B.S. in Nursing - Traditional Program
Requirements


First Year - Fall Semester

Credits
PH/RS 10 Philosophy or Religious Studies
3
EN 11 Texts and Contexts I
3
ML/VPA Language or Visual and Performing Arts
3
MA 17 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
3
PY 163/CH 84 Development Psychology or Chemistry
3/4
Total  
15/16

First Year - Spring Semester

Credits
NS 110/NS 112 Introduction to Professional Nursing or Healthcare Delivery Systems
3
EN 12 Introduction to Literature
3
ML/VPA Language or Visual and Performing Arts
3
CH 84/PY 163 Chemistry or Developmental Psychology
4/3
MA 19 Introduction to Calculus
3
Total  
15/16

Sophomore Year - Fall Semester

Credits
NS 112/NS 110 Healthcare Delivery Systems or Introduction to Professional Nursing
3
BI 107 Anatomy and Physiology I
4
PH/RS Philosophy or Religious Studies Elective
3
HI 30/BI 151 Europe and the World or Microbiology
3/4
RS/PH 10 Philosophy or Religious Studies Elective
3
Total  
16/17

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester

Credits
BI 108 Anatomy and Physiology II
4
BI 151/HI 30 Microbiology or Europe and the World
4/3
NS 270 Health Assessment
4
NS 272 / NS 305 Geriatric Nursing or Mental Health Nursing
4
Total  
16/15

Junior Year - Fall Semester

Credits
NS 301 Wellness to Illness
4
NS 303 Basic Concepts of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
3
NS 305 / NS 272 Mental Health Nursing or Geriatric Nursing
4
NS 307 Therapeutic Nursing Interventions
3
HI History Elective
3
Total  
17

Junior Year - Spring Semester

Credits
NS 310 Research in Nursing
3
NS 312 Patterns of Illness I
5
NS 314 Nursing of Women and the Childbearing Family
4
NS 323 or Nursing of Children and Family  
AE Ethics Elective
3
Total  
15

Senior Year - Fall Semester

Credits
NS 323/ Nursing of Children and Family
4
NS 314 or Nursing of Women and the Childbearing Family  
NS 325 Patterns of Illness II
5
PH/RS Philosophy or Religious Studies Elective
3
EN 100-199 English Core Literature
3
SS Social Science Elective
3
Total  
18

Senior Year - Spring Semester

Credits
NS 321 Professional Nursing: Leadership and Management
3
NS 330 Public Health Nursing
4
NS 332 Transition: Professional Nursing Practice
4
EL Free Electives
6
Total  
17

Total Credits: 130
Total Courses: 38

Total Courses: 38