Curriculum

2011-12

PROGRAM OF STUDY

Applicable to students entering program during 2011-12 school year.

Required core courses Semester hours
NRSA 313 BSN Success Strategies and Nursing Informatics 3
NRSA 316 Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice 3
NRSA 335 Introduction to Nursing Research 3
NRSA 348 Issues and Trends in Health Care 3
NRSA 355 The Role of the Professional Nurse in Health Promotion 3
NRSA 419 Community Health Perspectives 4
NRSA 439 Nursing Leadership and Management 4
NRSA 446 Senior Capstone 1
  TOTAL 24
Required cognate courses Semester hours
BIOL 350 Pathophysiology 3
Statistics One course (Kettering's is 4 credit hours) 3-4
  TOTAL 6-7
Degree core requirements Semester hours
Humanities At least two courses from literature, history, philosophy, music, art, theater or foreign language 6
Religion Upper division, including the required courses RELP 315 Spirituality in Healing and Health Care and RELP 305 Spiritual Dimensions of Death and Dying 6
Sociology SOCI 375 Cultural Diversity in Health Care 3
Speech Comm. One course 3
  TOTAL 18
Total semester credits for the BSN completion degree 48-49