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Leadership Core14 credit hours
Evidence Based Practice Core9 credit hours
Cognates6 credit hours
Residency6 credit hours
Evidence Based Nursing Research project
(see the DNP Evidence-Based Practice Project Information)		6 credit hours
Electives and tranfer credits†42 credit hours
Total83 credit hours

NOTE: Students who do not have an MS nursing degree must first complete the MS/ANP curriculum or MS/PNP curriculum.

†: Up to 40 credits will be transferred towards the DNP for students who received their Masters from Purdue. Up to 30 credits will be transferred for all other students.

Course
Number		Course TitleCredit
Hours
Leadership Core - 14 credit hours
NUR 625History, Ethics, and Innovations of Healthcare Delivery Systems3
NUR XX3Information Technology3
AGEC 596CHealthcare Economics and Finance3
NUR 632Health Policy: Local to Global3
NUR 673Health Policy Residency2
 
Evidence Based Practice Core - 9 credit hours
NUR XX2Epidemiology3
NUR 599EEvidence-Based Practice in Healthcare3
NUR 599BBiostatistics3
 
Sample Cognates - 6 credit hours
Direct Practice/Mangement (select 2) 
 Child Development3
 Pharmacology3
 Gerontology3
 Management3
 Genetics3
 Oncology3
 Systems Engineering3
NUR XX8Residency: Direct Practice/Management (192 residency hours)6
- OR - 
Community Systems (select 2) 
 Organizational Behavioral or Organizational Theory3
NUR XX6Population-based Healthcare Delivery Systems3
NUR XX9Public Health Systems Risk Management3
 Homeland Security3
NUR X10Residency: Public Health/Homeland Security Practice (192 residency hours)6
 
Evidence Based Nursing Research Project - 6 credit hours
NUR X11DNP Clinical Project- Evidence Based Practice6
 
Residency - 6 credit hours
NUR XXXCognate Residency I (192 residency hours)3
NUR XXXCognate Residency II (192 residency hours)3
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