Clinical Prerequisite Before enrolling in the first clinical course, students must have completed a course on physical assessment within the last seven years and achieved a passing grade on a written and clinical evaluation of physical assessment skills. Students wishing to pursue the family nurse practitioner option must meet all admission requirements for the M.S. program. Applicants for the Family Nurse Practitioner program must also have at least one year of experience as a registered nurse.
| Required course work for the M.S.N./F.N.P. degree: | Units | |
| NURS 511 | Health Care Delivery System | 4 |
| NURS 516 | Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing | 2 |
| NURS 523 | Primary Care of the Family I | 4 |
| NURS 524L | Practicum in Primary Care of the Family I | 4 |
| NURS 533 | Primary Care of the Family II | 4 |
| NURS 534L | Practicum in Primary Care of the Family II | 4 |
| NURS 543 | Seminar on Advanced Clinical Topics in Primary Care | 1 |
| NURS 544L | Advanced Clinical Residency in Primary Care | 4 |
| NURS 560ab | Theory and Research in Nursing | 3-3 |
| NURS 565 | Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NURS 570 | Seminar on Integration into Health Care System | 1 |
| NURS 590 | Directed Research | 1 |
| Cognate (elective) | 3 | |
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