Mba Dnp

GROUP E: MATH, STAT, or OR 599 (Thesis), or MATH, STAT or OR 595 (Special Project), or option of substituting additional 500-level course work in MATH, STAT or OR, excluding courses from Group B. Students who select this option must pass a final exam covering two 500-level MATH, STAT, or OR courses from Group C and the additional course from Group E.

Pure Mathematics Specialization

Required courses (6 hours): MATH 421, and MATH 450 or MATH 451

Electives (18 to 21 hours): Electives may be selected from 400- or 500-level MATH, STAT, or OR courses.

Thesis or research paper (3 to 6 hours): MATH 599 (Thesis) or MATH 595 (Special Project). Students in the pure mathematics specialization may substitute additional 500-level course work for the thesis or research paper to complete the 30-hour requirement for the degree. Students who select this course option must pass a comprehensive exam covering three 500-level MATH, STAT, or OR courses chosen jointly by the student and advisor.

Statistics and Operations Research Specialization

Required courses (18 hours): Stat 480a, 480b, one of OR 440, OR 587a, Math 423 and one of: OR 441, OR 442, OR 585. One of the following two semester sequences is required: Stat 581, Stat 582; Stat 584, Stat 588; Stat 579, Stat 589; OR 587a, OR 587b; OR 585, OR 586. A student taking the OR 587a and OR 587b sequence will be required to take either OR 440 or Math 423. A student taking the OR 585/OR 586 sequence will be required to take either OR 441 or OR 442.

Electives (6 to 9 hours): Electives may be selected from 400- or 500-level mathematics, statistics, or operations research courses.

Thesis or Research Paper (3 to 6 hours): STAT or OR 599 (Thesis), or STAT or OR 595 (Special Project). Students in the Statistics and Operations Research specialization may substitute additional course work for the thesis or research paper to complete the 30-hour requirement for the degree. Students who select this course option must pass a comprehensive exam covering three 500-level MATH, STAT, or OR courses chosen jointly by the student and advisor.

Mba Dnp

Admission Requirements

Graduate School application and $40 fee (A separate application must be submitted for both the DNP and MBA program, indicating on the second application that the desire is to "add a program." If applications for both programs are submitted for the same term, only one $40 application fee is required.) Submission of all postsecondary academic transcripts Submit a CV, three references, and a potential project form in the application The applicant must hold a Master of Science in nursing as an advanced practice nurse or have a master's degree in an advanced nursing practice role with completed practicum hours. Nurses with degrees from nurse educator programs may be considered for admission if their current primary nursing role is healthcare system based (i.e., patient educator for specialty units, clinical educator for hospital, administrator of healthcare systems based education, etc.). A cumulative master's GPA of 3.0 (A=4.0) or higher. Current unencumbered RN licensure and in good standing. Successful completion of an application interview. Successful completion of a drug screen and criminal background check, to be performed after initial acceptance to the program.

Program application materials may be uploaded during the application process, but official transcripts must be sent directly from the school attended, and test scores must be verifiable with the appropriate testing service. Please contact the Graduate Admissions office with questions regarding the application submission process at graduateadmissions@siue.edu.

Application Deadline

The priority application deadline is March 1 for summer and fall applicants. Additionally, students may apply for dual degrees, both an MBA and a DNP, with an additional application submitted to the School of Business and a request to waive the GMAT/GRE exam. Students who are accepted into the School of Business MBA program concurrently may have the graduate statistics course waived for the School of Nursing.

Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees

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Curriculum

The post-master s DNP is 30 credits, with eight of those credits focused on the final project. The MBA is 36 credits, and four of the nursing DNP courses are considered electives within the MBA program, for a combined total of 54 credits for the concurrent DNP/MBA. While the School of Business courses are offered in online, eight-week sessions, the School of Nursing courses are offered online over the whole semester. This allows students who are full time to primarily only have two courses progressing simultaneously within a semester.

Year 1 (Summer Semester)

(3) ACCT 524 Accounting for MBA's (3) NURS 617 Applications of Epidemiology 6 - Total Credits

Year 1 (Fall Semester)

(3) MBA 521 Quantitative Analysis (first half of semester) (3) MBA 522 Decision Making in Organizations (second half of semester) (3) NURS 600 Theory Guided Practice 9- Total Credits

Year 1 (Spring Semester)

(3) ECON 528 (second half of semester) (3) Elective 6- Total Credits

Year 2 (Summer Semester)

(3) CMIS 526 Information Systems & Technology (3) NURS 604 Evaluating Evidence for Improving Practice 6 - Total Credits