Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses 1
NURS 500	Research 2	3
NURS 501	Health Policy and Ethics	3
NURS 502	Nursing Theory and Advanced Practice	3
NURS 503	Managing Population Health	3
NURS 521	Nursing Issues, Informatics and Technology	3
NURS 527	School of Nursing MSN Practicum Gate	0
Total Hours		15

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Students with RN license and bachelors degree in a discipline other than Nursing must take NURS 226, NURS 440, NURS 446, NURS 489, and NURS 491 within the first year of the program.

²

Introductory statistics course (math preferred) and an undergraduate course in health assessment are required. For those who did not complete these courses in their undergraduate programs, they may fulfill these requirements during the first two semesters of the M.S.N. program. Students must complete the statistics course prior to enrollment in NURS 500

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Nursing Informatics Concentration
HLTH 501	Biostatistics	3
HLTH 503	Principles of Epidemiology	3
INFO 668	Health Data Analytics and Decision-Making	3
NURS 523	Financial and Resource Management for Nurse Leaders	3
NURS 524	Systems Management and Leadership for Nurse Leaders	3
NURS 635	Nursing Informatics Data Management 1,2	3
NURS 636	Nursing Informatics Capstone 2	3
Total Hours		21

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NURS 635 and NURS 636 involve practice experience hours (Nursing Informatics – 200 hours). Students must obtain a practice experience site contract along with an approved experienced informatics clinician. Students must also complete all  pre-practice experience requirements prior to enrollment in any practice experience course

²

Students must complete a background check prior to enrollment in NURS 630 for completion of practice experience

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

• Complete 36 hours
• A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
• 3.0 GPA
• No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
• Liberty University course work that is more than 5 years old may not be applied towards this degree. Students are required to repeat the course if it has exceeded the age limit
• Degree must be completed within 5 years
• Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date

Program Offered in Online Format

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Semester		Hours
NURS 501	Health Policy and Ethics	3
NURS 503	Managing Population Health	3
	Hours	6
Second Semester
HLTH 501	Biostatistics	3
NURS 521	Nursing Issues, Informatics and Technology	3
	Hours	6
Second Year
Third Semester
HLTH 503	Principles of Epidemiology	3
NURS 502	Nursing Theory and Advanced Practice	3
	Hours	6
Fourth Semester
NURS 523	Financial and Resource Management for Nurse Leaders	3
NURS 500	Research	3
	Hours	6
Third Year
Fifth Semester
NURS 524	Systems Management and Leadership for Nurse Leaders	3
INFO 668	Health Data Analytics and Decision-Making	3
	Hours	6
Sixth Semester
NURS 635	Nursing Informatics Data Management 1	3
NURS 636	Nursing Informatics Capstone 1	3
	Hours	6
	Total Hours	36

¹

NURS 635 and NURS 636 involve practice experience hours (Nursing Informatics – 200 hours). Students must obtain a practice experience site contract along with an approved experienced informatics clinician. Students must also complete all pre-practice experience requirements prior to enrollment in any practice experience course