May 05, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Nursing (RN-BSN) BSN Semester Guide

Freshmen

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.

Select 1:

CHE 106 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs. AND
CHE 106L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr.
CHE 110 - Fundamentals of General, Organic and Biochemistry 3 hrs. AND
CHE 110L - Fundamentals of General, Organic and Biochem Lab 1 hr.

2nd semester (17 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.
BSC 250 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3 hrs. AND
BSC 250L - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory 1 hr.

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
CMS 320 - Professional Communication 3 hrs.
SOC 214 - The Family 3 hrs.
BSC 251 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 3 hrs. AND
BSC 251L - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory 1 hr.

Select 1:

2nd semester (13 hours)

NFS 362 - Nutrition 3 hrs.
PSY 275 - Developmental Psychology 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Select 1:

BSC 282 - General Microbiology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 282L - General Microbiology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 283 - Microorganisms in Health and Disease 3 hrs. AND
BSC 283L - Microorganisms in Health and Disease Lab 1 hr.

Junior

1st semester (14 hours)

2nd semester (16 hours)

NSG 417 - Health Care Systems 3 hrs.
NSG 418 - Evidence-Based Practice 3 hrs.
NSG 447 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Practice 3 hrs.
NSG 457 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Practice Experiences 4 hrs.
NSG 488 - Leadership 3 hrs.