Overview

The Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D.) is offered by the Graduate Center in conjunction with the three CUNY master's programs in nursing: Hunter College, Lehman College, and the College of Staten Island. The program addresses the two-pronged mission of the Graduate Center: to address the needs of the community and to provide doctoral education for traditionally underrepresented groups.

The specific purposes of the Ph.D. Program in Nursing are to:

Program Goals

Graduates of the nursing doctoral program will deepen their ability to think analytically and innovatively to allow them to respond to the complex health care needs of the urban population of New York City and beyond. Students are prepared to assume leadership positions in health care settings and academia and develop and implement nursing outcomes research. The curriculum includes the study of nursing theories, as well as other health-related, interdisciplincary, and educational theories, research methods, and health policy/health economics in a context of multidisciplinary partnerships to provide quality-based, comprehensive health care. A dissertation is required. This course of study prepares graduates to undertake systematic, applied, funded, research to improve patient outcomes that are the sensitive to the quality of nursing care. Graduates are prepared to assume leadership positions in health care settings and academia and develop and implement nursing outcomes research.

Graduates will have the ability to:

Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)

A DNS degree is available for students who entered the program prior to 2012. The DNS program is no longer accepting new students.