Students may begin the program during the fall term. Course pre-requisites need to be adhered to and the core courses need to be completed prior to beginning either the Family Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Educator sequence. If you have any questions contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 712-279-5200 or 800-662-3303 ext. 5200.

NOTE:

Courses in Bold text are taken by all students (15 hrs)
Courses in normal text are taken by persons in the Nurse Educator Option (23 hrs)
Courses in Italicized text are taken by persons in the Family Nurse Practitioner Option (27 hrs)

Total Program Length: 38-42 hrs (dependant on specialty option)

Year	Fall	Winter	Spring
First	Theoretical Foundations (2 hrs) Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) (3 hrs)	Health Care Systems (3 hrs) Graduate Statistics (3 hrs)	Nursing Science I (2 hrs) (Quantitative Research) Advanced Pathophysiology (3 hrs)
Second	Nursing Science II (2 hrs) (Qualitative Research) Theoretical Foundations in Higher Education (3 hrs) -OR- Advanced Health Assessment (2 hrs)	Curriculum & Instruction (3 hrs) -OR- Advanced Pharmacology (3 hrs) Levels of Prevention: The Young Family (3 hrs)	Teaching/Evaluating Learning in Colleges of Nursing I (3 hrs) Master's Thesis (3 hrs) -OR- Clinical Research Project (1-2 hrs) Levels of Prevention The Family (3 hrs)
Third	Teaching/Evaluation Learning  in Colleges of Nursing II (3 hrs) -OR- Levels of Prevention: The Older Family (3 hrs)	Teaching in Colleges of Nursing Clinical (5 hrs) -OR- FNP Practicum (7 hrs) Note:  Both of these courses continue through spring	Master's Thesis (3 hrs) -OR- Clinical Research Project (1-2 hrs)