Nursing Curriculum / Course Descriptions

The Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree requires 128 total credit hours: 58 credit hours in the nursing major and 70 non-nursing credit hours.
The complete list of non-nursing course requirements and prerequisites to admission are found in the Newman Division of Nursing Admission Guidelines.
Students must be admitted to the nursing major (or acquire special permission) to enroll in nursing courses.
Nursing course descriptions may be viewed in the current ESU undergraduate catalog.
An example of a nursing curriculum plan follows.

SAMPLE CURRICULUM PLAN
including new general education requirements effective Fall 2009

Nursing theory courses: 1 credit hour = 1 contact hour
Nursing lab courses: 1 credit hour = 2 contact hours
Nursing practicum courses: 1 credit hour = 4 contact hours

*An asterisk indicates may choose any course that meets the general education requirement.

First Year Fall Semester - 17 hours
Course Prefix	Courses	Credit Hours
EG101	Composition I	3
MA110	College Algebra*	3
GB140	Principles of Biology	3
GB141	Principles of Biology Lab	1
PY100	Introductory Psychology	3
SP101	Public Speaking	3
PE100	Active Living*	1
Apply for admission to the nursing major by May 1st Spring Semester - 17 hours
CH120	General Chemistry	3
CH121	General Chemistry Lab	2
EG102	Composition II	3
PY211	Developmental Psychology	3
SO101	Introduction to Sociology*	3
HL150	Critical Issues & Decisions in Health*	3

Most students enter the nursing major as first semester sophomores.

Second Year Fall Semester - 16 hours
Course Prefix	Courses	Credit Hours
NU200	Introduction to Nursing (generic students only)	3
or NU350	Role Transition (articulating students only)	3
NU220	Basic Pharmacology	2
NU302	Nursing History and Theory	3
ZO362	Anatomy and Physiology	3
ZO363	Anatomy and Physiology Lab	2
GB385	Nutrition	3
Spring Semester - 17 hours
NU303	Therapeutic Nursing Interventions Lab	2
NU304	Nursing Concepts and Process	2
NU305	Practicum: Concepts and Process	1
ZO365	Pathophysiology	3
MU226	Music Appreciation*	2
MC316	Microbiology	3
MC317	Microbiology Lab	1
AN210	Understanding Contemporary Cultures*	3

Third Year Fall Semester - 18 hours
Course Prefix	Courses	Credit Hours
NU320	Applied Pharmacology	1
NU363	Health Assessment	2
NU372	Care of Individual Adults	6
NU373	Practicum: Individual Adults	3
HI112	U.S. History since 1877*	3
PI225	Introduction to Philosophy (or PI301 Ethics)	3
Spring Semester - 16 hours
NU410	Care of Families	1
NU412	Care of Young Families	5
NU413	Practicum: Young Families	3
TH105	Theatre Appreciation*	2
PY520	Statistics I (or MA341)	3
UL100	Information Literacy and Technology*	2

Fourth Year Fall Semester - 13 hours
Course Prefix	Courses	Credit Hours
NU404	Care of the End of Life	1
NU414	Mental Health Care	3
NU415	Practicum: Complex and Mental Health Care	3
NU416	Complex Care of Individuals	3
NU430	Nursing Research	3
Spring Semester - 14 hours
NU488	Care of the Community	3
NU490	Nursing Leadership and Management	2
NU491	Practicum: Leadership and Management	5
NU	Nursing Elective	1
CW300	Ethnic and Gender Studies*	3

*An asterisk indicates may choose any course that meets the general education requirement.

7/2009

Last Updated July 8, 2009

Department of Nursing