Sample Program of Study

Below is a sample schedule for students who enter the B.S.N. program as freshmen. Nursing students who wish to study abroad or to minor in another field of study need to work with the undergraduate nursing program counselor.

Freshman Year - Fall Semester

NRS 101Introduction to Nursing and Health Care

3

NRS 001
First Year Workshop

0

BIO 205Foundations of Biology

3

BIO 005BIO 205 Workshop

0

PHL 150Introductory Philosophy

3

Social Science

3

THE 105Introduction to Theology

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Freshman Year - Spring Semester

FA 207Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History

3

Social Science

3

MTH 161Elementary Statistics

3

ENG 112Thinking Through Literature

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Sophomore Year - Fall Semester

BIO 308Human Physiology

3

BIO 378Physiology Laboratory

1

BIO 359Microbiology

3

BIO 379Microbiology Laboratory

1

NRS 202Nutrition

3

Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:14

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester

BIO 307Human Anatomy

3

BIO 377Anatomy Laboratory

1

THE 205The Bible, Past and Present

3

NRS 203Life Processes Across the Lifespan

3

Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Junior Year - Fall Semester

NRS 301Nursing Theory and Knowing: Concepts and Issues

2

NRS 310Multicultural Population Health Promotion

2

NRS 311Communication in Nursing

2

NRS 312Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice

5

NRS 313Pathophysiology

3

Total Credit Hours:14

Junior Year - Spring Semester

NRS 321Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

4

NRS 322Adult and Elder Health I

6

NRS 315Pharmacotherapeutics

3

Total Credit Hours:13

Senior Year - Summer Session

NRS 414Evidence-based Nursing

3

NRS 421Adult and Elder Health II

6

Total Credit Hours:9

Senior Year - Fall Semester

NRS 418Nursing of Families

2

NRS 422Maternal-Child Nursing

6

NRS 424Applied Population Health Nursing in a Multicultural Context

5

Total Credit Hours:13

Senior Year - Spring Semester

NRS 429Leadership in Professional Nursing

3

NRS 436Preparation for Professional Practice

1

NRS 498Capstone Clinical Immersion

5

THE 348Theological Dimensions of Suffering and Death

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 121

Total Credit Hours: 121