Core courses and supporting sciences for all nurse practitioners include physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, introduction to primary care, advanced physical assessment, genetics, health and social policy, and theory and research. The ACNP specialty instructive courses accommodate 24 of the 47 credits. These instructive courses include Diagnosis and Management of the Acutely III Adult 1 and 2 and ACNP Role Integration. In addition, students take three out of four possible intensive courses. These are focused one-credit courses available to all practitioners and are offered in the following areas: nutrition across the lifespan, interpersonal violence, behavioural health care for advanced practice, and management of advance practice. For practical experience, ACNP also offers four specific clinical courses that provide a total of 720 hours of clinical time.