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Examine the Curriculum

Our curriculum prepares graduates for psychiatric mental health care practice across the life span in acute psychiatric care hospitals, clinics, and behavioral health care settings, including private practice.

The curriculum is three years (full time).

We offer a curriculum plan for students that do not have one year (1800 hours) of RN experience. Students will be required to complete the 1800 hours of RN employment by the end of the first year in the program. If students do not fulfill the RN work requirement, they will not be allowed to move on to the second year of the program.

Please review the curriculum plans below:

Doctor of Nursing Practice PMHNP Program Curriculum

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Hybrid/Online Curriculum for Working Professionals

The curriculum consists of three core components:

Self-directed hybrid/online courses include assignments, exams, and online discussions where you will collaborate with faculty to achieve learning objectives in the PMHNP to DNP curriculum.

Seminars will include two synchronous/virtual or campus-based practice intensives each semester for PMHNP and DNP core. The schedule includes clinical skill-building labs and testing, selected clinical experiences with faculty, lectures, student presentations and content assessments across the PMHNP to DNP curriculum. To view the start/end semester dates and when you need to be on campus, please visit our Academic Calendar.

Clinical Experiences and Practice Hours are an integral part of the DNP/PMHNP curriculum. To learn more, please visit the DNP/PMHNP Clinical Experiences page.