The purpose of the Joint Nursing Science Ph.D. program is to prepare nurse scholars who will advance nursing science by generating new knowledge. It is a joint program between The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and The University of Alabama (UA).

Core Requirments
NUS 741BSN-PHD RESEARCH SEMINAR I (For BSN to Ph.D. program only)1
NUS 743BSN-PHD RESEARCH SEMINAR III (For BSN to Ph.D. program only)1
NUS 742BSN-PHD RESEARCH SEMINAR II (For BSN to Ph.D. program only)1
NUS 750PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE3
NUS 752INFORMATICS FOR HEALTH CARE TERMS AND SCHOLARLY INQUIRY3
NUS 754ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH3
NUS 756APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL MODELS3
NUS 758QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS3
NUS 760STATISTICS I3
NUS 762HEALTH CARE POLICY FOR RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS3
NUS 764SCIENTIFIC WRITING3
NUS 766EPIDEMIOLOGY IN RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS3
NUS 772QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS3
NUS 768STATISTICS II3
NUS 770GRANT WRITING3
NUS 776ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS3
NUS 798COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT0
NUS 799DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (DISSERTATION)18
Cognates - select 6 hours
NUS 780INTRODUCTION TO OMICS3
NUS 781OMICS IN NURSING RESEARCH3
NUS 782CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR NURSE EDUCATORS3
NUS 783INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND ASSESSMENT IN NURSING EDUCATION3
NUS 784DATA SCIENCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES3
NUS 785RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) OF INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY3