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Teachers College was the first academic setting to educate nurses. Nursing Education began at Teachers College in 1899. The Nursing Education Program has a long and distinguished tradition of commitment to the education of nurses who have diverse roles in academic and community settings in the United States and abroad. The newly revised curriculum for the Ed.D. in nursing education was designed by a group of nursing education experts and is delivered entirely online.
The Program in Nursing Education at Teachers College, Columbia University is committed to the development of nurse educators into researchers who will then become scholars, leaders, and visionaries in the education of nurses across the spectrum of nursing education programs.
In addition to the online EdD Program, the Nursing Education program offers an Advanced Certificate in Nursing Education. The purpose of the Advanced Certificate in Nursing Education is to offer doctorally-prepared students, currently working in or interested in nursing education, an opportunity to gain academic preparation in the role of nurse educators.
Points/Credits: 90
Entry Terms: Fall Only
Degree Requirements
The Doctor of Education in Nursing Education is designed for nurses with master’s degrees who want to become nurse educators in either academic or staff development settings. Although all courses are online, the program fosters deep collaboration among students and faculty to maximize preparation for educator roles and to facilitate efficient progress through the program. The program encourages a unique collaborative approach to dissertation design and development.
Outcomes of Program
Integrate knowledge from nursing and higher education that supports the development of innovative teaching strategies that address diverse learning needs.
Apply theories from nursing, higher education, and related disciplines as a foundation for enacting the nurse educator role in academic and health care settings.
Demonstrate expertise as an advanced nurse educator that models the pursuit of lifelong learning and that reflects trends in nursing and higher education, inter-professional education, health care, and nursing practice.
Pursue intellectual inquiry and scholarly endeavors individually and collaboratively to advance knowledge in nursing education.
Serve as a scholar, leader, and advocate in nursing, nursing education, and higher education.
Degree Requirements
Nursing education courses have been designed to merge knowledge of the role of nursing faculty with the role nursing programs play in higher education. Courses have a theoretical foundation, along with a research underpinning so that best practices in didactic and clinical practice areas are taught, used, and tested. Ed.D. students learn how to actively engage their students in the learning process and how to be facilitators of learning, not just givers of knowledge. The program requires that students take a specific complement of courses in Nursing Education, Research Methods and Statistics, and Broad and Basic Courses and meet other requirements as outlined below.
Course Requirements
Nursing Education: All courses count for 3 credits; 24 credits are required.
HBSN 6000 Nursing Knowledge in Nursing Education
HBSN 6030 Curriculum Development in Nursing Education
HBSN 6040 Teaching and Learning Strategies in Nursing Education HBSN 6043 Innovations in Nursing Education
HBSN 6044 Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
HBSN 6045 Simulation in Nursing Education
HBSN 6310 Practicum I: The Nurse Educator Role
HBSN 6320 Practicum II: Leadership in Nursing Education
Research Methods: 12 credits are required.
HBSS 5040 Research Methods in Health and Behavior Studies
HBSN 5044 Advanced Research Methods: Literature Review and Critique
HBSN 6540 Dissertation Design and Development
HBSN 7500 Dissertation Seminar
Statistics: 6 credits are required
HUDM 4120 Basic Concepts in Statistics OR
HUDM 4122 Probability and Statistical Inference
HUDM 5122 Applied Regression Analysis
Broad and Basic Courses 9 credits required
9 credits in electives taken at Teachers College that are outside Nursing Education Adult Learning and Higher Education
Cognitive studies
Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Health education
Diabetes education
Total: 51 Credits
It is expected that students will transfer between 39 and 45 credits from their master’s degree programs if those credits are determined to be acceptable by the Teachers College registrar and program faculty.
Other Requirements
The Ed.D. requires the completion of 90 credits of graduate study (including transfer credits), certification as a doctoral candidate, which involves taking a certification examination in person at the College, a dissertation proposal approved as a result of a proposal hearing, successful oral defense, and acceptance of a research-based doctoral dissertation.
Enrolled students begin their doctoral student experience with a five-day in-person orientation to the program that occurs in August prior to the beginning of the Fall semester. All admitted students are required to attend this orientation on campus. During the orientation, students will be guided to plan their entire program of study. They plan the types of experiences they want to include in their courses and practica. They are apprised of the courses where they will be required to find a suitable nursing education setting in which to complete some of the course objectives (e.g., Simulation in Nursing Education), and they are instructed on the need to identify preceptors for Practicum I and Practicum II early in the program so that the credentials of the preceptors can be vetted, the preceptors can receive information about what will be required, and appropriate agreements can be executed.
Points/Credits: 15
Entry Terms: Spring/Summer/Fall
Degree Requirements
The purpose of the Academic Certificate in Nursing Education is to improve Nursing Education and to improve the teaching skills of those nurses who already have doctoral degrees. The goal of the program is to offer doctorally-prepared nurses, who are currently working in or interested in nursing education, an opportunity to gain academic preparation as nurse educators. There are currently 1,200 nursing faculty vacancies across the U.S., and this number is expected to climb sharply over the next few years as current faculty begin to retire. An Academic Certificate in Nursing Education prepares those seeking to extend or advance their teaching skills to improve nursing education generally.
Outcomes of Program
Integrate knowledge from nursing and higher education that supports the development of innovative teaching strategies that address diverse learning needs.
Apply theories from nursing, higher education, and related disciplines as a foundation for enacting the nurse educator role in academic and health care settings.
Demonstrate expertise as an advanced nurse educator that models the pursuit of lifelong learning and that reflects trends in nursing and higher education, inter-professional education, health care, and nursing practice.
Courses
The program consists of five core courses designed to help nurses with doctorates to deploy their advanced clinical or research expertise to enhance the education of new nurses and advanced practitioners.
HBSN 6030 Curriculum Development in Nursing Education - 3 credits
HBSN 6040 Teaching and Learning in Nursing Education - 3 credits
HBSN 6043 Innovations in Nursing Education - 3 credits
HBSN 6044 Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education - 3 credits
HBSN 6045 Simulation in Nursing Education - 3 credits
The program can be completed in two years if students take one course per semester for five consecutive semesters. Classes are taken with current doctoral students in the Nursing Education Ed.D. program, assuring a high-quality program.