Course Requirements

Required Courses

The following courses are those needed to obtain a BSN degree.

(Courses are delivered on-site for extended campuses for RN-BSN Completion, or online for Online RN-BSN Completion):

NUR 3240 - Nurses Ways of Knowing
NUR 3380 - Pathophysiology
NUR 3420 - Advanced Health Assessment for the Registered Nurse
NUR 3600 - Nursing Research
NUR 4200 - Intervening with Families and Aggregates at Risk
NUR 4430 - Community as Resource and Partner
NUR 4470 - Leadership for Change
NUR 4480 - Project Management Practicum for the RN

ETH 3580  - Health Care Ethics
HSA 4610 - Health Care Economics
STA 2250 - Statistics

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University Core Requirements

ENL 1310** - English Composition
CST 1010 - Speech
MTH 1010** - Intermediate Algebra
CIS 1000** - Intro Computer
PHL 1000 - Intro Philosophy
RS - Religion
PHL or RS** - Any other Philosophy or Religion
History** - Any History (Credit is not given for Political Science)
Literature** - Any Literature
Aesthetic** - Any Art, Drama, or Music
Culture OR Language** Study of another culture or a foreign language

Supportive Core Requirements

BIO 2540/2550*** - Anatomy & Physiology
SOC 1000** - Intro Sociology
CHM 1010** - Chemistry
BIO 2410/2420*** - Microbiology
BIO 2040 - Nutrition - Automatic credit given for this course
NUR 2800 - Pharmacology—Automatic credit given for this course
ETH 3580* - Health Care Ethics 3 cr.
STA 2250* - Statistics 3 cr.
HSA 4610* - Health Care Economics 3 cr.
PYC 1000** - Intro Psychology
PYC 2500** - Lifespan/Developmental Psychology

* Courses delivered onsite/online
** Courses that have testing equivalencies through CLEP/DANTES Equivalencies at UDM
*** Courses that have testing equivalencies through the NLN

Licensure Credit

A total of 35 credits will be awarded based on previous nursing education and licensure to practice.