3 credits per term as needed to complete the DNP Project.

The purpose of this course is to serve as a platform for ongoing communication between students and their DNP Project Committee chairs and a repository for drafts and documentation related to the DNP project. Students will be assigned to sections of NURS 8701 based on their DNP Project Committee chair, which will support communication between students who are working on their DNP projects with common faculty chairs in an ongoing collaborative learning community.

Students take this course for a minimum of four quarters and are continuously enrolled until completion of their doctoral project with final chief academic officer (CAO) approval.

To complete a doctoral project, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the chief academic officer. Students must also publish their doctoral project on ProQuest before their degree is conferred.