Nursing: Requirements for the Major
Program Requirements
General Education, 18 credits
Fine Arts, 3 credits
Humanities, 9 credits
World Culture, 3 credits
Ethnic Studies, 3 credits
Social Sciences *
Natural Sciences *
Nursing Support, minimum of 12 credits
Written Communication, 3 credits
Therapeutic Nursing Intervention Electives, 6 credits
Statistics, 3 credits
Speech *
Chemistry **
Critical Thinking Elective ***
Lower-Level Nursing *
Upper-Level Nursing, 30 credits
NURSING 317 Health Assessment, 4 credit
NURSING 341 Theoretical Foundations, 4 credits
NURSING 434 Nursing Research, 3 credits
NURSING 437 Management and Leadership, 4 credits
NURSING 444 Community Health Nursing, 3 credits
NURSING 445 Community Health Nursing Practicum, 3 credits
NURSING 451 Synthesis for Nursing Practice, 3 credits
NURSING 492 Nursing Special Topics, 6 credits
* Satisfied by articulation agreements/transfer credits.
** Chemistry is required beginning September 1, 2007, if no previous college-level chemistry.
***Critical thinking elective can be satisfied by certain humanities courses such as philosophy, or taken as a separate course.