BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (RN to BSN Completion)
Student Name ________________________________________
GENERAL EDUCATION CORE
Catalogue Year 2016-2017
RN-BSN
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (1-4 SH)
FYS 1100
IDS 2100
(3)
(1)
RN-BSN SPECIFIC GEN-ED COURSE REQUIREMENTS
MAT 2200 Statistics
(3)
PSY 1010 General Psychology
(3)
WEL 2180 Concepts of Fitness & Nutrition
(3)
COMPUTER COMPETENCY (0-3 SH)
CSC 1000 *
(3)
PREREQUISITE RN-BSN GEN ED COURSES
(Must be satisfied before completing 60 s.h.)
^ BIO 2110
^ BIO 2120
^ BIO 2970
COMMUNICATIONS (6-12 SH)*
English Placement Score (transfer students )
ENG 1000 (if required)
(3)
ENG 1010
(3)
ENG 1020 or 1040
ENG 2070 (if required)
(3)
(3)
OCL 1510 or 3540*
(3)
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ELECTIVE (3 SH)
Choose one approved course**
(3)
HUMANITIES (9 SH)
Literature (except ENG 3610 or 3620)
(3)
History
(3)
Religion
(3)
Survey of A&P I or BIO 3060 A&P I
Survey of A&P II or BIO 3080 A&P II
Microbiology
RN to BSN Major Courses (37)
RNU 3010 Health Assessment
RNU 3110 Pharmacotheraputics
RNU 3150 Nutrition for Health & Healing
RNU 4010 Research for Prof. Nursing
RNU 4050 Principles of Leadership
RNU 4080 Community Health Nursing
RNU 4400 Transition to Prof. Nursing Practice
RNU 4450 Advancing to Prof. Nursing Practice
RNU 4500 Nursing Capstone Seminar
HCA 3500 Economics & Finance
HCA 3600 HC Informatics
(4)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(3)
(5)
(3)
(3)
(5)
(3)
(3)
FINE ARTS APPRECIATION (3 SH)
ART 1510, 2530, 2540, MUS 1510, 1520, 1600, 1610, THE 1620
1630 or 3 s.h. applied MUS/THE ensemble
All RN to BSN Completion Program students will be granted 40 credit
(3)
hours towards graduation after the successful completion of
MATHEMATICS (3-6 SH)
RNU 4400 and RNU 4450. These two courses validate the mastery
MAT 1030 (if required)
(3)
of lower level nursing courses taken in an associate degree or
MAT 1050
(3)
diploma nursing program. The forty semester credit hours are
(or higher, except 1060 or 2060)
entered on the student’s official university transcript as Nursing
Block Credit.
NATURAL SCIENCES (6-8 SH) any lab science
(3/4)
(3/4)
OTHER REQUIRED COURSES FOR RN-BSN MAJOR (6)
Electives (if needed)
( )
SOCIAL SCIENCE (3 SH)
PSY 1010
(3)
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
WELLNESS (3 SH)
WEL 2180 or PXS 2900
1.
(3)
2.
3.
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVE (3 SH)
Choose one approved course ***
LIBRARY COMPETENCY COMPLETED
(Must be satisfied before completing 60 s.h.)
TOTAL 39-57 SH
(3)
4.
5.
Minimum 124 semester hours.
31 semester hours in residency to include 50% of the
major/minor and 24 semester hours at the 300/400 level.
GPA of 2.000 or higher required in (A) overall,
(B) residency, (C) major, (D) minor, and (E) concentration
Satisfactory completion of the English Placement
Examination or ENG 207 is a graduation requirement
for all transfer students.
Errors contained on this checksheet do not release
the student from meeting the graduation
requirements as stated in the Academic Catalogue.
* Students who pass a competency test (administered on a pass/fail basis at no charge) for OCL 1510 and/or CSC 1000 will not be
required to take the class for which a test is passed. Passing a competency test will not give a student a grade or the equivalent
semester hours for taking the respective course(s), but will satisfy the respective general education OCL and/or CSC requirement(s).
Students are permitted one single attempt to pass a CSC 1000 and/or OCL 1510 competency test.
