RN-BSN Completion
Areas of Emphasis
Students must complete requirements in one of the following areas of emphasis:
- RN-BSN Completion
- Accelerated RN-BSN Completion with graduate MSN Leadership program
RN-BSN Completion
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing Support | 12 | |
| Research and Rhetoric 1 | ||
Therapeutic Nursing Intervention Electives (6 credits) | ||
| Principles of Financial Accounting | ||
| Varieties of World Culture | ||
| Business and Its Environment | ||
| Introduction to Management Information Systems | ||
| Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Sciences | ||
| Human Evolution | ||
| Culture, Development and Health | ||
| Human Nutrition | ||
| Infancy and Early Childhood Development | ||
| Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development | ||
| Adult Development and Aging | ||
| Dying, Death, and Loss | ||
| Human Sexuality | ||
| Theories of Personality | ||
| Abnormal Psychology | ||
| Counseling and Psychotherapy | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
| Introduction to the Spanish Language I | ||
Statistics (choose 1 course): | ||
| Advanced Business Statistics | ||
| Social Science Statistics | ||
| Introductory Statistics | ||
Chemistry (choose 1 combination): 2 | ||
| Survey of General, Organic and Biochemistry and Survey of General, Organic, and Biochemistry Laboratory | ||
| Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
| Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory | ||
Critical Thinking Elective (choose 1 course): 3 | ||
| Law and the Individual | ||
| Human Information Processing | ||
| Macro Economic Analysis | ||
| Micro Economic Analysis | ||
| Biotechnology and Human Values | ||
| The Development of Creative and Critical Thinking | ||
| Ethnic Diversity and Human Values | ||
| First Nations Intellectual Traditions | ||
| Information Problems | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Contemporary Ethical Issues | ||
| Is Morality for Sale? | ||
| Elementary Logic | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Philosophy of Culture | ||
| Philosophy, Religion, and Science | ||
| Ancient Philosophy | ||
| Early Modern Philosophy | ||
| Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | ||
| Introduction to Public Policy | ||
| Upper-Level Nursing | 30 | |
Required | ||
| Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice | ||
| Chronic Care Management | ||
| Research and Evidence-Based Practice | ||
| Leadership and Management | ||
| Information Management and Healthcare Technology | ||
| Community Health Nursing | ||
| Community Health Nursing Practicum | ||
| Synthesis for Nursing Practice | ||
| Special Topics in Nursing (Repeatable; 2 topics required; 6 credits total) | ||
| Total Credits | 42 | |
| 1 | Satisfied with an ACT English score of 32 or higher |
| 2 | May be satisfied per Nursing Articulation Agreement |
| 3 | Critical thinking elective can be satisfied by certain humanities courses such as philosophy, or taken as a separate course. |
Accelerated RN-BSN Completion with graduate MSN Leadership program
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education | 18 | |
Fine Arts | ||
Humanities | ||
Global Culture | ||
Ethnic Studies Perspective | ||
Social Sciences 1 | ||
Natural Sciences 1 | ||
| Nursing Support | 12 | |
Written Communication | ||
Therapeutic Nursing Intervention Electives | ||
Statistics | ||
Speech 1 | ||
Chemistry 2 | ||
Critical Thinking Elective 3 | ||
| Lower-Level Nursing 1 | ||
| Upper-Level Nursing | 30 | |
Required | ||
| Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice | ||
| Chronic Care Management | ||
| Research and Evidence-Based Practice 4 | ||
or NURSING 734 | Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice | |
| Leadership and Management 4 | ||
or NURSING 737 | Leadership in Complex Systems | |
| Information Management and Healthcare Technology 4 | ||
or NURSING 760 | Informatics for Nursing Leaders | |
| Community Health Nursing | ||
| Community Health Nursing Practicum | ||
| Synthesis for Nursing Practice | ||
Complete 6 credits of NURSING 492, choose two different topics | ||
| Special Topics in Nursing (Repeatable with different topics) | ||
| Total Credits | 60 | |
| 1 | Satisfied by articulation agreements/transfer credits. |
| 2 | Chemistry is required beginning September 1, 2007, if no previous college-level chemistry. |
| 3 | Critical thinking elective can be satisfied by certain humanities courses such as philosophy, or taken as a separate course. |
| 4 | Students must be granted permission to enroll in Graduate level coursework. For more information, please contact the Nursing department or refer to the Graduate catalog |
