Coursework
The following core courses are required:
- NUR 401 Theoretical Foundations**
- NUR 407 Scientific Inquiry and Research**
- NUR 409 Understanding Statistics
- NUR 502 Introduction to Research Design
- NUR 503 Theoretical Basis of Nursing Research
- NUR 504 Scholarly Communication
- NUR 505 Quantitative Research Design
- NUR 506 Writing a Review of the Literature
- NUR 507 Qualitative Research Design
- NUR 509 Introduction to Nursing Informatics**
- NUR 511 Health Policy**
- NUR 515 Dissertation Proposal Design
- NUR 523 Applied Research
- NUR 526 Residency in Research
- NUR 540 Univariate Statistics
- NUR 541 Multivariate Statistics
- NUR 544 Measurement and Instrumentation in Research
**These courses can be completed as an undergraduate student at Illinois State University.
Elective Courses
9 credit hours of elective courses are required. The number of courses varies and will be selected in coordination with your faculty advisor.
Dissertation Work
15 credit hours of dissertation, NUR 599, is also required.
All students are required to complete a Preliminary Exam/Dissertation Proposal Defense for admission to candidate status.
PhD Program Outcomes
The nursing doctoral program is designed to prepare nurses with a high level of expertise to:
• Lead the development of science to advance effective practice, education, and health care policy.
• Serve the evolving healthcare interests of humankind through the integration of research, teaching, practice,
and service.
• Educate, mentor, and guide the next generation of clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, and educators.
• Lead and collaborate across disciplines to promote scholarship, teaching, mentoring, practice, and service.