COURSE DETAIL
NURS 7101 Metatheory in Nursing I
Credit hours: 3 per Semester
Cluster: Nursing Knowledge Development: Theory, Philosophy and Science, Nursing Knowledge Development: Theory, Philosophy and Science
www.nursing.ucdenver.edu/coursecatalog
Course Level: Doctoral Foundational
Course Type: PhD
IPE: No
Course Open to: PhD Students
Institution:University of Colorado
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Pre-requisites: Admission to PhD Program; co-requisites: first semester required courses
Course Description: This course examines the nature of nursing as an academic discipline, emphasizing varying perspectives of nursing’s phenomena of interest, history of knowledge development, interrelationships between philosophies of science and nursing knowledge, and methods of theory analysis and evaluation.
Method of Instruction: Asynchronous in Canvas with optional intensive.
Delivery Platform: Canvas
Campus visits required: Optional one week intensive week in Aurora
Course Contact: Christopher Foster
email: professional.development@ucdenver.edu
Tuition: NEXus Common Price
Other considerations: Intensive dates TBD.
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
FALL 2019
Section: BXN
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 08-26-19
End Date: 12-13-19
FALL 2020
Section: BXN
Instructor: Sousa
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 08-31-20
End Date: 12-18-20
FALL 2021
Section: BXN
Instructor: Sousa
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 08-30-21
End Date: 12-17-21
FALL 2022
Section: BXN
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 08-29-22
End Date: 12-16-22