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MSN Legal Studies Concentrate

Legal Studies Concentrate Courses

Master of science in nursing (MSN) students following the legal studies concentrate must take the following courses. The minimum requirement for this degree concentrate is 37 semester hours. It must be completed within five years.

Graduate Core (8-9 credit hours)

MBA613 and an ethics course may be taken in any order and at any time but before the 700-level courses.

Required Select one
MBA613 Organizational Behavior (3) NUR500 Advanced Statistics Methods (3)
  MBA611 Analytical Methods for Managers (3)*
  Select one
  NUR680 Professional Ethics (2)
  MBA600 Business and Society (3)*
  HTS3501 Theology, Ethics and Disability (2)**
  HTS3502 Ethics, Medicine, Human Future (2)**
  HTS3504 Christian Ethics & Environmental Issues (2)**
  HTS3505 The Church and Political Ethics (2)**
  HTS3507 Business Ethics & Ministry of the Laity (2)**
  HTS2051 Christian Ethics (2)
  LAW780 Bioethics and Law (3)*

Nursing Core (9 credit hours)

These courses may be taken in any order and at any time prior to the 700-level nursing courses.

Required  
NUR510 Nursing Science & Theory (3) No electives
NUR520 Advanced Nursing Research (3)
NUR530 Nursing Informatics (3)

Concentrate (10-11 credit hours)**

NUR670 must be taken before LAW714 and selected law course. The concentrate courses should be completed before the 700-level nursing courses.

Required Select one
NUR670 Legal Concepts in Health Care (5) LAW730 Contemporary Medical Liability (3)*
LAW822 Health Law (3)* LAW755 Family Law (3)*
  LAW800 Administrative Law (3)*
  LAW902 Dispute Resolution (2)*
  LAW980 Seminar in Health Care Antitrust Law (2)*

Synthesis and Application (10 minimum credit hours)

These capstone courses, which build on preceding experience, should be taken toward the end of the program. All graduate and nursing core courses must be completed prior to taking these courses. Advisor approval is required to take NUR755 or NUR765 concurrently with a concentrate course.

Required Select one
NUR755 Role Development in Advanced Practice Nursing (3)*/*** NUR770 Thesis (3 hours minimum)*
NUR765 Program Development in a Changing Health-Care System (3)*/*** NUR785 Project (3 hours minimum)*
NURS767 Proposal Writing (1)*  

* Prerequisite(s) required.
** Conversion of Seminary quarter hours to Capital semester hours is shown here.
*** Courses with field experience.




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