Course Requirements

Required Courses

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

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

NUR 324 - Nurses Ways of Knowing
NUR 338 - Pathophysiology
NUR 342 - Advanced Health Assessment for the Registered Nurse
NUR 360 - Nursing Research
NUR 420 - Intervening with Families and Aggregates at Risk
NUR 443 - Community as Resource and Partner
NUR 447 - Leadership for Change
NUR 448 - Project Management Practicum for the RN

ETH 358 - Health Care Ethics
HSA 461 - Health Care Economics
STA 225 - Statistics

See Course Descriptions

University Core Requirements

ENL 131** - English Composition
CST 101 - Speech
MTH 101** - Intermediate Algebra
CIS 100** - Intro Computer
PHL 100 - 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 254/255*** - Anatomy & Physiology
SOC 100** - Intro Sociology
CHM 101** - Chemistry
BIO 241/242*** - Microbiology
BIO 204 - Nutrition - Automatic credit given for this course
NUR 280 - Pharmacology—Automatic credit given for this course
ETH 358* - Health Care Ethics 3 cr.
STA 225* - Statistics 3 cr.
HSA 461* - Health Care Economics 3 cr.
PYC 100** - Intro Psychology
PYC 250** - 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.