Required Curriculum Sequence for BNP Postlicensure Students
General education, support, and nursing courses required prior to official admission to the Postlicensure Component:
BIOL 217 — Elementary Medical Microbiology |
4 |
BIOL 234 — Human Anatomy & Physiology I |
3 |
BIOL 232 — Human Anatomy & Physiology II |
3 |
4 |
|
CIS 101 — Computers for Learning |
3 |
CMSP 108 — Fundamentals of Speech Comm |
3 |
ENG 100 — Writing I |
3 |
ENG 200 — Writing II |
3 |
MATH 135 — Mathematics for Technical Students or (141, 152, 174, 175) |
3 |
PSY 154 — Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
PSY 156 — Lifespan Developmental Psychology |
3 |
SOC 101 — General Sociology |
3 |
Two Free electives |
6 |
Nine credit hours of the following general education requirements:
Humanities electives (three different prefixes) |
9 |
Social and Behavioral Science elective |
3 |
Practical Living elective |
3 |
Total |
53 |
Junior Year
First Semester
NURB 327 — Transition to Prof. Nursing Practice |
4 |
NURB 326 — Advanced Nursing Assessment |
2 |
BIOL 336 — Pathophysiology |
4 |
MATH 353 — Statistics |
3 |
Semester Total |
13 |
Second Semester
HUM 340 — Hlth & the Hispanic Community: Cultural Perspectives |
.3 |
NURB 361 — Nursing Research |
3 |
NURB 424 — Public Health |
3 |
NURS 345 — Global Health |
3 |
Nursing elective (must be >300 level) |
3 |
Semester Total |
15 |
Third Semester
NURB 461 — Nursing Leadership and Management |
3 |
NURB 499C — Advanced Nursing Practicum |
6 |
General education elective (must be >300 level) |
3 |
Free elective greater than 300 level |
3 |
Semester Total |
15 |
Notes:
NURB 326: Advanced Health Assessment for the RN and NURB 327: Transition to Professional Nursing are open to any registered nurse and may be taken prior to official admission to the BNP Postlicensure (RN-BSN) Component.
After satisfactory completion of NURB 327 — Transition to Professional Nursing and NURB 326 — Advanced Health Assessment and official admission to the RN-BSN Component of the Baccalaureate Nursing Program, 32 credit hours will be awarded for lower level nursing courses.
The University requires 43 credit hours of courses numbered 300 and above. In order to obtain the required number of hours, the student must take at least one general education elective (Humanities, Social & Behavioral Science or Practical Living) at the 300 or above level. A free elective must also be taken at the 300 or above level and is in addition to the general education elective at 300 or above level.
Progression to any nursing course required in the final semester of the RN-BSN curriculum will be restricted to those admitted students who have met all program requirements for progression into the final semester.