The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies offer two distinct Plans of Study for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. Students complete a total of 38 credits in either one year or two years of study. The program starts each Fall Semester (full-time) or Spring (part-time). However, new graduate students participate in an online/remote pre-immersion course prior to starting classes to prepare them to take graduate advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology courses.