MSN - Nursing Education

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A Rigorous Curriculum

The 35-credit program is comprised of the following 12 courses:

Courses are offered in a hybrid format combining in-class and online learning activities. Our Hyflex format provides choice around when to attend in-person or online, even changing your mind from week to week.

What is Cohort Study?

As a student in the Curry College MSN Program, you will be part of a cohort group. That means that the same students will be in all of your classes for the entire program, start to finish. Cohort group learning has proven to be very effective for adult learners because it creates a community of professionals who can study together, provide support, discuss common on-the-job problems, and offer networking opportunities.

Choose the schedule that fits your needs:

Milton: 8-wk schedule, taking one course at a time on Mondays from 5:30-8:30 pm; 2 year completion with a 6-week winter break; program begins in January

Plymouth: 8-wk schedule, taking one course at a time on Tuesdays from 5:30-8:30pm ; 3 year completion with summers off

All classes are delivered in a hybrid model -- blending in-classroom lectures with online learning.

Course Descriptions:

Course descriptions can be viewed using the link below:

• Curry College Course Catalog

Julie Grady, MSN Program Director, Associate Professor
Chimezie Agomoh, Assistant Professor
Sheryl Cifrino, Professor
Katherine Marie Conover, Associate Professor
Donna DelloIacono, Senior Lecturer
Joy Garamiase-Yee, Associate Professor
Maureen Hillier, Senior Lecturer
Oby Christi Ikoro, Assistant Professor
Susan R. James, Professor Emeritus
Maureen L. Murphy, Professor
Susan Natale, Associate Professor
Raquel Reynolds, Assistant Professor
Coleen Toronto, Associate Professor
Julianne Walsh, Associate Professor

Curry College's MSN - Nursing Education degree is designed to prepare individuals for the Nurse Educator role in Academic or Staff Development settings.  It reflects the Nurse Educator competencies developed by national organizations.  The curriculum integrates core master's level concepts and education-focused courses (evidence-based teaching and learning principles, teaching strategies, evaluation, etc.).  Students will strengthen their nursing body of knowledge through advanced clinically-focused courses.  They will learn not only what to teach, but how adult learners learn.  As a result, graduates of MSN - Nursing Education are well-prepared to assume faculty or Clinical Instructor positions in Schools of Nursing or Staff Development positions in Health Care settings.  The program culminates in an intensive individualized practicum course where students gain real-world experience to address the challenges of this critical role.

MSN Program Outcomes:

1. Implement strategies based on advanced reasoning and theory designed to improve quality and reduce risk within health care environments.
2. Evaluate, translate and disseminate current nursing research designed to improve outcomes and increase nursing's body of knowledge.
3. Analyze effectiveness of collaborative communication, teamwork strategies and information technologies designed to influence health-related outcomes.
4. Advocate for ethical practice based on knowledge of professional standards, scope of practice, and distributive justice.
5. Demonstrate leadership in effecting change in educational and healthcare systems through collaboration and advocacy at the local, state, national and global levels.
6. Integrate academic and experiential knowledge, skills and attitudes into the advanced professional practice role.