Nursing, BSN

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Nursing Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	*Fall Cr.*	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR	NURS 140 - (FYOC,FYDT) Introduction to Nursing Concepts ^1&2		3
GE NSCI	CHEM 110-111 - (E) Introductory Chemistry	3	3
GE NSCI	BIOL 110 -111 - (E) Human Anatomy and Physiology	4	4
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE S/BH	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT- Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar *
		16	16
Second Year
MAJOR	NURS 250 - Physical and Health Assessment ²	2
MAJOR	NURS 250L - (EPW) Physical and Health Assessment Clinical Lab	1
MAJOR	NURS 251 - Fundamentals of Nursing ²		2
MAJOR	NURS 251L - Clinical Experience in Fundamentals of Nursing		2
MAJOR	NURS 262 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurses I		1
COGNATE	NUTR 220 - Nutrition for the Health Care Professions ¹		3
COGNATE	BIOL 210 - Introductory Medical Microbiology	3
GE QUAN	PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences OR EDUC 120 - (Q) Applied Statistics	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 Elective		3
MAJOR	NURS 293 - (EPW) Principles of Research and Evidenced-Based Practice		3
		15	17
Third Year
MAJOR	NURS 350 - Nursing Care of the Adult I	3
MAJOR	NURS 350L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care of Adults I	2
MAJOR	NURS 352 - Nursing Care in Psychiatric and Mental Health	3
MAJOR	NURS 352L - Clinical Experience in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing	2
MAJOR	NURS 360 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurses II — NURS 361 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurses III	2	2
MAJOR	NURS 371 - Nursing Care of Adults II		3
MAJOR	NURS 371L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care of Adults II		2
MAJOR	NURS 373 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family ³		3
MAJOR	NURS 373L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family		2
GE PHIL	PHIL 212 - (P) Medical Ethics ⁴	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
		18	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	NURS 450 - Nursing Care of Adults III	3
MAJOR	NURS 450L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care of Adults III	2
MAJOR	NURS 452 - Nursing Care of Children and Families ³	3
MAJOR	NURS 452L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care of Children and Families	1.5
MAJOR	NURS 471 - (D) Nursing Care in Community Health		2
MAJOR	NURS 471L - Clinical Experience in Nursing Care in Community Health		2
MAJOR	NURS 472 - Advanced Nursing and Transition to Professional Practice ⁵		3
MAJOR	NURS 472L - Clinical Experience in Advanced Nursing and Transition to Professional Practice		3
MAJOR	NURS 491 - Senior Seminar		2
GE S/BH	PSYC ELECT - Psychology Elective	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	3
		15.5	15
	Total: 127.5 Credits

¹Fall or spring semester

²Community Based Learning

³Junior Spring or Senior Fall Semester

⁴Recommended by the Department

⁵ROTC option available

^*The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

Students who score less than 13 on the Math Placement DAT or less than 61 on the ALEKS Test must seek individual advising from the Department of Nursing.

Nursing, BSN

Nursing Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 127.5 Credits