College of Business and Public Administration
M.S.N./M.P.A. Nursing and Public Administration
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Dula F. Pacquiao
(908)527-3147
The MSN/MPA degree is a dual degree program sponsored by the Department of Nursing and the Department of Public Administration. A total of 51 credits are required, 24 credits from nursing, 21 from public administration and 6 credits electives.
This educational preparation targets the nurse executive and is designed to blend clinical management, and business theory within an interdisciplinary framework. The transcultural focus of clinical management is strengthened by knowledge of public and business aspects of management. It is an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to management It offers an understanding and appreciation of the roles and contributions each discipline brings to the care delivery process.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
In addition to the University’s admission requirements, submit:
- BSN - RNs with bachelor degrees in otherfields may be considered for admission withadditional course work based on portfolio assessment
- RN Licensure
- GRE (Graduate Record Exam) or MAT (Miller Analogies Test) scores
- Two letters of recommendation attesting to professional and academic competence
- Departmental interview
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
NURSING THEORY CORE 3 credits
- Nurs 5000 Nursing Science 3
NURSING MANAGEMENT THEORY CORE 12 credits
- Nurs 5100 Nursing and Organizational Theory 3
- Nurs 5200 Organizational Communications in Transcultural Health Care Systems 3
- Nurs 5300 Fiscal Management in Nursing and Health Care Systems 3
- Nurs 5600 Computers in Health Care 3
NURSING MANAGEMENT CLINICAL CORE 9 credits
- Nurs 5110 Transcultural Nursing Administration Practice I 2
- Nurs 5210 Transcultural Nursing Administration Practice II 2
- Nurs 5910 Transcultural Nursing Administration Practice III 5
NURSING RESEARCH CORE 6 credits
- Nurs 5900 Research in Transcultural Nursing Administration I 3
- Nurs 5901 Research in Transcultural Nursing Administration II 3
GUIDED ELECTIVES 6 credits
- Two course to be taken with advisement from the graduate Programs in Public Administration , Psychology, Management Science, Instruction and Curriculum Administration, Counselor Education, Special Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Mathematics, and Interdisciplinary. Special arrangements may be made for elective courses Taken at other graduate nursing programs.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CORE COURSES 21 credits
- PA 5010 Public Bureaucracy 3
- PA 5020 Policy, Politics & Public Administration 3
- PA 5030 Analytic Methods for Public Administration 3
- PA 5820 Health Planning Methods 3
- PA 5825 Health Services Administration & the Law 3
- PA 5830 Health Services Marketing 3
- PA 5850 Financial Management of Health 3
Total 30 Credits
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
- 51 credits
- Planned course sequence
- Five hours clinical time in each of the first two clinical courses
- 12.5 hours clinical time in the final semester