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Nursing

NURS-BS

Important Notice to Current Baccalaureate Students: To view your specific curriculum requirements please review your individualized Degree Progress Report by logging into MySPC and clicking on the Degree Progress Report link under the Advising headline (in the middle of the page). This report is your OFFICIAL program of study (determined by your catalog year), which means you must satisfy all requirements listed in order to graduate. Please contact your assigned baccalaureate specialist or advisor with any questions.


APPROVED REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS WITH CATALOG YEAR 20081 (0400) OR LATER

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
(42 credits)
ENC 1101 - COMPOSITION I 3
Communications Approved Course 3
SPC 1017 - INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION 3
     or (SPC 1065, 1608 or Honors)
HUM 2210 - WESTERN HUMANITIES I (Ancient through Renaissance) or (Honors) 3
     or (HUM 2233 - WESTERN HUMANITIES II (Baroque to the present) or (Honors))
* Humanities/Fine Arts Approved Course 3
Mathematics - One college-level course with a MAC, MAP, MAS or MGF prefix 3
STA 2023 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3
PSY 1012 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY or (Honors) 3
     or (* Social & Behavioral Science approved course)
POS 2041 - AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT or (Honors) 3
PHI 1600 - STUDIES IN APPLIED ETHICS 3
     or (PHI 1602H, 1631 or 2649)
BSC 2085 - HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I 3
BSC 2085L - HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY I 1
BSC 2086 - HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II 3
BSC 2086L - HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY II 1
MCB 2010 - MICROBIOLOGY 3
MCB 2010L - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY 1
Computer/Information Literacy Competency Requirement
* Enhanced World View Requirement

LOWER DIVISION NURSING (by transfer)

39

MAJOR COURSES (40 credits)
NUR 3066C - HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND PHYSICAL APPRAISAL 4
NUR 3125 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 3
NUR 3145 - PHARMACOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE 2
NUR 3655 - NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY 3
NUR 3805 - PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND DIMENSIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 3
NUR 3826 - LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING 3
NUR 4165 - INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH 3
NUR 4606 - NURSING OF THE FAMILY 3
NUR 4636 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING THEORY 3
NUR 4636L - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICUM 4
NUR 4835 - LEADERSHIP THEORY 3
NUR 4835L - LEADERSHIP PRACTICUM 4
NUR 3XXX - Nursing Elective – upper division course 2

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS

121
NOTE: Completion of the College Level Academics Skill Test (CLAST), unless exempted is required. If you have not completed two consecutive years of the same foreign language in high school or 8 credits in college, you will need to complete 8 credits of foreign language before completing the B.S. program.

RN to BSN students must complete 40 semester hours of upper-division nursing coursework. Ten (10) semester hours may be met by transfer from another institution. RN to BSN students must complete each NUR upper-division course with a grade of C or better in order to receive credit and progress in the program.

C&I 6/24/08 ~ BOT 8/19/08