Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership with Business Administration (DNP/MBA)

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Courses toward the joint DNP/MBA degrees are offered through both the Department of Nursing and Health and the Masters of Business Administration program. The DNP degree is completed over seven (7) semesters. The MBA degree is then completed over the following 5 semesters. Both degrees can be completed over a total of 13 semesters. If a student wants to complete a single degree after matriculation, he/she must petition both program directors and request re-classification as a single degree student.

Program Structure

DNP Courses

NU - 800 Leadership for Practice Credits: 3
NU - 801 Financial & Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
NU - 802 Evidence Based Practice I Credits: 3
NU - 805 Marketing Management Credits: 3
NU - 807 Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics Credits: 3
NU - 808 Health Policy and Ethics Credits: 3
NU - 809 Business Computing Credits: 3
NU - 810 Translational Research Credits: 4
NU - 812 Health Care Informatics Credits: 3
NU - 813 Special Topics Credits: 1-7 (only as needed)
NU - 816 Scholarship Residency Credits: 3 /225 clinical hours
NU - 818 Leadership Residency Credits: 4 /225 clinical hours
NU - 820 DNP Scholarly Project Credits: 3 /75 clinincal hours
NU - 822 Scholarly Project Advisement Credits: 3 (only as needed)

MBA Courses

FD - 505 Foundations of Business Credits: 3
CR - 505 Organization Management Credits: 3
CR - 506 Financial Management Credits: 3
CR - 510 Capstone-Policy and Strategy Credits: 3
HC - 502 Fiscal Issues in Health Systems Management Credits: 3
HC - 503 Legal Aspects of Health Systems Management Credits: 3
HC - 505 Principles and Strategies for Managed Healthcare Credits: 3
MG - 501 Management of Human Resources Credits: 3
Total DNP in Executive Leadership with MBA Credits: 63-69 credits
Total Clinical Residence Hours: 525 hours