MSN Program Courses by Concentration
Required Courses in Each Concentration
At Barton College, MSN students would have to take the following courses in each concentration:
- Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing
- Evidence-Based Nursing
- Health Care Policy and Ethics
- Transforming Nursing and Healthcare through Technology
- Advanced Nursing Leadership
Education Concentration
- Advanced Health Assessment
- Advanced Pathophysiology
- Advanced Pharmacology
- Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation in Nursing Education
- Curriculum Development and Evaluation
- The Nurse as Educator
- Advanced Practicum for Nursing Education
- Advanced Nursing Project/Thesis
Total Hours: 39
Leadership Concentration
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management for Healthcare
- Bioethical Decision-Making
- Global Health
- Organizational Leadership for Healthcare
- Advanced Practicum in Nursing Leadership
- Advanced Nursing Project/Thesis
Total Hours: 36
Curriculum Plan
Fall – Year 1
- NUR 501 Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing (L & E)
- NUR 502 Evidenced-Based Nursing (L & E)
- NUR 503 Health Care Policy and Ethics (L & E)
Spring – Year 1
- NUR 504 Transforming Nursing and Healthcare through Technology (L & E)
- NUR 505 Advanced Nursing Leadership (L & E)
- NUR 506 Advanced Health Assessment (E) or NUR 514 Organizational Behavior (L)
Summer
- NUR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology (E)
- NUR 508 Advanced Pharmacology (E)
- NUR 515 Human Resource Management for Healthcare (L)
- NUR 516 Bioethical Decision-Making (L)
Fall – Year 2
- NUR 509 Teaching, Learning and Evaluation in Nursing Education (E)
- NUR 510 Curriculum Development and Evaluation (E)
- NUR 511 The Nurse as Educator (E)
- NUR 517 Global Health (L)
- NUR 518 Organizational Leadership for Healthcare (L)
Spring – Year 2
- NUR 512 Advanced Practicum for Nursing Education (E)
- NUR 519 Advanced Practicum for Nursing Leadership (L)
- NUR 520 Advanced Nursing Project/Thesis (L & E)