Nursing & Health Sciences

Online Education

Online Course Access Instructions | Online MSN Courses Required Text List | '06-'07 Financial Aid for Graduate Students

NEW! Non-Degree Online Certificates offered through Gatlin Education

Download the Online Course Student Questionnaire required of every student prior to registering for the first online course.

Many courses are offered in an online environment to accommodate the needs of adult learners. These classes allow learners to continue their educational goals without the physical restrictions of a traditional classroom setting. Online class work is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Assignments have a specific deadline, but the learner determines his/her own study schedule. 

EFFECTIVE SPRING 2007 : All online students must use Microsoft Office 2003 or newer to submit all course work that is required (PowerPoint, WORD). As a UCCS student, you are eligible for academic pricing of this software through the UCCS Bookstore.

FALL 2008 Online Courses (August 25 - December 20, 2008) unless otherwise indicated

Check the UCCS Course Schedule to determine the official start date of your course

• NURS 304 Patterns of Knowing (RN-BSN)
• NURS 305 Health Assessment (RN-BSN)
• NURS 401 Nursing Research (RN-BSN or ACCEL ONLY)
• NURS 425 Professional Nursing Practice (RN-BSN)
• NURS 610 Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice
• NURS 612 Nursing Research
• NURS 615 Clinical Nurse Specialist Seminar
• NURS 619 Educational Evaluation & Measurement in Nursing
• NURS 623 Physiological Problems of Aging
• NURS 630 Sexual Assault: Implications or Nursing Practice
• NURS 647 Holistic Praxis: Therapys of the Imagination
• NURS 667 Primary Health Care of Families III
• NURS 673 Advanced Health Assessment
• NURS 674 Advanced Pathophysiology
• NURS 679 Primary Care II
• NURS 705 Health Care Ethics and Law (DNP ONLY)
• NURS 706 Health Care Administration II
• NURS 707 Popultion Based Health Care (DNP ONLY)
• NURS 708 Clinical Nursing Scholarship (DNP ONLY)
• NURS 711 Inferential Statisics (DNP ONLY)
• NURS 784 Primary Care Practicum
• NURS 789 Primary Care of Families Practicum
• NURS 800 DNP Clinical Residency
• NURS 801 Clinical Capstone Proposal

NOTE THAT SOME ONLINE COURSES MAY REQUIRE THAT YOU PURCHASE COURSE SPECIFIC SOFTWARE (ex. SPSS). As a registered student, you can purchase software through the UCCS Bookstore at special academic pricing.

*all online courses carry an additional $100 online course fee that is charged at time of registration

Although many people are eager to participate in an online class, there are many factors to consider. Review our recommendations to determine if Online Learning is for you. Contact us if you have any other questions not covered here.

Is Online Learning for You?

• Take the Learning Style Inventory to determine if your learning style is compatible with Online Learning
• Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• The Rogers Indicator of Mulitple Intelligences

Computer Skills - What do you need to know?

• How to turn on a computer
• How to use a mouse
  • Double Click
  • "Right" click
• Locate, open and close files
• How to use a word processor
  • Recommended skills include cutting, copying and pasting text from one document to another, working with  two applications open at the same time, converting files to "rtf" (rich text format) by using the "Save As" command.
• How to use an E-mail account 
  • Upload and download "attachments"
• Download and Install software on your computer
• How to use the Internet
  • Conduct research
  • Have more than one browser window open at a time
• Open files from a CD-ROM

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE ABSOLUTE BARE MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS.  If you are considering purchasing a computer, please visit The UCCS Computing Help Desk for Hardware and Software recommendations at 719.262.3536. Course software is accessible 24/7 from any computer anywhere.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• An internet connection (a broadband/DSL/Cable/Satellite connection recommended)
• A WINDOWS or INTEL-BASED MACcomputer. To take full advantage of the interactivity of the courses, the following system profiles are REQUIRED:

Microsoft Windows
Windows XP or Vista
1 GB RAM or MORE for Vista
56K modem (BROADBAND recommended)
Sound Card & Speakers

MAC OS X (version 10.4 or newer)
1GB of RAM
56K modem (BROADBAND recommended)
Sound Card & Speakers

Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher

Safari 3.0 or higher

Firefox 2.0 or higher

Windows Media Player OR Windows Media Player 9 for MAC - Flip4Mac WILL NOT WORK

Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher
Download your free copy from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

1. An Internet Service Provider (ISP). An ISP is a company that can provide you with the software necessary for getting onto the Internet. You will need Internet access to take your courses. 
2. It is required that you use your UCCS student e-mail account for your online course.
   UCCS e-mail is now accessible anytime, anywhere from any computer with a web browser at https://webmail.uccs.edu . For directions on how to use the "UCCS Webmail" system visit
   http://www.uccs.edu/~helpdesk/helpsheetsmenu/webmail.htm .

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