The College of Health and Human Services is offering a new online option for completing core graduate nursing courses needed for all graduate nursing programs. The online option offers students flexibility, convenience and individual attention. Courses are usually offered in a condensed seven week format, enabling the student to take two courses per semester with a one week break between classes. Due to course content, NURS 597 Data Analysis in Nursing Research is offered in a 15 week format.
Our online courses are delivered using Blackboard CE6 as the primary interface. The address for all Blackboard courses is http://courses.gmu.edu. A student guide is also available to review.
All CHHS alternative schedule courses are regular GMU courses and may be applied as appropriate to meet undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. A maximum of 9 credits may be earned in non-degree status in the College of Health and Human Services. All students seeking a degree are urged to apply for University admission as soon as possible.
| Course # | Course Name | Catalog Description |
|---|---|---|
| HHS 597 Prerequisite |
Data Analysis (3:3:0) | A graduate level course that examines univariate and bivariate statistical procedures appropriate for analyzing quantitative healthcare research data analysis procedures. Transfer credit will be accepted for courses that meet the requirement. The course is a prerequisite and is not part of the required 37 credit hours for the MSN. |
| NURS 688 Core |
Organization of Nursing and Health Care Delivery Systems (3:3:0) |
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate nursing program. Provides a foundational overview of U.S. nursing and health care delivery systems. Surveys the key concepts, frameworks, processes, and structures related to health care delivery organizations. Lecture/ discussion. |
| NURS 660/ PHIL 510 Core |
Seminar in the Ethics of Health Care (3:3:0) | Examines moral dilemmas within the health care profession. Special emphasis on patients' rights, professionals' obligations to other professionals, and issues of social justice in health care. Methods of moral deliberation based on ethical knowledge and justification are applied to ethical dilemmas in health care. |
| NURS 680 Core |
Theoretical Foundations Related to Nursing (2:2:0) | Examines and evaluates assumptions, concepts, and propositions inherent in selected nursing and related discipline theories. |
| NURS 685 Core |
Advanced Nursing Research Methods (3:3:0) |
Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program, pre-or corequisite: NURS 755, and a graduate-level bivariate statistics course. Examines principles and methods of research in problem identification, theoretical framework, design, data collection, and analysis. Students develop a nursing research proposal. |
| NURS 686 Core |
Projects in Nursing Research (2:2:0) |
Prerequisite: NURS 685. Students apply the knowledge gained in NURS 685 and implement the research proposal designed in NURS 686. |
For more information on Distance Education courses, contact distchhs@gmu.edu.