This guide is for NURS 765 Week 2 Curriculum Development Workshop, start to submission. A 6 to 9-page paper on the assigned curriculum development topics, with at least 5 peer-reviewed articles beyond the textbook and the Bible.
NURS 765 is Curriculum Development and Program Evaluation for Nurse Educators, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's PhD in Nursing. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS765; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 765 Curriculum Development and Program Evaluation for Nurse Educators |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 6 to 9 pages, excluding title and reference pages |
| Sources | At least 5 peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook and the Bible |
| Faith integration | The Bible is a required source |
| Format | Current APA paper |
What NURS 765 Week 2 Curriculum Development Workshop asks for
In this workshop assignment you write a paper addressing the assigned topics related to curriculum development. The paper must be in current APA, 6 to 9 pages excluding title and reference pages, and cite at least 5 peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook and the Bible. It is due in Module/Week 2 with Keating chapters 4 and 5. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 765
In the published schedule, Curriculum Development Workshop is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 765. It follows Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 and comes before Week 3 Internal or External Frame Factor Assessment.
How NURS 765 Week 2 Curriculum Development Workshop is graded
Liberty grades Curriculum Development Workshop with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 765 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 765 Week 2 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Paste the Curriculum Development Workshop instructions and rubric into a document and turn every required element into a heading. In NURS 765 the rubric is the grading contract, so the outline should mirror it before you write a sentence.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
6 to 9 pages, excluding title and reference pages is not much room. Choose a question narrow enough that you can answer it fully inside that length; a broad topic forces summary, and summary scores lower than analysis.
Collect sources before drafting
Find the sources first: At least 5 peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook and the Bible. Use the Jerry Falwell Library databases, filter to peer-reviewed, and keep a table of author, year, design and finding so the paper is built from evidence instead of padded with it later.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Write one sentence that states what the paper argues. Every section after the introduction should advance that sentence; if a paragraph does not, it belongs in another paper.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Fill the outline one heading at a time. In each section, say what the sources show, weigh them, and draw the implication. Graders reward the sentences that interpret, not the ones that report.
Format and check against the rubric
Finish with an APA pass and a rubric pass. Match every in-text citation to a reference, check the headings, and read each rubric row against the section that answers it.
A structure for NURS 765 Week 2 Curriculum Development Workshop
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | The assigned topics and their importance. | ~180 words |
| Topic sections | One section per assigned topic, with sources. | ~1,010 words |
| Application | How the topics apply to a program you know. | ~320 words |
| Biblical perspective and conclusion | Faith and the educator's calling. | ~290 words |
A topic angle that works
Use the assigned topics as your APA headings in the order given, and in each section move from what Keating says to what the literature adds to how it would look in a real program.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Keating describes the curriculum development process as cyclical: faculty assess the context, set a mission and philosophy, design the program, implement it and evaluate it, and the evaluation feeds the next assessment.1 Studies of programs undergoing concept-based curriculum revision show why the cycle matters: programs that skipped the assessment stage often adopted concepts that did not match their graduates' practice settings.2
- States the text's model.
- Adds evidence on what goes wrong.
- Prepares an application.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 765 Week 2
- Skipping an assigned topic.
- Fewer than 5 peer-reviewed articles beyond the textbook and the Bible.
- Over 9 pages.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 6 to 9 pages, excluding title and reference pages
- Sources: At least 5 peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook and the Bible
- Faith integration: The Bible is a required source
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is the NURS 765 workshop paper?
6 to 9 pages excluding the title and reference pages, with at least 5 peer-reviewed articles in addition to the textbook and the Bible.
How many points is NURS 765 Week 2 Curriculum Development Workshop worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 765, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 765 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 765?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 765. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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