Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

Nursing (BSN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (10 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1300

           

Elementary Statistics

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

PSYC 2290

           

Human Growth and Development

3

ID: Scientific Method

BIOL 1101L

           

General Biology I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (11 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

BIOL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I

3

 

BIOL 2100 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology I

 3

 

BIOL 2100L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology I
     Lab 

1

 

BIOL 2110

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology II 

3

 

BIOL 2110L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology II
     Lab 

 1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Nursing students are exempt from
this requirement.

 

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours: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: 121