MBA/MS NURSING JOINT DEGREE
Admission to the Joint Degree Program
Applicants must apply and be accepted to both the MBA and MS Nursing programs. It is recommended that students interested in this joint degree initiate the application process for the MBA portion of the degree during their first semester of enrollment in the MS Nursing program, but no later than their second semester of enrollment.
Contact the graduate program coordinator in the College of Nursing for more information and for specific admission requirements to the nursing portion of the joint program. Current students interested in applying to a joint program should contact their academic advisor.
Degree Requirements
A minimum of 68-71 semester hours are required for the joint degree.
| Required Courses for the MBA portion of the joint degree | Required Courses for the MS Nursing portion of the joint degree |
|---|---|
| ACTG 500 (4) Introduction to Financial Accounting |
NUSC 526 (2) Nursing Inquiry I |
| ECON 520 (4) Microeconomics for Business Decisions |
NUSC 527 (2) Nursing Inquiry II |
| FIN 500 (4) Introduction to Corporate Finance |
NUSC 528 (2) Health, Environment, and Systems |
| IDS 532 (4) Introduction to Operations Management |
NUSC 529 (1) Issues in Advanced Practice in Nursing |
| MGMT 541 (4) Organizational Behavior |
NUSC 597 (3) Project Research OR NUSC 598 (5) Thesis Research |
| MKTG 500(4) Introduction to Marketing |
NUAS 501 (2) Administrative Nursing Models and Concepts |
| MBA Electives (16 semester hours) At least 16 semester hours of elective MBA courses within a minimum of two departments. IDS 570: Statistics for Management is required as one of the electives in order to meet the College of Nursing requirements. |
NUAS 502 (3) Strategic Management NUAS 505 (3) Nursing Systems Operations Management NUAS 512 (3) Health Care Human Resource Management |
