Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Nursing (BSN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

                     
Social Science    PSYC 2290             Human Growth and Development 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (15 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 1300*             Elementary Statistics 3
                     
Natural Science    BIOL 1101             General Biology I 3
    BIOL 1101L             General Biology I Lab 1
    BIOL 2100             Anatomy and Physiology I 3
    BIOL 2100L              Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 1
    BIOL 2110              Anatomy and Physiology II 3
    BIOL 2110L             Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1

V. Ethics (0 hours)

                     
Ethics                 Nursing students are exempt from
this requirement.
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:48-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Nursing Foundations

BIOL 2150Medical Microbiology

4

BIOL 2150LMedical Microbiology Lab

0

HSCS 2210Basic Nutrition

3

 

MATH 1100College Algebra

3

OR

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

Total Credit Hours:10

Nursing Major

NURS 3312Foundations: Basic Principles of Nursing

5

NURS 3313Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I

3

NURS 3314Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II

4

NURS 3322Fundamentals of Nursing Practice

6

NURS 3323Health Assessment

4

NURS 3330Adult Health Care I

5

NURS 3331Family Nursing

4

NURS 3332Population Focused Community Health Nursing

4

NURS 4420Research in Nursing

3

NURS 4425Nursing of Acute and Chronic Mental Health Conditions

4

NURS 4426Adult Health Care II

4

NURS 4427Health Care of the Child

4

NURS 4430Nursing Care of the Complex Client with Multiple Problems

3

NURS 4431Nursing Leadership and Management

3

NURS 4432Clinical Internship

5

NURS 4434Capstone Seminar

1

Total Credit Hours:62

Total Credit Hours: 120-121