The PhD Program in Nursing requires a minimum of 52 credit hours of graduate coursework. Students will work on research projects; it is expected most will graduate with several publications. Coursework is structured with a substantive core of nursing science and research methods to be taken in the School of Nursing. This core is expanded with elective courses that typically support the student’s dissertation and future research career. These can be taken in other Duke University departments or other Universities that have an arrangement with Duke (i.e., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University). Additional requirements include research practicums and elective credits that may count towards specialty certificates (i.e., teaching, global health, data science, entrepreneurship, etc.).

In addition to course work, the PhD Program in Nursing will require each student to develop a scholarly portfolio, successful completion of a preliminary examination, and a dissertation. Students are expected to disseminate their work through scholarly venues such as publications and conference presentations.

PhD Program in Nursing Plan of Studies

Year 1 Fall	Credit Hours
Nursing 901 (Philosophy of Science & Theory Development)	3
Nursing 902 (Quantitative Research Methods and Designs)	3
Nursing 9XX (Doctoral Seminar on Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health I: Synthesis Review)	3
Nursing 911 (Introductory Statistics)	3
Term Total	12
Year 1 Spring
Nursing 903 (The General Linear Models)	3
Nursing 906 (Qualitative Research Methodology)	3
Nursing 9XX (Doctoral Seminar on Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health II: Grant Writing)	3
Term Total	9
Year 2 Fall
Nursing 905 (Longitudinal Methods)	3
Nursing 909 (intervention Research Methods)	3
Elective (any semester)	3
Elective (any semester)	3
Term Total	12
Year 2 Spring
Nursing 921 (Integrated Research Practicum -- any semester)	1
Nursing 741 (Facilitating Student Learning and Teaching Innovation) (any semester)	3
Elective (any semester)	3
Elective (any semester)	3
Elective (any semester)	3
Term Total	13
Year 3 Fall
Nursing 910 (Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science Dissertation)	3
Nursing 744 (Implementing the Nurse Educator Role: Synthesis) (any semester)	2
Nursing 918 (Leadership in Science: The Role of the Nurse Scientist)	1
Term Total	6
Year 3 Spring
Dissertation	0
Term Total	0
Total Credit Hours (minimum requirement)	52
Year 4 (Optional)

G-NUR-PHD - Nursing - PhD

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