The BSN Accelerated Program is designed for students who have a four-year college degree. After completing the prerequisite courses, students enter this full-time nursing program in June and graduate in December, 18 months later.

Prerequisite courses include:

• Anatomy and Physiology I and II (6 credits)
• Chemistry (3 credits)
• General Psychology (3 credits)
• Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
• Microbiology/Epidemiology (2 credits)
• Statistics (3 credits)

Curriculum:

Year 1

Summer

• NUR 227, Clinical Nutrition (1 credit)
• NUR 230D, Basic Care (3 credits)
• NUR 230C, Basic Care (2 credits)
• NUR 203, Health Assessment (1 credit)

Fall

• NUR 309C, Introduction to Nursing Care (6 credits)
• NUR 309D, Introduction to Nursing Care (4 credits)
• NUR 329, Pharmacology (2 credits)
• NUR 335, Systems Concepts (1 credit)
• NUR 327, Elements of Research in Nursing (2 credits)
• PHI 305, Ethics for Healthcare (3 credits)

Spring

• NUR 323, Introduction to Pathophysiology (2 credits)
• NUR 326, Psychopathology (2 credits)
• NUR 319C, Acute Care Nursing I (3 credits)
• NUR 319D, Acute Care Nursing (4 credits)
• NUR 320C, Acute Care Nursing II (3 credits)
• NUR 320D, Acute Care Nursing (3 credits)

Year 2

Summer

• NUR 421, Pathophysiology (2 credits)
• NUR 430, Basic EKG (1 credit)
• NUR 480, Senior Seminar I (1 credit)
• NUR 405C, Multisystems Nursing Care I (5 credits)
• NUR 405D, Multisystems Nursing Care (3 credits)
• NUR 406C, Multisystems Nursing Care II (3 credits)
• NUR 406D, Multisystems Nursing Care (3 credits)

Fall

• NUR 426, Nursing Trends and Issues (2 credits)
• NUR 481, Senior Seminar II (1 credit)
• NUR 424, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (1 credit)
• NUR 412, Critical Thinking (1 credit)
• NUR 422C, Complex Nursing Care I (5 credits)
• NUR 422D, Complex Nursing Care (3 credits)
• NUR 423C, Complex Nursing Care II (3 credits)
• NUR 423D, Complex Nursing Care (2 credits)