The curriculum of the BSN program encompasses general, foundational and professional studies within a liberal-education perspective.
The curriculum is driven by the belief that nursing knowledge and skills are essential to improving the health and well-being of patients and populations. Academic curriculum plans are developed for each student by the academic advisor based on pre-requisite and co-requisite courses. All students are provided a copy of their plan. The plan is also filed in the student’s folder in the academic advisor’s office. Any alteration in the curriculum plan has the potential of delaying the completion of the program one or more semesters.
Nursing knowledge is developmental in nature. Each course is designed to build on knowledge and skills acquired in previous nursing and non-nursing courses. Therefore, the faculty strongly encourage students to keep syllabi, notes, and required texts from previous courses so that they can refer to them as needed.
Sample curriculum pattern for accelerated option:
| Summer Semester (10 weeks) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Course | Credit Hours |
| N3100 | Nursing Pharmacology | 3 |
| N3170 | Nursing Skills, Technologies and Simulation | 4 |
| N3270 | Foundations for Nursing Assessment and Nursing Process (changing to 5 cr hr spring 2017) |
5 |
| N3900 | Introduction to Nursing Science | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| Fall Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Course | Credit Hours |
| N2100 | Communication Issues in Nursing | 2 |
| N3750 | Nursing of Childbearing Family | 3 |
| N3760 | Pediatric Nursing | 3 |
| N3470 or N3670 | Mental Health Nursing or Nursing of Adults I | 5 or 6 |
| N4200 | Nursing Ethics and Law | 3 |
| Total Hours | 16 or 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Course | Credit Hours |
| N3470 or N3670 | Mental Health Nursing or Nursing of Adults I | 5 or 6 |
| N3870 | Gerontological Nursing Care | 3 |
| N4970 | Nursing in Communities (capstone) | 5 |
| Total Hours | 13 or 14 | |
| Summer Semester (10 weeks) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Course | Credit Hours |
| N4870 | Nursing of Adults II | 7 |
| N4400 | Nursing Issues/Leadership/Management | 2 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |