Prelicensure BSN Program

Students seeking admission to the Prelicensure BSN Program first apply to the University as Pre-Nursing majors. This allows the student time to complete the general education core curriculum requirements and nursing pre-requisite courses. For a freshman just out of high school, this will take about two years. Transfer students may take less time depending on the amount of transfer credit awarded to them by the University.

A supplemental application is made to the Nursing program typically during the sophomore year. Upon acceptance, students are formally accepted into the BSN Program and the remaining two years are dedicated to completing the Nursing curriculum.

One new cohort of students is accepted each fall semester.

Prelicensure BSN Curriculum

Prerequisite Courses

Required General Education Core Course

  • WEL 2180 Concepts of Fitness and Nutrition (3 credits)

Pre-nursing Core Courses (28 credits)

  • BIO 2110 Survey of Human A&P I or BIO 3060 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4 credits)
  • BIO 2120 Survey of Human A&P II or BIO 3080 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4 credits)
  • BIO 2970 Microbiology (4 credits)
  • CHE 1510 General Chemistry and CHE 1511 General Chemistry I Lab (4 credits)
  • HCA 2300 Medical Terminology (3 credits)
  • MAT 2200 Applied Statistics (3 credits)
  • PNU 2030 Nursing Notes (3 credits)
  • PSY 1010 General Psychology (3 credits)

Major Requirements

The Nursing major consists of 64 credits of required coursework, distributed as follows:

  • NUR 3000 Introduction to Nursing (3 credits)
  • NUR 3010 Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (3 credits)
  • NUR 3040 Fundamental Nursing Care (6 credits)
  • NUR 3060 Adult Health Nursing I (7 credits)
  • NUR 3070 Community Health Nursing (5 credits)
  • NUR 3110 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurses (4 credits)
  • NUR 3600 Nursing Informatics (3 credits)
  • NUR 4010 Research for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credits)
  • NUR 4020 Nursing Leadership and Health Policy (3 credits)
  • NUR 4040 Maternal Child Nursing (7 credits)
  • NUR 4060 Adult Health Nursing II (7 credits)
  • NUR 4070 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (5 credits)
  • NUR 4500 Nursing Capstone Seminar (5 credits)
  • HCA 3500 Economics & Finance of Health Care Organizations (3 credits)

In addition to the above courses, the following Nursing elective courses are offered:

  • NUR 4110 – Nursing Extern, fall semester (1 credit)
  • NUR 4120 – Nursing Extern, spring semester (1 credit)
  • NUR 4130 – Nursing Extern, summer semester (1 credit)
  • NUR 4400 – NCLEX Prep (2 credits)
  • NUR 4850 – Nursing Special Topics, (1 – 3 credits) *offered as needed (topics could be pathophysiology, lactation, or other relevant nursing topic)