BSN in Nursing 2025-2026

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1	B.S.N. in Nursing 2025-2026: Option 1 - Modular
2	FIRST YEAR
3	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
4	BIO 120 & BIO 120D *2	4	GES 130 *2 Christianity & Western Culture	4	BIO 214 & BIO 215 *2	4
5	Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology and Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology Lab				Human Anatomy and Human Anatomy Lab
6	CHL 110 *2 Introduction to Healthcare (1/2 sem)	2			CHE 101 & CHE 101D *2	4
7	GES 140 Introduction to Wellbeing (1/2 sem)	2			Introduction to Chemistry and Introduction to Chemistry Lab
8	AHS 170 *2 Applied Nutrition (1/2 sem)	2			BIB 101 Introduction to the Bible	4
9	GES 160 *2 Inquiry Writing Seminar	4
10	PSY 101 *2 Introduction to Psychology (first half of sem)	2
11	Term Total	16		4		12
12	SECOND YEAR
13	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
14	BIO 216 & BIO 217 *2	4	GES 125 Introduction to the Creative Arts	4	NUR 202 Nursing Skills I: Health Assessment	2
15	Human Physiology and Human Physiology Lab	4			NUR 302 Pharmacology for Nurses	2
16	BIO 234 & BIO 235 *2	4			BIO 350 Clinical Pathophysiology	4
17	Microbiology and Microbiology Lab				Mathematics (M) Stats Choice *3	4
18	THE 201 Christian Theology	4
19	PSY 203 *2 Lifespan Development	4
20	Term Total	16		4		12
21	THIRD YEAR
22	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
23	NUR 311 Nursing Skills II	2	Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or Second Language course (S) or World Cultures (U ) course *1	4	NUR 312 Nursing Skills III	1
24	NUR 313 Nursing Care of Individuals I	4		4	NUR 314 Nursing Care of Individuals II	4
25	NUR 315 Practicum I: Medical Surgical Nursing	2			NUR 318 Chronicity: Mental Health Focus	2
26	World Cultures (U) course [or (L) or (S) course] *1	4			NUR 322 Practicum II: Medical Surgical Nursing II	3
27	Science, Technology and Society (K) course	4			NUR 324 Practicum III: Mental Health & Community Based Nsg	2
28	Term Total	16		4		12
29	FOURTH YEAR
30	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
31	NUR 411 Nursing Skills IV	1	January Session Off		NUR 412 Nursing Skills V	1
32	NUR 413 Practicum IV: Pediatric and Maternity Nursing	2			NUR 416 Practicum VI: Clinical Capstone	4
33	NUR 417Z Practicum V: Public Health Nursing	2			NUR 426 Leadership Development	4
34	NUR 419 Pediatric Maternity Nursing	4			NUR 496 Senior Nursing Synthesis	1
35	NUR 425G Population Focused Nursing Care	4			Contemporary Christian Issues (P) course	2
36	Artistic Experience (A) course	1-4
37	Term Total	14-17		0	Term Total	12
38	Total Credits	122-125
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40	*Students are required to complete four courses from the Cultural Intelligence category.
41	*1. Students must complete two of these gen eds: U, L, or S. The S language tag requires a second level course (e.g. 101 and 102S).
42	*2. Prerequisite course for entry into the Nursing program.
43	*3. A statistics course must be included within the total program. Students must take either PSY 230M or AHS 250M to fulfill the Math-M requirement.
44	This program assumes a student will use CHE 101/CHE 101D, NUR 417Z, and NUR 425G to meet the General Education Laboratory Science (D) course, Cross-Cultural Experience (Z), and Comparative Systems (G) course requirements.
45	Most financial aid packages stipulate 12 credits/semester; Minnesota state grants are reduced when credit load falls below 15 credits/semester. (January Session is part of spring term for grant purposes.)
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