Overview
Key facts
The program include a total of 60 semester hours including 15 dissertation credit hours. Through structured activities and facilitator-guided dialogue, learners will gain an understanding of the doctoral program goals, structure, and culture.
Students will develop strategies for successfully engaging in doctoral learning and building an effective doctoral community. Classroom instruction will be delivered through asynchronous communication. Communication between the professor and students will be promoted within the university's course management system.
Objectives
The major objectives of this doctoral program are to:
- Demonstrate advanced nurse educator competencies to enact increasingly complex faculty and leadership roles.
- Facilitate curriculum design, development of courses, and evaluation of program and learner outcomes using evidence-based strategies.
- Function as a change agent, innovator, and leader with the continuous pursuit of quality improvement in the nurse educator role.
- Advance the scholarship of nursing education.
- Conduct, evaluate, and synthesize theoretically guided research to further pedagogical knowledge in nursing education.
Accreditation
- The University of West Georgia is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
- This program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Philosophical Foundations of Education
- Ethics in Educational Leadership
- School Leadership in a Pluralistic and Diverse Society
- Leadership for Diversity in the 21st Century
- Policy Analysis for School Improvement
- Distance Learning
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 84 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Fall deadline: July 15
Language
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Credits
Delivered
- Regular optional meetings
Disciplines
Education Nursing Health Sciences View 39 other PhDs in Health Sciences in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Guidelines for Admittance
- All graduate applicants must complete the online Grad Application. A one-time application fee of $40 is required.
- Official transcripts from a regionally or nationally accredited institution are required and should be sent directly to the UWG Admissions Office.
- Completed UWG graduate application for admission.
- Earned Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree from an NLNAC or CCNE accredited institution.
- G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale graduate nursing program.
- Official transcript from each college or university attended.
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals who are knowledgeable of the applicant’s professional and academic abilities.
Tuition Fee
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International
2065 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 241 USD per credit during 84 months. -
National
2065 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 241 USD per credit during 84 months.
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