POST-MASTER’S CERTIFICATE (PMC)
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
(28-39 Quarter Credits)
• The program is organized into four 10-week quarters per academic year (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
• The plan of study is designed with 1-2 courses per Quarter. Please see plan of study on page 3
• To review the program information and course descriptions please click HERE
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
Support Courses
(14 Credits)
Course
Number
Course Name Credits Prerequisites
Quarter(s)
Offered
NURS548
Advanced Pathophysiology
3
None
All Quarters
NURS549
Advanced Pharmacology
3
None
All Quarters
NURS550
Advanced Health Assessment
and Diagnostic Reasoning
4
Must take this
course the spring
quarter after
NURS554 and
immediately before
NURS570
Spring Quarter
NURS664
Professional Issues for Nurse
Practitioners
1 All Core Courses
Fall and Spring
Quarter
NURS554
Advanced Pharmacology for
Adult-Gerontology Acute
Care Nurse Practitioners
3
All Core Courses,
NURS548, &
NURS549
Winter Quarter
Clinical Courses
(25 Credits)
Course
Number
Course Name Credits Prerequisites
Quarter(s)
Offered
NURS570
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care NP I: Introduction to
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care Medicine
(Includes 160 Clinical Hours)
5
All Core and
Support Courses
Summer
Quarter
NURS571
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care NP II:
Management/Care of Patients
in Acute Critical Care
Medical Settings
(Includes 160 Clinical Hours)
5 NURS570 Fall Quarter
NURS572
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care NP III: Management
/Care of Patients in Acute
Surgical Settings
(Includes 160 Clinical Hours)
5 NURS571 Winter Quarter
NURS573
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care NP IV: Management
/Care of Patients in Critical
Care Settings
(Includes 160 Clinical Hours)
5 NURS572 Spring Quarter
NURS580
Adult Gerontology Acute
Care NP V: Management
/Care of Clients in Acute,
Critical Care, Medicine, or
Surgical Settings
(Includes 160 Clinical Hours)
5 NURS573
Summer
Quarter
IMPORTANT NOTES
A final grade of a B or better is required for each course.
Students must maintain a 3.00 or higher for both “Term GPA” and “Cumulative GPA”.
Financial Aid/Student Loans – Graduate students who utilize student loans must maintain a minimum
enrollment of 4.5 credits per quarter.
The Graduate College policy requires students to complete the program within five years of their first
enrollment term.
SAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY:
FALL
QUARTER
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
YEAR
ONE
NURS548
(3 Credits)
NURS549
(3 Credits)
NURS664
(1 Credit)
Mandatory Online
Clinical
Orientation
(3 Credits)
(4 Credits)
(5 Credits)
YEAR
TWO
*NURS571
(5 Credits)
(5 Credits)
(5 Credits)
(5 Credits)
• Courses marked with a (*) have weekly, synchronous virtual class sessions, which have mandatory
attendance. Please note any course in the plan of study may require mandatory, synchronous virtual
sessions.
• The mandatory online clinical orientation is a synchronous, one-night information session. This is
not a course for credit.
• Nurse Practitioner students are required to take NURS550 – Advanced Health Assessment and
Diagnostic Reasoning, the spring quarter immediately preceding the first clinical-based course and
after the completion of the track specific pharmacology course.
• Clinical courses require both clinical and didactic coursework. Both clinical and didactic
coursework must be successfully completed to earn a passing grade in the course.
See full course information above