transformation through Technology	2
NURS	6111	Ethics in Research and Scholarship (PhD course)	1
NURS	6123	Applied Statistics I (PhD course)	3
BSE	5113	Principles of Epidemiology	3
		Total credit hours	15
Leadership Core (4 courses)
NURS	8313	Economics and Finance in Health Care for Advanced Practice	3
NURS	8323	Health Policy Local to Global	3
NURS	8333	Healthcare Quality for Improved Outcomes	3
NURS	8343	Organizational Behaviors, Health Care Systems, and Leadership	3
		Total credit hours	12
Supporting (minor) Focus Area (2+ courses, variable)
NURS	6512	Translational Science for Practice (DNP/PhD course)	2
Focus Area	varies	A minimum of 6 credit hours of course work relevant to NP, CNS, Nursing Administration, CRNA or CNM	6
		Total credit hours	8
Clinical Scholarship Core (5 courses)
NURS	8712	Roles and Responsibilities of the DNP	2
NURS	8722	Clinical Scholarship Using Evidence-Based Practice	2
NURS	8732	Practice Inquiry I	2
NURS	8734	Practice Inquiry II	4
NURS	8800	Clinical Internship / Residency	4-9
		Total credit hours	14-19
		Total Post-MS Minimum Credit Hours for DNP Coursework	49-54