Program: Nursing BSN Semester Guide - University of Southern Mississippi - Modern Campus Catalog™

Jul 05, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Freshmen

1st semester (16 hours)

Select 1:

Select 1 course with lab:

2nd semester (13 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
BSC 250 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 3 hrs. AND
BSC 250L - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory 1 hr.

Sophomore

1st semester (13 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 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:

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.

2nd semester (13 hours)

NFS 362 - Nutrition 3 hrs.
PSY 275 - Developmental Psychology 3 hrs.
PSY 360 - Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 3 hrs.

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 (15 hours)

NSG 337 - Professional Nursing Concepts I 3 hrs.
NSG 321 - Introduction to Clinical Nursing Practice 3 hrs. AND
NSG 321L - Introduction to Clinical Nursing Practice Lab 2 hrs.
NSG 333 - Health Promotion and Assessment 3 hrs. AND
NSG 333L - Health Promotion and Assessment Lab 1 hr.
NSG 311 - Pathophysiology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

NSG 338 - Chronic Conditions Across the Lifespan 4 hrs. AND
NSG 338L - Chronic Conditions Across the Lifespan Lab 3 hrs.
NSG 341 - Nursing Pharmacology 3 hrs.
NSG 371 - Mental Health Across the Life Span 3 hrs. AND
NSG 371L - Mental Health Across the Lifespan Lab 1 hr.

Junior Summer semester (10 hours)

NSG 407 - Population-Focused Nursing 3 hrs. AND
NSG 407L - Population-Focused Nursing Lab 1 hr.
NSG 417 - Health Care Systems 3 hrs.
NSG 418 - Evidence-Based Practice 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

NSG 432 - Acute Conditions Across the Lifespan 4 hrs. AND
NSG 432L - Acute Conditions Across the Lifespan Lab 3 hrs.
NSG 426 - Child/Family Health Nursing 3 hrs. AND
NSG 426L - Child/Family Health Nursing Lab 1 hr.
NSG 446 - Childbearing Families 3 hrs. AND
NSG 446L - Childbearing Families Clinical 1 hr.

2nd semester (15 hours)

NSG 434 - Professional Nursing Concepts II 2 hrs.
NSG 472 - Complex Conditions Across the Lifespan 4 hrs. AND
NSG 472L - Complex Conditions Across the Lifespan Lab 3 hrs.
NSG 486 - Knowledge for Transition into Nursing Practice 3 hrs.
NSG 488 - Leadership 3 hrs.