Nursing, Ph.D

The program requires a minimum of 51 semester hours past the master’s degree in nursing or 63 semester hours past the bachelor’s degree in nursing, plus a minimum of nine semester hours of dissertation credit. In general, each three-semester credit hour course represents three lecture hours per week. Semester credit hours are shown in parentheses after each entry.

Degree Requirements

NURS 8012 - Qualitative Research Methods 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8035 - Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations for Nursing 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8040 - Theory Construction 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8045 - Introduction to Advanced Nursing Research 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8050 - Quantitative Research Methods I 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8051 - Quantitative Research Methods II 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8100 - Health in Vulnerable Populations 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8200 - Full Title: Instrument Evaluation and Construction 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8205 - Perspective on Leadership, Research, Ethics and Policy 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8120 - Univariate Statistics 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8140 - Multivariate Statistics 3 Credit Hours
NURS 8001 - Epidemiology for Health Professionals 3 Credit Hours

Individualized Area of Concentration Courses (12 Hours)

NURS 9000 - Nursing Dissertation Proposal 3 Credit Hours
NURS 9990 - Doctoral Dissertation 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hour Requirement for Post-Master’s Program: 60 Hours

Additional Courses (12 Credits) For BSN-PhD Track: 72 Hours

NURS 8700 - Scholarly Writing 2 Credit Hours
or
CNHP 8100 - Grant Writing 3 Credit Hours
CNHP 8500 - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 3 Credit Hours
CNHP 7800 - Interprofessional Collaboration for Advanced Practice 1 Credit Hours
Students must register for 3 hours of CNHP 7800

PhD Advisory Committee

Upon admission to the Ph.D. program in nursing, the student is assigned an advisor. Within the first year or completion of 18 credit hours, a PhD Advisory Committee is formed to assist the student in planning and approving an appropriate program of study and selecting research residency activities. There will be a minimum of two committee members: a major advisor from the Nursing faculty, one additional committee member from Nursing, and one non-nursing committee member with faculty rank outside the School as needed.

Doctoral Dissertation Committee

The Doctoral Dissertation Committee is selected by the student after the successful completion of all required coursework and residency requirements. This committee will recommend the student to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. Committee members will guide the student during the dissertation process and judge the acceptability of the dissertation. The committee will also judge the acceptability of the validation defense of the dissertation.

The Doctoral Dissertation Committee will consist of a minimum of three members: a major advisor and one other committee member from within Nursing and one member from outside of Nursing. The outside member should be a non-nursing faculty member from within Georgia State University or non-nursing faculty member or equivalent from another institution. All committee members must hold an earned doctorate and be graduate faculty or the equivalent. The Doctoral Dissertation Committee may consist of some or all of the same individuals from the student’s PhD Advisory Committee, or the student may select a committee of new individuals to constitute the Doctoral Dissertation Committee.