Nursing: RN to B.S.N.

General Education

(see General Education Requirements  for list of approved courses)

Program Requirements

• BIOL 1910 - Functional Human Anatomy
• BIOL 2080 - Human Physiology
• BIOL 2100 - Microbiology and Health #

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• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I # and
• CHEM 1110L - General Chemistry I Laboratory #

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• One approved general education statistics course#
• PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology #
• NURS 2260 - Pathophysiology
• NURS 2110 - Nursing Agency I: Introduction to Conceptual Thinking
• NURS 2120 - Nursing Agency II: Health Assessment
• NURS 2130 - Nursing Systems I: Foundations of Nursing Practice
• NURS 2140 - Nursing Practicum I
• NURS 3220 - Nursing Systems II: Care of the Adult
• NURS 3230 - Nursing Systems III: Care of the Patient with Mental Health Needs
• NURS 3240 - Nursing Practicum II
• NURS 3310 - Nursing Agency IV: The Individual in Professional Practice
• NURS 3320 - Nursing Systems IV: Care of the Family: Childbearing
• NURS 3330 - Nursing Systems V: Care of the Family: Childrearing
• NURS 3340 - Nursing Practicum III: Holistic Care of the Family
• NURS 4410 - Nursing Agency V: Research
• NURS 4420 - Nursing Agency VI: Professional Nursing in the Health Care System
• NURS 4430 - Nursing Systems VI: The Adult with Complex Health Deviations
• NURS 4440 - Nursing Practicum IV: The Adult with Complex Health Deviations
• NURS 4510 - Nursing Agency VII: Conceptual Thinking
• NURS 4520 - Nursing Systems VII: Concepts of Community Health
• NURS 4530 - Nursing Practicum V: Care of the Community
• NURS 4540 - Nursing Practicum VI

• Note: Nursing 4540 is not required if student is an actively working RN.

Additional Information and Notes

1. Nursing 2260, 2110 and/or 2120 do not have to be completed prior to beginning 3000-4000 level nursing courses.
2. Proof of current registered nurse licensure serves as validation of content in Foundations of Nursing Practice (NURS 2130 , NURS 2140 ), Adult Nursing (NURS 3220 , NURS 4430 , NURS 4440 ), Maternal/Child Nursing (NURS 3320 , NURS 3330 , NURS 3340 ), Psychiatric Nursing (NURS 3230 , NURS 3240 ). The hours of academic credit for these courses will be entered on the student’s academic record the semester of graduation with each course receiving a grade of “S.” Students must have earned a minimum grade of C on each previously taken Nursing course to receive credit. Transferred Nursing courses with grades below C must be repeated.
3. Nursing 3210 is not required of RNs.

Minimum 2.5 GPA in all Nursing courses required for graduation.

Minimum grade of C or S in all nursing and required courses (exclusive of electives).

Minimum of 39 hours at the 3000 and 4000 level.

Electives to complete 120 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements  for additional requirements.