Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2026 through summer 2027. 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
NURS 700	Advanced Nursing Research	3
NURS 715	Theoretical Application for Advanced Practice Nursing	3
NURS 716	Applications of Evidence-Based Care	3
NURS 718	Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care	3
NURS 721	Leadership, Policy and Ethics	3
NURS 732	Interprofessional Collaboration and Outcomes Management for Quality in Health Care	3
NURS 832	Clinical Prevention and Biostatistics 1	3
NURS 834	Health Care Operations and Financial Management	3
NURS 836	Translational Research in Health Care	3
Total Hours		27

¹

NURS 832 requires a graduate level Biostatistics course as a pre-requisite. HLTH 501 will meet this requirement, if needed.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Gate Course
NURS 828	School of Nursing DNP Practicum Gate	0
Total Hours		0

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Project & Practicum Courses
NURS 840	DNP Practicum I 1	2
NURS 841	DNP Practicum II 1	2
NURS 842	DNP Practicum III 1	2
NURS 843	DNP Practicum IV 1	2
NURS 844	DNP Practicum V 1,2	2
NURS 947	Scholarly Project Planning	1
NURS 948	Scholarly Project I 3	1
NURS 949	Scholarly Project II 3	1
NURS 950	Scholarly Project Defense	1
Total Hours		14

¹

Practicum hours required

²

NURS 844 may be repeated in order to allow the student more time to complete the required practicum hours. Students are able to re-enroll with the approval of Nursing Department and enrollment must not exceed four times

³

NURS 948 and NURS 949 may each be repeated twice to allow additional time, if needed, for the scholarly project

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

• Complete 41 hours
• A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree 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 B may be applied to the degree
• Successful completion of 560 Practicum hours¹
• 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

¹

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) requires all DNP students to complete at least 1000 practicum hours post-BSN. Students must complete at least 560 DNP practicum hours; additional hours may be required to support the 1000 hours post-BSN depending on the number of practicum hours considered from the MSN

Program Offered in Online Format