Curriculum
MSN - 54-56 Credits:
The MSN nurse practitioner program starts a new cohort with each fall semester. Students can complete the MSN curriculum in two and a half years attending full-time and three and a half years part-time.
Core MSN courses are delivered online while courses with a clinical component are hybrid - combining online coursework and on campus attendance approximately 4-5 days per semester. On campus activities include lectures, seminars, simulation labs, group work, and examinations.
NUR 902: Scientific Foundations for the Advanced Practice Nurse
NUR 903: Healthcare Informatics
NUR 904: Health Policy and Advocacy
NUR 905: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Quality Management in Healthcare
NUR 907: Adv. Pathophysiology
NUR 908: Adv. Physical Assessment
NUR 909: Adv. Pharmacology
NUR 914: Biostatistics
Additional course requirements by concentration:
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Earlier, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
NUR 912: Health Promotion – Family
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2027 or Later, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
NUR 912: Health Promotion and Population Health for the Primary Care NP
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family
NUR 941: Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning for the Family Nurse Practitioner
NUR 943: Pediatric and Perinatal Concepts for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
MSN FNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN FNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
MSN FNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Earlier, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
NUR 913: Health Promotion – Adult-Gerontology
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 926: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology
ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2027 or Later, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
NUR 912: Health Promotion and Population Health for the Primary Care NP
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 916: Diagnosis and Management for the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 942: Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUR 944: Gerontological Concepts for the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
MSN AGPCNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN AGPCNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
MSN AGPCNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 906: Leadership in Complex Health Systems
NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis & Management I – Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis & Management II – Evidence Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis & Management III – Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Management IV – Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care
MSN PMHNP Curriculum Full-Time
MSN PMHNP Curriculum Part-Time
BSN-DNP - 70-75 Credits:
This program provides clinical, organizational and systems' leadership at the highest level. The program develops practitioners who design, implement and evaluate high quality and cost-effective health care services for diverse populations including the disadvantaged and underserved.
NUR 902: Scientific foundations for the advanced practice nurse
NUR 903: Healthcare informatics
NUR 904: Health policy and advocacy
NUR 905: Patient safety, quality improvement and quality management in healthcare
NUR 906: Leadership in complex health systems
NUR 907: Advanced pathophysiology for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 908: Advanced physical assessment for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 909: Advanced pharmacology for the advanced practice registered nurse
NUR 914: Biostatistics
NUR 995: Doctor of nursing practice project I
NUR 996: Doctor of nursing practice project II
NUR 997: Doctor of nursing practice project III
Additional required courses, by concentration:
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Earlier, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
NUR 912: Health promotion – family
NUR 915: Clinical diagnosis and management I – family
NUR 916: Clinical diagnosis and management II – family
NUR 917: Clinical diagnosis and management III – family
NUR 918: Clinical diagnosis and management IV – family
NUR 919: Clinical diagnosis and management V – clinical immersion - family
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2027 or Later, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
NUR 912: Health Promotion – Family
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family
NUR 919: Clinical Diagnosis and Management V – Clinical Immersion- Family
NUR 941: Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
NUR 943: Pediatric and Perinatal Concepts for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
DNP FNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP FNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
DNP FNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER
(Full-time Students Starting Fall 2027 or Later, Part-time Students Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
NUR 912: Health Promotion and Population Health for the Primary Care NP
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 916: Diagnosis and Management for the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 919: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Clinical Immersion
NUR 942: Introduction to Diagnostic Reasoning for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUR 944: Gerontological Concepts for the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
DNP AGNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP AGNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2025 or Earlier)
DNP AGPCNP Curriculum Part-Time (Starting Fall 2026 or Later)
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis & Management I – Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis & Management II – Evidence Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis & Management III – Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Management IV – Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care NUR 957: Clinical Management V – Clinical Immersion – Psychiatric Mental Health
DNP PMHNP Curriculum Full-Time
DNP PMHNP Curriculum Part-Time
Post-graduate Certificates
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
NUR 913: Health Promotion – Adult-Gerontology
NUR 925: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 926: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 927: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Adult-Gerontology
NUR 928: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Adult-Gerontology
Family Nurse Practitioner
NUR 912: Health Promotion – Family
NUR 915: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Family
NUR 916: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II - Family
NUR 917: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Family
NUR 918: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV – Family
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
NUR 952: Psychopharmacology and Neuropathological Basis of Mental Illness
NUR 953: Clinical Diagnosis and Management I - Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
NUR 954: Clinical Diagnosis and Management II – Evidence- Based Therapeutic Interventions
NUR 955: Clinical Diagnosis and Management III - Special Populations and Group
NUR 956: Clinical Diagnosis and Management IV - Complex and Collaborative Mental Health Care
Historic curriculum trajectories available upon request, contact CON.SpartanNursing@msu.edu.