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BSN Option Curriculum
GENERAL INFORMATION
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Option will complete a total of 128 credit hours prior to graduation. The program consists of 68 general education credit hours and 60 nursing credit hours. Once the general education requirements have been met, the full time BSN Option student will complete the program in four sequential semesters: Fall I, Spring, Summer, and Fall II (17 months). General education course requirements are listed in Table A and Nursing course requirements are listed in Table B.
| Table A. General Education Courses | |||
| Freshman Year | |||
| FALL I | Credit Hrs. | SPRING I | Credit Hrs. |
| CIS 100 Computer Literacy | 2 |
**LNCN 100 Lincoln’s Life | 1 |
| ENGL 110 Freshman Composition | 3 |
Fine Arts Requirement | 3 |
| *BIOL 100 Intro to Bio | 4 | *CHEM 100 Intro to Chemistry | 4 |
| MATH 112 College Algebra II | 3 | *Math 270 Statistics | 3 |
| *PSYC 221 Developmental Psych. | 3 | COMM 200 Fund. of Speech Com. | 3 |
| Elective | 2 | Social/Behavioral Science Requirement | 3 |
TOTAL |
17 |
TOTAL |
17 |
Sophomore Year |
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| FALL II | SPRING II | ||
| HIST 121 World History to 1500 | 3 | **LNCN 300 American Citizenship/Civic Life | 1 |
| ENGL 210 Writing about World Lit. and Culture | 3 | HIST 122 World History Since 1500 | 3 |
| *BIOL 250 Human Anatomy | 4 | ENGL 310 Writing about Amer. Culture | 3 |
| *BIOL 230 Microbiology | 4 | *BIOL 260 Human Physiology | 4 |
| PHIL Elective | 3 | Social/Behavioral Science Requirement | 3 |
| *HLTH 210 Nutrition | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 17 | TOTAL | 17 |
Total General Education Requirements: 68 Credit Hours |
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*Persons already holding a Bachelor’s degree or higher only need to meet these program requirements.
** Transfer students admitted into the BSN Option may take LNCN 100 and LNCN 300 at any time if needed.
***All applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 to be considered for admission.
| Table B. BSN Option Curriculum: Nursing Courses | |||
| FALL I | Credit Hrs. | SPRING | Credit Hrs. |
| NURS 320 Concepts and Fundamentals of Professional Nursing (5/2) | 7 | NURS 310 Pharmacology to Promote Adaptation | 3 |
| NURS 330 Health Assessment of Humans as Adaptive Systems (2/1) | 3 | NURS 360 Promotion of Adaptation: Care for Young, Middle and Elderly Adults I (4/4) | 8 |
| NURS 340 Foundations of Nursing Informatics | 3 | NURS 375 Promotion of Adaptation in Groups, Communities and Transcultural Societies (3/2) | 5 |
| NURS 350 Pathophysiology of Ineffective Human Responses | 3 | ||
| Total: Didactic (13) Clinical/Lab (3) | 16 | Total: Didactic (10) Clinical (6) | 16 |
SUMMER |
Credit Hrs. |
FALL II |
Credit |
NURS 415 Promotion Of Adaptation in Newborns, Women and Childbearing Families (3/2) |
5 |
NURS 435 Promotion of Psychosocial |
5 |
| NURS 425 Promotion of Adaptation in Infants, Children and Adolescents (3/2) | 5 |
NURS 460 Promotion of Adaptation: Care for Young, Middle and Elderly Adults II (3/2) |
5 |
OR |
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OR |
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| NURS 435 Promotion of Psychosocial Adaptation (3/2) AND |
5 |
NURS 415 Promotion Of Adaptation in Newborns, Women and Childbearing Families (3/2) |
5 |
NURS 460 Promotion of Adaptation: Care for Young, Middle and Elderly Adults II (3/2) |
5 |
NURS 425 Promotion of Adaptation in Infants, Children and Adolescents (3/2) |
5 |
| NURS 430 Nursing Research | 3 |
NURS 470 Professional Nursing Role Development/Preceptorship (2/2) |
4 |
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NURS 480 Senior Seminar |
1 |
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Total: Didactic (9) Clinical (4) |
13 |
Total: Didactic (9) Clinical (6) |
15 |
Total BSN Option Nursing Credit Hours = 60 credit hours |
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Note: In the senior year, the courses Promotion Of Adaptation in Newborns, Women and Childbearing Families and Promotion of Adaptation in Infants, Children and Adolescents are taken concurrently; likewise, the courses Promotion of Adaptation: Care of the Young, Middle and Elderly Adult II and Promotion of Psychosocial Adaptation must be taken concurrently.
