BSN Program of Study

Students begin general education and pre-requisite coursework before they are eligible for the nursing program. Courses marked with asterisk are pre-requisites for the nursing program and must be completed before starting nursing courses.

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Pre-Requisite and General Education

General Education Category Rhetoric and Composition

• Composition I*
• Composition II*

General Education Humanities & Fine Arts (must be from at least two different disciplines)

• Humanities & Fine Arts
• Humanities & Fine Arts
• Humanities & Fine Arts
• Humanities & Fine Arts
• Individual & Global Citizenship

 General Education Natural Science

• Microbiology*
• Chemistry with lab*

General Education Behavioral Science

• Introduction to Psychology*
• Behavioral Science (cannot be a psychology)

 General Education Mathematics & Statistics

• General Education Math (College Algebra or higher)
• Statistics*

 Additional Pre-requisite Coursework 

• Anatomy*
• Physiology*

 *must be completed before starting nursing courses. 

  

Nursing Coursework

1st Semester of Nursing (13 credit hours) NURS 2520 - Health Assessment NURS 2550 - Fundamentals NURS 2555 - Fundamentals Clinical NURS 2260 - Pathophysiology

2nd Semester of Nursing (16 credit hours)        NURS 3150 - OB NURS 3155 - OB Clinical NURS 3160 - Peds NURS 3165 - Peds Clinical NURS 3170 - Pharmacology NURS 3100 - Intro to Professional Practice I

3rd Semester of Nursing (15 credit hours) NURS 3310 - Intro to Professional Practice II NURS 3550 - Medical Surgical Nursing I NURS 3555 - Medical Surgical Nursing I Clinical NURS 3560 - Mental Health NURS 3565 - Mental Health Clinical

4th Semester of Nursing (14 credit hours) NURS 4410 - Research NURS 4420 - Leadership NURS 4150 - Medical Surgical Nursing II NURS 4155 - Medical Surgical Nursing II Clinical

5th Semester of Nursing (13 credit hours) NURS 4850 - Culminating NURS 4500 - Community NURS 4555 - Community Clinical NURS 4570 - Preceptor