School of Nursing - Bachelor of Science Program (BSN)

FALL

      

SPRING

ENG

101

Composition I

3      

ENG

102

Composition II

3

MATH

111

College Algebra

3          

Fine Art Elective

3

CHEM

103

Fund of Chemistry (lab not required)

 3      

PSY

201

General Psychology

3

BIO

111

General Biology

4      

SPAN

100

Conversational Spanish

3

SOC

221

Introduction to Sociology

3      

BIO

203

Microbiology

4

   

Total 

 16          

Total 

 16
Sophomore Year

FALL - Pre-Nursing Courses

    

SPRING - Pre-Nursing Courses

ENG

215

Introduction to Literature

OR

   

SPE

220

Fundamentals of Speech

   3
 

216

 Topics in Literature 3    

HIS

192

World Civilization II

  OR

HIS

191

World Civilization I

OR      

202

US History II   3
 

201

US History I

3

    PSY 205 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences   3

PSY

211

Human Growth/Development

3

    BIO 214 Human Anatomy & Physiology II   4

BIO

213

Human Anatomy & Phys I

4

        (Admission to School of Nursing)  

NUR

210

Introduction to Nursing

3

    NUR 302 Professional Nursing Foundations 5
   

Total 

 16        

Total 

 18
Junior Year

FALL

   

SPRING

NUR

314

Pharmacology in Nursing I

2

   

NUR

315

Pharmacology in Nursing II

  2

NUR

327

Health Assessment

4

   

NUR

330

Nutrition

  2

NUR

376

Psych Mental Health Nrsg

4

   

NUR

331

Professional Role

  2

NUR

316

Community Health Nrsg

4

   

NUR

371

Adult Health Nursing I

  6
            NUR 406 Nursing in Child & Family Care   OR
           

NUR

407

Nursing Women's Health/Newborn Care

  4
   

Total 

 14        

Total 

 16
Senior Year

FALL

   

SPRING

NUR

372

Adult Health Nursing II

6

   

NUR

426

 Leadership/Management Nursing  

4
NUR 440 Research in Nursing 3    

NUR

460

 Advanced Topics Nursing/Practicum  

7
NUR 406 Nursing in Child & Family Care OR     NUR 491 Successful Entry into Prof. Nursing Practice   2
NUR

407

Nursing Women's Health/Newborn Care

4

   

 

 

 Nursing Elective  

2
NUR 433 Nursing Informatics 2            
   
Total 
 15      
Total 
 15

Total Credits (nursing and non-nursing) = 124

NOTES:

If a student enrolls with a Bachelor's degree or University Parallel Associate's degree, then he/she is considered to have met our GEC requirements; unless there are specific GEC course requirements that are prerequisites for courses in the major; such as for Nursing, they must have PSY201, PSY211, SOC221, MATH111, BIO111 and CHEM103 (please note MATH111 is only necessary if the student does not receive transfer credit for PSY205 because MATH111 is a prerequisite for PSY205). Please note BIO203, BIO213, BIO214, PSY205 and NUR210 are required courses for the major and not part of the GEC which every student must complete -- no exemptions allowed. Also, any student who enrolls to seek a BSN is allowed exemption from BIO111 if he/she receives transfer credit for BIO203, BIO213 and BIO214. No student is allowed to transfer in Nursing courses from other institutions, with the exception of NUR330 and Nursing elective. This can be considered on a case-by-case basis as requested by the student.

The Rudy School of Nursing accepts students three (3) times per year. Students must have no less than a 2.8 cumulative GPA based on a 4.0 scale. Students must be accepted into Cumberland University before they can apply to the School of Nursing. Each student must have completed certain hours and courses in order to apply for admission to the School of Nursing. Each student is required to take the Nurse Entrance Exam (NET) at the CU School of Nursing. Students are required to pass at the national average, national mathematics average and reading comprehension average.

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