MS in Nursing and MBA Dual Degree

Become the healthcare leader you want leading your hospital or healthcare organization. Earn your MS in nursing and your MBA with Eastern Mennonite’s dual degree program in values-based leadership and management.

Online study in MS in Nursing with two virtual residency requirements for orientation (1.5 days) as well as NURS 503 Conflict course (format TBD).
Online MBA study with two short residencies.
Values-based leadership training
Two degrees with fewer credit hours than getting the degrees separately

Admission Requirements
- Students must be accepted to both the MSN and MBA programs
- MSN & MBA requirements: a 3.0 GPA in undergraduate nursing courses plus 2 acceptable references
- Interview with both the MSN and MBA Program Directors
Course Requirements
Total of 56 SH (reduction of 17 SH in the dual degree). Students can take all MSN courses or MBA courses together or MSN & MBA courses integrated with each other.

MSN Requirements – 32 SH
- NURS 501 – Conceptual Framework for Sacred Covenant (1 SH)
- NURS 503 - Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation (3 SH)
- NURS 510 – Historical, Philosophical, and Theoretical Foudations of Nursing (3 SH)
- NURS 511 – Translational Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice (3 SH)
- NURS 512 - Knowledge Development: Informatics, Epidemiolgy and Outcomes (3 SH)
- NURS 515 - Health Care Delivery System (3 SH)
- NURS 516 - Application of Legal and Ethical Principles to Health Care (3 SH)
- NURS 620 – Safety, Risk Reduction, and Quality Care (4 SH)
- NURS 626 - Managing in a Complex Environment (3 SH)
- NURS 629 - Instructional Methodologies Nurse Leaders (2 SH)
- NURS 630 – Leadership Project (4 SH) (with the addition of an MBA faculty advising the project to ensure the presence of sustainability content)
NOTE: NURS 511 is a prerequisite to NURS 620 which is a prerequisite to NURS 630. In addition, these courses must be taken sequentially in the student's last year of MSN program requirements. Finally, all work must be completed or being taken concurrently before one is eligible for enrollment in NURS 630.

MBA Requirements – 24 SH
- MBA 522 - Leadership and Management for the Common Good (3 SH)
- MBA 541 - Global Sustainability (3 SH) or MBA 680 Sustainable Organizations & Global Citizenship (3 SH)
- MBA 564 - Organizational Behavior (3 SH) (NOTE: NURS 628 Org Behavior may be substituted if schedule requires)
- MBA 585 - Managerial Finance and Accounting (3 SH)
- MBA 615 - Narrative Leadership (3 SH) or MBA 670 Strategic Leadership in a Multicultural World (3 SH)
- MBA 623 - Financial Management (3 SH)
- MBA 647 - Strategic Marketing Management (3 SH)
- MBA 671 - Data Analytics (3 SH) or MBA 663 Mangerial Economics

The ability to partner with the collaborative MBA program in order to fulfill MBA courses fully online will be evaluated on a selective basis.

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Course Schedule

This is based on a full time, two courses per semester model.

Year 1
Summer	NURS 501 – Introduction to the Sacred Covenant Conceptual Framework
Fall	NURS 510 – Historical, Philosophical, and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Leadership course (choose one) mba 522 - Leadership and Management for the Common Good (4 weeks with weekend residency) OLS 510 - Leadership and Mangement for the Common Good (full semester)
Spring	NURS 515 – Health Care Delivery System organizational behavior (choose one) mba 564 - Organizational Behavior (7 weeks) NURS 628 - Systems Approach to Organizational Behavior (full semester)
Year 2
Summer	NURS 626 – Management in a Complex Healthcare Environment (May and June)
Fall	mba 541 - Global Sustainability NURS 516 – Application of Legal & Ethical Issues for Health Care Leaders
Spring	finance and accounting course (choose one) ols 540 - Managerial Finance and Accounting (full semester) OR see Spring #3 for MBA 585 below NURS 629 – Instructional Methodologies for Nurse Leaders
Year 3
Summer	nurs 512 - Epidemiology and Informatics
Fall	NURS 503 – Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation MBA 623 – Financial Management
Spring	mba 615 - Narrative Leadership MBA 585 – Managerial Finance and Accounting (if not taking OLS 540 in Spring #2)
Year 4
Summer
Fall	NURS 511 – Translational Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice (NOTE: NURS 511, 620, and 630 build on each other and are to be taken in sequentially in the final year of Nursing coursework) MBA 671 - Data Analytics (Sept-Oct) MBA 647 - Strategic Marketing Management (Oct-Dec)
Spring	NURS 620 – Safety, Risk Reduction, and Quality Care
Final Summer	NURS 630 – Leadership Project

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MS in Nursing and MBA Dual Degree

MSN Requirements – 32 SH

MBA Requirements – 24 SH

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