Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Requirements
– 65 Credit Hours
The
student must complete all of the following nursing courses
Contact hours refer to actual class and clinical or lab time.
| |
Credit
Hours |
Contact
Hours |
| NURS
153 Nutrition |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
250 Introduction to Professional Nursing |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
260 Information Management |
2 |
2 |
| NURS
380 Assessment in Nursing |
3 |
4 |
| NURS
304 Nursing Interventions |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
375 Pathophysiology |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
306 Clinical I |
3 |
9 |
| NURS
308 Adult Health |
4 |
4 |
| NURS
312 Childbearing, Families & Women's Health |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
318 Pharmacology |
2 |
2 |
| NURS
320 Issues & Trends in Nursing & Health Care |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
376 Clinical II |
5 |
15 |
| NURS
401 Community & Transcultural Health Care |
4 |
4 |
| NURS
402 Children's Health Care |
3 |
3 |
NURS
414 Research |
2 |
2 |
NURS
406 Clinical III |
5 |
15 |
NURS
428 Critical Care Nursing |
3 |
3 |
NURS
403 Psychiatric Mental Health |
3 |
3 |
NURS
450 Leadership & Management |
3 |
3 |
NURS
476 Clinical IV |
5 |
15 |
Students
must take all of the following support courses (29 credits).
| |
Credit
Hours |
Contact
Hours |
| BIOL
221 Anatomy & Physiology I |
3 |
4 |
| BIOL
222 Anatomy & Physiology II |
3 |
4 |
| BIOL
226 General Microbiology |
4 |
5 |
| CHEM
120 Introductory Chemistry |
4 |
6 |
| PSYC
101 General Psychology |
3 |
3 |
| SOCI
131 General Sociology or |
3 |
3 |
| SOCI
108 Cultural Anthropology. |
3 |
3 |
| EDUC
244 Developmental Psychology |
3 |
3 |
| BSHS
301 Statistical Analysis |
3 |
3 |
| REPH
111 Introduction to Ethics |
3 |
3 |
Two
semesters of foreign language study are strongly recommended
and can be used to fulfill Liberal Studies requirements or
as elective credit.
RN-BSN
Program
Support
courses for nursing include the following courses—35
credit hours:
Anatomy and Physiology I & II -- 6 Credit Hours
General Sociology or Cultural Anthropology -- 3 Credit Hours
General Psychology -- 3 Credit Hours
Developmental Psychology -- 3 Credit Hours
Microbiology(with lab) -- 4 Credit Hours
Introductory Chemistry (with lab) -- 4 Credit Hours
Intro to Ethics -- 3 Credit Hours
Statistics -- 3 Credit Hours
English I & II -- 6 Credit Hours
Two
semesters of a foreign language are strongly recommended electives
for the BSN student.
Registered
nurses must complete all of the following nursing courses—27
credit hours:
| |
Credit
Hours |
Contact
Hours |
| NURS
316 Professional Nursing for Registered Nurses |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
260 Information Management |
2 |
2 |
| NURS
380 Assessment in Nursing |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
375 Pathophysiology |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
401 Community & Transcultural Nursing |
4 |
4 |
| NURS
407 Clinical IIIB |
2 |
6 |
| NURS
414 Research |
2 |
2 |
| NURS
320 Issues & Trends in Nursing & Health Care |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
450 Leadership and Management in Nursing |
3 |
3 |
| NURS
477 Clinical IVB |
2 |
6 |
After
the registered nurse graduate has successfully completed Professional
Nursing for Registered Nurses and two other nursing courses
with a grade of C or better, the nurse will be granted up to 38
upper division escrow credits.