***Liberal Arts Electives
1. The Liberal Arts Elective includes courses in the following areas designated as Liberal Arts in the catalogue: Fine Arts,
Humanities (ENG, HIS, PHI, REL, or WRI), Mathematics (MAT), Computer Science (CSC), Natural Science (BIO, CHE,
GLY, PHY, or SCI), Foreign Language (FRE, GER, GRK, SPA, or LAN), and Social Science (ECO, PSC, PSY, or SOC). Only
the following courses are Liberal Arts Electives for Fine Arts: ARH 1510, 2530, 2540, 3530, 3540, MUS 1510, 1520,
1600,1610, THE 1620, 1630, 3620, 3650, or 3 hours in applied music/ensemble or theatre ensemble.
2. Courses in areas listed above that emphasize professional preparation and pedagogy cannot be used to fulfill the Liberal Arts
Elective. The following courses are not Liberal Arts Electives: ENG 2600, ENG 3600, ENG 3620, LAN 2600, LAN 3300,
MAT 1060, and MAT 2060.
3. Developmental courses cannot be used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Elective. The following courses are not Liberal Arts Electives:
ENG 1000, ENG 2070, ESL 0910, ESL 0920, ESL 0960, ESL 0970, ESL 1210, ESL1220, ESL 2070, and MAT 1030.
4. Courses that fulfill the General Education curriculum outside the Liberal Arts Elective may not be used to fulfill the Liberal
Arts Elective. The following courses are not Liberal Arts Electives: CSC 1000, ENG 1010, and ENG 1020.
5. Special Topics courses may not be used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Elective.
6. Courses considered to be capstone courses by any program may not be used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Elective.
**Global Perspective Electives
The Global Perspective Elective can be met by taking a minimum of 3 s.h. from: Foreign Language, Study Abroad, or
International Internship
ACC 4620 International Accounting (Study-Abroad)
HIS 3010 Modern Asian History
ARH 2530 Survey of Art History I
HIS 3050 Islam and the Islamic World
BUS 3310 Fundamentals of International Business
HIS 3250 Modern History
BUS 3330 International Business Experience (Study-Abroad)
HIS 3310 Topics in Latin American History
ECO 4200 Comparative Economic Systems
HIS 3700 Contemporary World History
ECO 4520 International Trade and Finance
HIS 4110 Modern Russia
ECO 4650 Economic Growth and Development
LAN 3200 Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 2110 English Literature I
MKT 4100 Global Marketing
ENG 2120 English Literature II
MUS 4190 21st Century and Non-Western Musical Styles (2 s.h.)
ENG 2310 World Literature I
OCL 3600 Intercultural Communication
ENG 2330 World Literature II
PSC 2270 Comparative Politics
ENG 3420 Women's Literature
PSC 3510 International Relations
ENG 3440 American Diversity
PSC 4010 European Politics
ENG 3720 Chaucer
PSC 4020 Middle East Politics
ENG 3740 Shakespeare
PSC 4040 Politics in East Asia (Study Abroad)
ENG 3920 19th Century British Literature
PSC 4050 Latin American Politics (Study Abroad)
ENG 4020 Modernist Literature
PSC 4400 International Organizations
ENG 4030 Contemporary Literature
PSC 4510 International Political Economy
ENM/LAW 2510 Caribbean Natural Resources and Law
REL 1500 Eastern Religious Traditions
ENP 3300 International Entrepreneurship
REL 1510 Western Religious Traditions
GEO 2520 Regional Geography
SOC 2530 Global Social Problems
HIS 1030 World History I
SOC 2560 Cultural Anthropology
HIS 1040 World History II
THE 3110 Theatre History and Literature I
HIS 2150 Barbarian Invasions
THE 3120 Theatre History and Literature II
HIS 2170 Race, Ethnicity, and Global Perspective
The listed courses may not be offered every semester; the courses will be identified with the letters GP throughout the catalog.
^Courses marked with this symbol may satisfy General Education Core requirements as well as Pre-Nursing requirements. Note that
A&P requirements may also be met by taking BIO 3060 and BIO 3080 instead of BIO 2110 and BIO 2120.