Page 130 2025–26 Graduate Academic Catalog Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-8050 – PHAR-6111 NSG-8050 Quality Improvement and Safety 3 hours This course explores improvement science and the advanced concepts in collaboration, design, and leadership as they relate to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives in complex healthcare systems. NSG-8060 Population Health and Epidemiology 3 hours This course provides a foundation to engage in effective partnerships to promote equitable population health outcomes. Students will learn the concepts of epidemiology and the relevant statistical approaches to describe the health of populations. (Fee: $50) NSG-8070 Advocacy and Resource Management 3 hours This course synthesizes leadership theory and organizational models, and the essential roles of advocacy and resource management in complex healthcare systems. Students will discover the key concepts of equal access to care, preserving human dignity, preserving patient autonomy and respect. NSG-8080 3 hours Ethical Healthcare Delivery in Organizations and Systems This course prepares students for leadership in the integration of ethical theories, biblical principles and professional practice standards as a foundation for strategic decision-making in complex healthcare systems. (Fee: $50) NSG-8100 Scholarly Practice Integration 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development, synthesis, and implementation of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. The student is required to complete a minimum of 500 practice experience hours through the DNP program. This course is designed to be repeated up to five times. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry. (Fee: $100) NSG-8101 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 1 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development of a nursing-related question or problem that needs quality improvement and to begin the process of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. This course is designed to include 100 practice experience hours and can be repeated. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry. (Fee: $100) NSG-8102 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 2 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development of a nursing-related question or problem that needs quality improvement and to begin the process of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. This course is designed to include 100 practice experience hours and can be repeated. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry; NSG-8101 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 1. (Fee: $100) NSG-8103 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 3 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development of a nursing-related question or problem that needs quality improvement and to begin the process of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. This course is designed to include 100 practice experience hours and can be repeated. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry; NSG-8102 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 2 (Fee: $100) NSG-8104 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 4 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development of a nursing-related question or problem that needs quality improvement and to begin the process of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. This course is designed to include 100 practice experience hours and can be repeated. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry; NSG-8103 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 3. (Fee: $100) NSG-8105 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 5 1 hour This course provides the DNP student opportunity to integrate scholarship to improve population health outcomes through the development of a nursing-related question or problem that needs quality improvement and to begin the process of a scholarly project. The student will develop goals to achieve learning objectives related to advanced nursing education and professional core competencies. This course is designed to include 100 practice experience hours and can be repeated. Prerequisite: NSG-8000 EBP 1: Foundation of Scholarly Inquiry; NSG-8104 Scholarly Practice Integration Phase 4. (Fee: $100) P Pharmacy (PHAR) PHAR-5100 3 hours Introduction to Chemistry and Mathematical Principles in Pharmacy The purpose of this course is to provide students entering the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at Cedarville University School of Pharmacy a primer in basic concepts in general chemistry, physics, and calculus. These basic concepts will provide students the foundational knowledge required to understand concepts in courses that are part of the PharmD curriculum (e.g., medicinal chemistry and biochemistry, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics, immunology, etc.). PHAR-6110 Introduction to Pharmacy Practice 1 hour This course will focus on understanding the U.S. healthcare system and contemporary models of pharmacy practice. Key topics will include the regulations applicable to the practice of pharmacy in preparation for pharmacy internship experiences, prescription interpretation and fulfillment processes, health/ pharmacy literacy, patient safety and communication, cultural literacy, and models of professionalism. Prerequisite: P1 or approval of instructor. PHAR-6111 Research Design and Methodology 3 hours This course provides an introduction to research design and methodology, as related to pharmacy and the health sciences. This course will focus on concepts of scientific research across the discipline of pharmacy, research strategies and methodology for qualitative and quantitative research, and principles of epidemiologic research. Students also will learn how to develop and write research projects, as this course provides the basis for the research project that will be completed and presented in PHAR-7348 Research Seminar. Prerequisite: P1 or approval of instructor.
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