Spring Courses for Credit

This course incorporates the use of ethical principles in critical decision-making processes across the health care system or organization. The learner will be prepared to incorporate business skills, knowledge of healthcare operations, and use of advanced communication skills to evaluate organizational dynamics, strategic planning, and performance. 

3 credit course

This course is offered on Thursdays from 5:00 to 7:30 PM (ET)

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Mary.antonelli2@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course introduces the learner to the economic and financial factors affecting nursing and healthcare practices in a complex healthcare environment.  Principles of healthcare economics, third party reimbursement, developing budgets, variance and economic evaluation methods are reviewed. The learner will apply their understanding of the American health care system, along with the basic financial, workforce and information management skills to make well-informed decisions that improve the cost, equity and quality of the health and nursing care. 

3 credit course

This course is offered on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:30 PM (ET) 

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Mary.antonelli2@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

The focus of this course is on the interrelation of human systems and the effect that illness in one body system has on the functions of the whole person. Concepts related to clinical physiology and research literature related to pathophysiology of various body systems are examined. Pertinent literature related to nursing interventions associated with improved physiological status is analyzed.

3 credit course

This course is offered remote asynchronous.

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Shari.Harding@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course emphasizes the pharmacological knowledge required by the advanced practice nurse to safely treat patients with common acute and chronic health problems. Students apply knowledge of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of select medications to the management of common health conditions occurring in pre-and post–natal women, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Ethical and legal aspects of advanced nursing practice prescribing will be fully addressed. This course will provide the basis for safely and effectively incorporating drug therapy to optimize health outcomes.

3 credit course

BSN students required to take Advanced Pathophysiology first.

This course is offered on Wednesdays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Susan.Feeney@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This survey course aims to educate advanced practice nurses to the rudiments of safe and effective prescribing practices in the treatment of psychiatric conditions across the lifespan.  The course utilizes a symptom management framework that integrates concepts from psychobiology with pathophysiology of the psychiatric diseases.  Emphasis is placed on gaining a fundamental understanding of the hypothesized compliment between the pathophysiological basis of the disease state and mechanism of action of drugs as a basis for rational selection of pharmacologic treatment.  Current standards of practice and treatment algorithms are emphasized in helping the student develop a working knowledge of psychopharmacology for practice.

Students recommended to take Advanced Pharmacology first.

3 credit course

This course is offered online.

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Mechelle.Plasse@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course prepares the advanced practice nurse with the knowledge, theory and organizational science concepts necessary to design and evaluate performance improvement in health care organizations related to quality and safety.

3 credit course

Meets online via Zoom from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM on the following Saturdays: January 24, February 28, and April 18, 2026.

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Shari.Harding@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course provides the student with an introduction to inferential statistics. Emphasis is placed on practical application, rather than mathematical theory. Topics include t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), repeated measures ANOVA and mixed ANOVA, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), correlations and scatter plots and regression analyses.

3 credit course

This course is offered on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM (ET)

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Nancy.Morris@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course focuses on types of research reviews and the elements of research grant writing. Students will be guided through locating potential funding sources and using appropriate grant-writing techniques. The components of a research grant proposal will be explored with a focus on the significance, innovation, approach, and human subject considerations sections.

3 credit course

This course is offered on Tuesday's from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (ET)
Class meets in person on the following dates: 1/13, 1/20, 2/3/, 2/10, 2/17, 3/3, 3/17, 4/7, 4/12, 4/21

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Nancy.Morris@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.

This course builds on N815 (Statistical Analysis of Data) to provide more in-depth instruction on practical applications of multivariate data analysis, focusing on statistical issues and techniques that students are likely to encounter in their research. Topics covered include pre-analysis data screening, assessment of model fit for analysis of variance and covariance (ANOVA / ANCOVA) and linear regression, model selection techniques, repeated measures ANOVA and hierarchical linear models, logistic regression, sample size and power determination, and (time permitting) survival analysis and methods for handling missing data. This course will primarily use SPPS, but other statistical software packages are also permitted.  

3 credit course

This course is offered Tuesday's from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

Have questions about the course? Please reach out to Sybil.Crawford@umassmed.edu.

This course requires prior approval. Approvals will be granted once all of your application materials have been received.