The University of Texas at Brownsville
and
Southmost Texas College

Master of Science in Nursing Program

Courses and Curriculum

 

Prerequisite:              Statistics

 MSN Foundation/Core Courses

The MSN Program contains a six course Core Curriculum that all students are required to complete.

NURS 6322  Moral and Ethical Issues in Nursing

NURS 6333  Research in Nursing

NURS 6353  Community-Based Public Health Nursing Interventions  

OR

NURS 6354   Advanced Community Nursing  

Elective

NURS 6351   Nursing Leadership in a Changing World

NURS 7300   Field Experience Masters Project

TOTAL SCH: 18

Public Health Nursing Option:

NURS 6321   Introduction to Public Health Nursing

NURS 6334   Advanced Public Health Nursing

PHB 2610    Introduction to Epidemiology

PHB 1610   Introduction to Biometry

PHB 7115     Health Promotion Theory and Methods I

PHB 3720     Social Determinants of Health

PHB 2110     Overview of Environmental Health

TOTALSCH: 23

Nursing Education Option:

NURS 6363  Curriculum Development in Nursing

NURS 6464  Teaching Roles and Strategies

NURS  6365  Educational Evaluation in Nursing

EDCI  6304   Learning and Cognition

EDCI  6301   Instructional Technology

EDCI  6388   Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education

TOTAL SCH: 19

Nursing Administration Option:

NURS 6370  Nursing Administration Concepts and Theory

NURS 6371  Health Care Change, Negotiation, and  Conflict Management

NURS 6372  Health Care Finance

MANA 6301  Management Theory

MANA 6331  Human Resources Administration and Industrial Relations

MANA 6350  Information Technology for Managers

TOTAL SCH: 18

 

 

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