Curriculum

The Indiana University Schools of Nursing Regional Consortium for Graduate Programs is committed to preparing advanced practice nurses and nurses with graduate degrees who serve their communities with excellence, compassion, and innovation. Through collaborative engagement across four IU regional campuses, the consortium fosters accessible, high-quality graduate education in Nursing Administration, Nursing Education, and Family Nurse Practitioner tracks.

• Empower nurses with advanced knowledge and skills to lead, educate, and provide primary care within their local communities.
• Enhance healthcare delivery by cultivating culturally competent, ethical, and evidence-based practitioners who are responsive to regional health needs.
• Promote community-centered care through clinical placements and faculty mentorship rooted in each student’s home campus, ensuring meaningful local impact.
• Support lifelong learning and leadership in nursing through flexible, technologyenhanced instruction and interprofessional collaboration.

Together, we strive to improve population health outcomes and strengthen the healthcare infrastructure across Indiana.

• Administration and Education tracks: Completed in six semesters (including Summer).
• FNP track: Completed in seven semesters (including Summer).
• Post Masters FNP Certificate: Completed in four semesters (including Summer).

• A balance of online learning and face to face clinical that mirrors today's work environment with some classes meeting synchronously online up to 4 times per semester. Over 80% of the program is available online (lecture classes online, lab and clinical in person)
  • Participate in a program that includes two major learning sections: preclinical scholarly application courses that provide a core foundation for advanced practice clinical courses that build on the preclinical foundation and add knowledge and applications used during direct clinical
  • Faculty assist students with finding clinical placements.
  • Complete 750 clinical hours under the guidance of faculty members and preceptors
  • This degree qualifies graduates to sit for one of the two national FNP certification exams: ANCC or AANP.

• The Post-MSN graduate certificate option is available if you already hold an MSN degree and are seeking to become certified in an additional specialty area.
  • Post-MSN certificates are available in the FNP track. The number of credit hours required to earn the certificate varies based on your previous education.
  • Faculty assist students with finding clinical placements.
  • Complete 750 clinical hours under the guidance of faculty members and preceptors.
  • This degree qualifies graduates to sit for one of the two national FNP certification exams: ANCC or AANP.

Designed for nurses aiming to move into leadership roles, this track blends primarily online coursework with in-person practicum experiences. Most classes are delivered asynchronously, with a few synchronous online sessions (up to four per semester). More than 80% of the curriculum is online, while practicum and lab components take place on site.

• This program equips you to take on advanced management roles in hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, extended care facilities, nurse-managed centers, and a wide range of community health organizations.
• Students gain knowledge to improve healthcare operations and influence organizational systems.
• Faculty support is provided to help you secure practicum placements.
• Students complete 300 practicum hours under the supervision of faculty and preceptors.

Created for nurses who want to teach and develop the next generation of healthcare professionals, this track offers a hybrid learning model. Coursework is delivered through a mix of on-campus classes and synchronous online sessions (up to four per semester), with over 75% of the program available online. Two lecture courses require in-person attendance, while labs and clinical/practicum hours remain hands-on.

• This program prepares you for academic faculty positions at colleges and universities, as well as staff educator roles in healthcare organizations— helping address the national need for qualified nurse educators.
• Faculty assist with securing practicum placements.
• Students complete 300 practicum hours guided by faculty and preceptors.