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

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 - 802 Evidence Based Practice I Credits: 3
NU - 804 Health Outcomes Management Credits: 3
NU - 807 Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics Credits: 3
NU - 808 Health Policy and Ethics Credits: 3
NU - 810 Translational Research Credits: 4
NU - 812 Health Care Informatics Credits: 3
NU - 814 Evidence Based Practice II Credits: 3
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 clinical hours
NU - 822 Scholarly Project Advisement Credits: 3 (Only as needed)

MBA Courses

FD - 505 Foundations of Business Credits: 3
CR - 501 Financial and Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
CR - 504 Marketing Management Credits: 3
CR - 505 Organization Management Credits: 3
CR - 506 Financial Management Credits: 3
CR - 508 Business Computing 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 Healthcare Payment Systems and Value Based Reimbursement Credits: 3
MG - 501 Management of Human Resources Credits: 3
Total - DNP with MBA Credits: 68 credits
Total Clinical Residence Hours: 525 hours