Doctor of Education (NEXD) ◊ Academic Coursework

The Ed.D. program requires a minimum of 90 points beyond the Baccalaureate degree. Of these 90 points, a maximum of half (45 points) may be taken elsewhere in an approved graduate program and transferred into Teachers College. Transfer credits will be evaluated and approved in keeping with current Teachers College policy. Their usability or applicability to the student's Program Plan will be determined by an assigned Faculty Advisor. Programs may exceed 90 points to provide a suitable basis for the dissertation and program requirements.

The Doctoral Cohort Program spans six semesters, three courses per semester, meeting every Friday. In addition, doctoral students must become certified and must satisfactorily complete requirements for a dissertation, usually following completion of coursework.

Course Requirements

Required Core Nursing Courses (Foundations) (Major)
REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ADMISSION (OR EQUIVALENTS)
Theory of Nursing			(3 Points)
Interdisciplinary Theory			(3 Points)
Nursing Science			(3 Points)
Informatics - Beginning and Advanced			(3 Points)
Crisis Intervention			(3 Points)
Health Problems and Issues			(3 Points)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
ORLN	5005	Interdisciplinary Theory in Nursing	(3 Points)

Required Specialization Courses (Role Concentration) (Major and Broad and Basic)
REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ADMISSION (OR EQUIVALENTS)
Leadership and Management			(3 Points)
Personnel Management			(3 Points)
Fiscal Management			(3 Points)
Nursing Administration			(3 Points)
Legal Issues in Healthcare			(3 Points)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
ORLN	6514	Marketing Nursing Programs	(3 Points)
ORL	5551	Ethics for Healthcare Professionals	(3 Points)
ORLN	6615	Colloquium in Nursing Administration	(3 Points)
ORLN	6522	Policy Formation and Governance in Healthcare	(3 Points)
ORL	6011	Advanced System Management	(3 Points)
ORLN	6014	Managing the Socially Responsible Organization	(3 Points)
ORLN	6511	Innovations in Nursing Management	(3 Points)
ORLN	6635	Colloquium in Nursing Education	(3 Points)
A&HF	4090	Philosophies of Education	(3 Points)
ORLN	5011	Designing, Planning and Monitoring the Nursing Care System	(3 Points)

Required Core Research Courses
REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ADMISSION (OR EQUIVALENTS)
Methods of Nursing Research			(3 Points)
Basic Concepts in Statistics			(3 Points)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -STATISTICS
ORLN	5043	Nursing Research Development	(3 Points)
HUDM	4122	Probability and Statistical Inference	(3 Points)
ELECTIVE RESEARCH
ORL	6500	Qualitative Research	(3 Points)

Doctoral Dissertation Courses (Research Courses)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
ORLN	6540	Seminar on Dissertation Design Development Prerequisites: ORLN 5043, ORLN 4005, ORLN 5005, statistics and Certification. This course may be repeated as often as necessary until the student is ready for the Departmental Dissertation Conference. Once ORLN 6540 has been taken, continuous Autumn and Spring enrollment in the course is required until the semester during which the Departmental Dissertation Conference is held.	(3 Points)
ORLN	6541	Advanced Seminar on Dissertation Design Development Prerequisites: ORLN 6540 and Certification Corequisite: ORLN 7500	(3 Points)
ORLN	7500	Dissertation Seminar in Nursing Prerequisites: ORLN 6540 and Certification Corequisite: ORLN 6541 ORLN 6541 and ORLN 7500 are to be taken in the semester in which the Departmental Conference Examination is to be held. They may only be taken once. If the student does not complete and pass the Departmental Dissertation Conference during the semester that ORLN 7500 is taken, the student will receive an Incomplete in ORLN 7500. The incomplete is removed upon passing the Departmental Dissertation Conference at a later semester.	(3 Points)
ORLN	7900	Directed Dissertation Research After coursework is completed, this course must be taken continuously every semester, up to and including the semester in which the "Defense" is held and the revised and/or completed dissertation is submitted to the Office of Doctoral Studies.	(3 Points)

Statistics Core Courses

The Department requires a two-course sequence in statistics or in a selected area of research methods in addition to the college requirement for HUDM 4122.

Approved by Professor Elaine La Monica Rigolosi, Program Coordinator, Executive Program for Nurses, Department of Organization and Leadership. April 1, 2007.