. >> dmp program director lori rodriguez says the student meet the requirements by having a degree. >> they would be learning skills to lead a project to assess the community needs and then design a project that would address hyper tension, or obesity, et cetera. >> the bureau's health estimates california will have a shortage of 100,000 nurses in 10 years. rosen bloom says in 2010 the legislator passed the bill to allow the university to offer. >> to produce nursing faculty to teach the next generation of nurses who will be taking care of all of us in the state of california. >> the online program was really the only thing that was a feasible option for working professionals who are spread out all over the northern part of the state of california. >> many distance learning students are not traditional students. this woman is on the way to achieving another degree, she says the online program is a good fit. it allows her to learn at coffee shops during lunch break. >> it would have been tough for me. i need to work full time so i think there's a few programs that will do weekend class