Bachelor of Science in Nursing
This program consists of 125 to 126 semester hours of coursework. All students must complete the University's Core Curriculum. In some cases, a course that is required for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing may also be used to fulfill a requirement of the core curriculum. In order to meet prerequisites, students must take most of the nursing courses in a specific sequence. Upon completion of the program, students are awarded the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and have fulfilled the prescribed course of study and clinical practice required to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for licensure as a registered nurse.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students may fulfill the foreign language component of the University's basic education requirements by completing two years of a single foreign language in high school, by earning an appropriate score on one of the placement examinations administered by the University, or by completing two semesters of college coursework in a single foreign language in addition to the degree requirements given below. If the foreign language requirement will be fulfilled by transfer credit, credit by examination, or extension or correspondence courses, it must be fulfilled before the first semester of the student's senior year. Nursing 354 may not be counted toward the foreign language requirement. For students who take college coursework to complete the foreign language requirement, Spanish is recommended.
Flag Requirements
In the process of fulfilling the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, students must fulfill flag requirements. Students must earn credit for one flag in ethics, one flag in global cultures, one flag in cultural diversity, one flag in independent inquiry, one flag in quantitative reasoning, and three flags in writing.
Courses with flags are identified in the Course Schedule. For additional information about flag requirements, see Additional Basic Education Requirements.
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | Summer Term | Hours |
| RHE 306 | 3 | BIO 311C | 3 | GOV 310L | 3 |
| CH 301 | 3 | NTR 306 | 3 | American History Core Course | 3 |
| SDS 302 | 3 | E 316L, 316M, 316N, or 316P | 3 | ||
| UGS 302 or 303 | 3 | PSY 301 | 3 | ||
| Visual and Performing Arts Core Course | 3 | N 309 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| American History Core Course | 3 | N 320 | 3 | ||
| BIO 446L | 4 | N 224 | 2 | ||
| BIO 326M | 3 | N 127P | 1 | ||
| N 310 | 3 | N 321 | 3 | ||
| PSY 304 or HDF 313 and HDF 113L | 3-4 | BIO 365S | 3 | ||
| BIO 165U | 1 | ||||
| GOV 312L or 312P | 3 | ||||
| 16-17 | 16 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| N 356 | 3 | N 265 | 2 | ||
| N 256P | 2 | N 365P | 3 | ||
| N 325 | 3 | N 255C | 2 | ||
| N 325P | 3 | N 157P | 1 | ||
| N 264 | 2 | N 223 | 2 | ||
| N 250 | 2 | ||||
| PHM 338 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| N 266 | 2 | N 275 | 2 | ||
| N 366P | 3 | N 375P | 3 | ||
| N 255D | 2 | N 274 | 2 | ||
| N 355P | 3 | N 377 | 3 | ||
| N 354 | 3 | N 277P | 2 | ||
| N 273 | 2 | N 279P | 2 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 125-126 | |||||