Dec 12, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Nursing, B.S.N.


Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Total Credit Hours: 120-122
Career Opportunities: Direct patient care in pediatrics, medical/surgical, women’s health, newborn nursery and newborn intensive care, psychiatric/mental  health, critical care, operating room and post anesthesia care, home health, hospice, occupational  health, emergency departments, and public health. Nursing administrator, case manager, nurse educator, legal nurse consultant, forensic nurse

Before entry into NURS 104 , all generic and transfer students must meet the following requirements: (1) English ACT greater than or equal to 18, and Math ACT greater than or equal to 21, or (2) English SAT greater than or equal to 450 and Math SAT greater than or equal to 500.

Freshman Year (32-34 credit hours)


Sophomore Year (29 credit hours)


Electives


Fine Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Fine Arts courses in consultation with academic advisor.

English Literature (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

Communication (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Communication courses.

Junior Year (32 credit hours)


Senior Year (27 credit hours)


Note:


All nursing courses must be taken in numerical order as they are all prerequisites to the next course.

General Education Core Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
MATH 103  or MATH 105 
and
STAT 214  
BIOL 110  
BIOL 220 
CHEM 123  
PSYC 110 
SOCI 241  
History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
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