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Online RN to MSN Dual Degree Pathway Curriculum

Curriculum Details

  • 19 – 24 Courses
  • 60 – 74 Credit Hours
  • 90 – 765 Practicum Hours
  • 15-Week and 16-Week Terms

Delaware State University’s online RN to MSN program gives you a flexible, accelerated path for earning your BSN and MSN degrees. You’ll complete the coursework during 15-week and 16-week terms, learning from expert faculty in an inclusive culture where diversity thrives.

While completing this RN to MSN program online, you’ll explore advanced theory and build competencies that apply to nursing leadership. Plus, delve into current research to discover how evidence-based practices translate to real-life patient care.

You can finish this online program in three to four years. The number of courses and credit hours you’ll complete will depend on the master’s level concentration that you choose:

General Education Courses

Credits

A course designed to introduce students to descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, statistical inference, correlation, and regression analysis.

One Required:

  • HIST 203: African American History to 1865 (AA)
  • HIST 204: African American History From 1865 (AA)
  • ENGL 205: African American Lit I (AA)
  • ENGL 206: African American Lit II (AA)
  • ART 316: African American Art History (AA)
  • MUSC 100: African American Music (AA)

Select Two Art/Humanities General Education Courses

Credits

A survey of history from prehistoric times to the present, the course offers an introduction to analysis and evaluation of the visual arts, with emphasis on the relationship of end product to design, technique, and cultural background. The main purpose of the course is to gain appreciation for all art forms. Lectures are presented with the use of slides/PowerPoint and other visual aids.
A course designed to acquaint non-music majors with the broad field of music. Emphasis is placed upon the examination of common musical elements, musical style periods, and representative composers and musicians.
The purpose of this course is to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of African and African-American music. Emphasis will be placed on the African Diaspora, the origins of African-American music, and composers and musicians who represent various African-American musical styles.
The course will provide the student with a general overview of theatre and its use and effect in the culture. The student will read from a general sampling of dramatic literature in its various forms including stage dramas, comedies, musicals, and other dramatic forms. Students will also be encouraged to attend and respond to campus and local productions. 
Topics typically include the general goals and methods of philosophy, the existence of God, the problem of evil, the immortality of the soul, the meaning of life, and free will. This course is a foundation course for lifelong learning in the University’s general education program.
Ethics is concerned primarily with the inquiry concerning various rules of conduct and “ways of life.” Such fundamental ethical issues as egoism and altruism, freedom and determination, and the nature of moral decision-making will be highlighted through a critical examination of some of the writings of several classic ethical theorists, e.g., Plato, Mill, Kant, and Rawls. This course is a foundation course for lifelong learning in the University’s general education program. 
A critical examination of current major moral issues as abortion, euthanasia, pornography, retribution and capital punishment, affirmative action and reverse discrimination, social and economic justice, and ethical issues in agriculture and the environment. This course is a foundation course for lifelong learning in the University’s general education program.

Bridge Courses

Credits

This clinical course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply the nursing program to the community as the health client. Students will use principles of public health nursing to investigate a community health problem. The health needs of populations at risk within the community are identified and plans are formulated to meet those needs. Practical experiences utilize a variety of community settings.
This is a seminar course focusing on issues pertinent to professional nursing practice and providing an opportunity for graduate students to design and lead a seminar presentation.

This course examines theories of nursing and other theories relevant to nursing practice. The relationship among theory, research, and evidence-based practice is explored and applied to real-life practice situations. The role of the nurse in support of this theory, research, and evidence-based practice is addressed through a theoretical paper, research critiques, and a poster presentation.

This course examines health care policy and politics as it relates to nursing practice. Historical, ethical, political and economic factors are discussed and the nurse’s responsibility and role in health care policy is explored. A practicum facilitates application of principles addressed in the course.

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