Frank Franz Hall 104t 256.824.6450 / f 256.824.2773

HONORS IN NURSING

College of NursingNursing Building 207t 256.824.6742 / f 256.824.2850nursing@uah.edu

UAH HONORS COLLEGE

The UAH Honors College gives you an intimate, elite college experience but at a reasonable cost and with unparalleled research and career networking opportunities. It allows you to blend together the arts, sciences, and technology and builds your personal creativity, critical thinking, and research skills. For more information, visit us at honors.uah.edu.

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WHY PURSUE HONORS IN NURSING?

The Honors College offers a specialized Honors upper-level curriculum for College of Nursing students. Honors students in Nursing have the option of completing the full 24 hour Honors Diploma or a 12 hour Honors Certificate. Benefits of Nursing in Honors include:

Participation in nursing research and contribute to nursing science

Opportunity to develop a clinical focus/cognate

Publish Honors thesis through the UAH Salmon Library

Honors Diploma/Certificate with thesis title printed on your academic transcript

Positioning yourself competitively with future employers

Gain readiness for masters and/or doctoral program

Build a future in nursing research or nursing education

Eligibility to live in Honors Residence Hall

Developing friends through campus-wide Honors activities

Service and leadership opportunities

HONORS NURSING CURRICULUM

The specialized Honors Nursing courses are:

NUR 307 is an Honors section which prepares the Nursing Honors student to select a research topic, develop a research question and secure a relationship with a nurse researcher who will serve as a research advisor. This course is taught in a seminar format.

NUR 415 Honors Directed Research, The focus of this course is on development of a research methodology, securing Institutional Review Board approval if necessary and beginning data collection and preliminary data analysis. The seminar format will provide student access to expert researchers.

NUR 407 is an Honors section which guides the student through data collection, data analysis, result development and thesis completion. Dissemination of results in a public setting is a priority goal for students taking this course.

DR. ELLISE ADAMS Honors Director in Nursing ellise.adams@uah.edu

BETH WILSON Honors College Coordinator bethany.wilson@uah.edu

ADVISORS

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