The graduate program’s primary emphasis is preparing graduates for the roles of Nurse Educator and Leadership/Management in Nursing. The nursing graduate programs contribute to the profession by offering advanced education in a milieu that spurs scholarly development.

Core coursework and concentration specific courses all build on the previous learning of the baccalaureate degree in nursing. Course requirements include advanced health assessment, advanced pathophysiology, advanced pharmacology, contexts of health care, epidemiology, health care policy and law, health care information management, leadership and management, nursing research, and evidence-based practice.