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Pre-licensure MSN Curriculum

Sample Pre-licensure MSN Degree Curriculum

Year 1


Session 1 (Summer)

Course Credits
Total Credits 10
NURS 503 – Principles of Pathophysiology 3
NURS 510 – Informatics and Data Management 3
NURS 524 – Principles of Health Assessment 4

Session 2 (Fall)

Course Credits
Total Credits 10
NURS 501 – Fundamentals of Professional Nursing 4
NURS 516 – Principles of Pharmacology 3
NURS 520 – Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice 3

Session 3 (Winter)

Course Credits
Total Credits 3
NURS 500 – Issues Affecting Health Care and Health Policy 3

Session 4 (Spring)

Course Credits
Total Credits 12
NURS 502 – Introduction to Care Coordination and Transition Management 3
NURS 535 – Genetics and Genomics 3
NURS 601 – Care Coordination for Adults and Elderly I: Didactic and Practicum 6

Year 2


Session 5 (Summer)

Course Credits
Total Credits 12
NURS 602 – Care Coordination: Childbearing Family 6
NURS 603 – Care Coordination for Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Didactic and Practicum 6

Session 6 (Fall)

Course Credits
Total Credits 12
NURS 606 – Population and Global Health: Didactic and Practicum 6
NURS 607 – Care Coordination for Adults and Elderly II: Didactic and Practicum 6

Session 7 (Spring)

Course Credits
Total Credits 12
NURS 604 – Care Coordination for Family Centered Behavioral Health: Didactic and Practicum 6
NURS 641 – Nursing Synthesis Coordination Capstone 6

Total Program Credits: 71

Please note, curriculum, credit hours and course sequencing are subject to change.


For questions related to the Pre-licensure MSN program, please contact us at:
973-655-3693 or nursing@montclair.edu.