Master of Science in Nursing — Nurse Leadership and
Administration in Health Systems Curriculum Overview

The program of study combines online courses with face-to-face courses offering flexibility to students. The curriculum includes 37 semester hours distributed as shown below.

Courses   Hours
Graduate Core
N5501 Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing** 2
N5506 W Statistics in Nursing* 2
N6101
OR
N6101 W
 Clinical and Epidemiologic Research for Advance Nursing Practice** 3
N6102 W Information Systems in Advanced Nursing Practice* 1
 
Synthesis Options
N6105 W Evaluation and Application of Research in Advanced Nursing Practice† 3
 
Advanced Practice Core
N6156 W Advanced Practice Role and Health Policy* 1
N6157 W Health Promotion and Education* 1
N6158 W Legal and Ethical Foundations for Advanced Practice* 1
 
Leadership and Administration (taught over two consecutive full days of class per month)
N6701 Transforming Health Care through Clinical Nursing Leadership 3
N6702 Organizational Development: Creating Cultures of Excellence 3
N6703 Developing and Leading Human Performance 3
N6704 Organizational Performance Improvement 3
N6705 Role Focus 2
N6706 Health Care Financial Management 3
N5521 Health Care Business Planning and Development 3
 
Role Seminar/Preceptorship
N6710 Advanced Clinical Practice: Nursing Leadership/Administration Preceptorship 3
Total 37
† Blended Course – course has a mix of online and traditional face-to-face activities.
** Online and face-to-face courses available.
* Online course.


Each student will be assigned an academic advisor at the time of admission to the program. The student and the academic advisor will complete a degree plan to specify which courses are to be taken to complete the degree requirements. Degree plan policy and procedures may be found in MSN Program Policy G5320(pdf).

Note: 1 semester hour of credit is earned for

  • 3 clock hours per week of clinical experience,
  • 1 clock hour per week of lecture, or
  • 2 clock hours per week of seminar.

Consult individual course descriptions in the catalog for details on clinical, lecture, and seminar hours and seminar hours and prerequisite or corequisite requirements.

For additional details on preceptorships, review the Preceptor Guidelines (pdf) which provide an outline of preceptor and clinical site selection criteria and the roles and responsibilities of the student, preceptor, faculty, and clinical site in the precepted clinical experience.

§ The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reserve the right to withdraw courses at any time, to change fees or tuition, calendar, curriculum, degree requirements, graduation procedures, and any other requirements affecting students. Changes will become effective whenever the proper authorities so determine and will apply to both prospective students and those already enrolled.

Additional Information

For more information:

Student Affairs Office
The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston
6901 Bertner, Room 220
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-500-2100 or 800-232-8876
Fax: 713-500-2107
Email: soninfo@uth.tmc.edu