Nursing, BS

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Nursing Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	*Fall Cr.*	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR	NURS 140 - (W) Introduction to Nursing Concepts ^1&4		3
GE NSCI	CHEM 110-111 - (E) Introductory Chemistry	3	3
GE NSCI	BIOL 110-111 - (E) Structure and Function of the Human Body	4	4
GE WRTG–SPCH	WRTG 107 - Composition –COMM 100 - Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE S/BH	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE FSEM	INTD 100 - Freshman Seminar	1
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education		1
		_____ 17	_____ 17
Second Year
MAJOR	NURS 250 - Physical Assessment Related to Health Patterns ⁴	3
MAJOR	NURS 251 - Fundamentals of Nursing ⁴		4
MAJOR	NURS 262 - Pharmacology I		1.5
COGNATE	NUTR 220 - Nutrition for the Health Professions ¹		3
COGNATE	BIOL 210 - Introductory Medical Microbiology	3
GE QUAN	PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 210 - Ethics	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible –T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	6
GE S/BH	PSYC 225 - (S) Abnormal Psychology ³		3
		_____ 18	_____ 17.5
Third Year
MAJOR	NURS 350 - Nursing Care of the Adult I –NURS 371 - Nursing Care of the Adult II	5.5	5.5
MAJOR	NURS 352 - Mental Health Nursing	5.5
MAJOR	NURS 373 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family		5
MAJOR	NURS 360 - Pharmacology II –NURS 361 - Pharmacology III	1.5	1.5
GE PHIL	PHIL 212 - (P) Medical Ethics ³	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education		1
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective		3
		_____ 15.5	_____ 16
Fourth Year
MAJOR	NURS 450 - Nursing Care of the Adult III	5.5
MAJOR	NURS 452 - Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents	4.5
MAJOR	NURS 493 - (W) Research in Nursing	3
MAJOR	NURS 471 - (D) Community Health Nursing		3.5
MAJOR	NURS 472 - Advanced Nursing Concepts ²		6
MAJOR	NURS 491 - Senior Seminar		1.5
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives		3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - PHED ELECT	1
		_____ 17	_____ 17

	Total: 135 Credits

¹ Fall or spring semester
² ROTC option available
³Recommended by the Department
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Total: 135 Credits