Baccalaureate Degree Nursing - BNP Post Licensure

General Education

MATH 135 — Mathematics for Technical Students (131, 152, 174, 175 or equivalent)

3

BIOL 234 — Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3

CHEM 101/CHEM 101L — Survey of Chemistry

4

NURB 499C — Advanced Nursing Practicum

6

General Education Total

40

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements.

Successful completion of PSY 154 and SOC 101 is recommended.

Program Requirements

NURB 375 — Care of Older Adults

32K

NURB 326 — Advanced Health Assessment

2

NURB 327 — Transition to Professional Nursing Practice

4

NURB 361 — Introduction to Nursing Research

3

NURB 424 — Public Health

3

NURB 461 — Nursing Leadership and Management

3

 

Program Requirements Total

47

"K" credit of 32 hours awarded for lower division nursing courses following successful completion of NURB 326, NURB 327, and admission into the post licensure program.

Supplemental Requirements

BIOL 217/BIOL 217L — Elementary Medical Biology

4

BIOL 235 — Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 336 — Physiopathology

4

MATH 353 — Statistics

3

NURS 345 — Global Health

3

NURS Elective

3

PSY 156 — Lifespan Developmental Psychology

3

Supplemental Requirements Total

23

Components of Degree Requirement

General Education Requirements

40

Program Requirements

47

Supplemental Requirements

23

General Electives

10

Degree Requirement Total

120

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 42 credit hours of courses numbered 300 and above. In order to obtain the required number of hours, the student must take General Education HUM II (Humanities) at the 300 level or above. In addition, two free electives and a nursing elective must be taken at the 300 or above level.

Progression to any nursing course required in semester two and semester three of the RN-BSN Online Program curriculum the final semester of the RN-BSN curriculum will be restricted to unconditional/officially admitted students.