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Master’s Program 67Examples of courses in each cluster may be obtained from academic advisers. A healthcare financial management course is required. Such courses are offered by the Departmentof Epidemiology and Public Health, and one is selected in consultation with thestudent’s academic adviser.Year OneRequired Clinical Courses: 564a, 564b.Required Seminars: 719a, 961a.Required Research Courses: 525a/b, 529a.Electives.Year TwoRequired Clinical Course: 762a.Required Seminar: 717a, 717b, HPA 562b.Cluster Courses (A and B).Required Research Course: 721a/b.Electives.Scholarly Inquiry Praxis.The course plan for scheduled part-time study can be obtained from the Student AffairsOffice.pediatric nurse practitioner specialtyMartha K. Swartz, Director,Pediatric Nurse PractitionerSpecialtyThe Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) specialty preparesstudents for expanded roles in the provision of primary careto children and adolescents. The first-year experienceincludes theory and clinical practice in primary health care.Courses focus on health and developmental assessment,child development, family systems, interviewing and parentcounseling, and management of common child and adolescentproblems. There is an emphasis, as well, on the developmentof requisite research skills fundamental to advancedpractice. Each student, throughout the two years, providesprimary health care for children in several clinical settings.In addition, students may elect a concentration in chronicillness care or school-based health care. An advanced managementcourse, a pediatric pharmacology course, a pathophysiologycourse, and courses in health policy issues providecore content for the second-year curriculum. On completion of the specialty,students are eligible for PNP Certification through the National Certification Board ofPediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, and the American Nurses’ CredentialingCenter.