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Baccalaureate education in nursing combines study of the sciences and humanities/arts to provide a foundation for continuing personal, professional, and educational development. The curriculum is designed to help students become competent, self-directed nursing generalists who can think critically and function in a variety of settings.

The curriculum for our accelerated Pacesetter BSN provides all of the nursing theory courses in the first three semesters, with clinical experience labs and simulations that complement the didactic material. You will put what you have learned into practice in your full-time, clinically intensive fourth semester.

Sample Curriculum

  • Semester 1

    Course #

    Course Name

    Hours

    N3511

    Health Assessment

    3

    N3515

    Adult Health Care I

    3

    N3515 B

    Adult Health Care I Clinical

    2

    N3517 

    Pathophysiology

    3

    N3540

    Pharmacotherapeutics

    3

  • Semester 2

    Course #

    Course Name

    Hours

    N3521

    Gerontologic Nursing

    2

    N3523

    Adult and Older Adult Health Care II

    4

    N3523 B

    Adult and Older Adult Health Care II Clinical

    2

    N3532

    Reproductive Health Care

    4

    N3532 L

    Reproductive Health Care Skills & Simulation

    1

    N3526

    Psychiatric and Mental Health Care

    4

  • Semester 3

    Course #

    Course Name

    Hours

    N3536

    Child and Adolescent Health Care

    4

    N3536 L

    Child and Adolescent Health Care Skills & Simulation

    1

    N4521

    Community/Public Health Nursing

    3

    N4521 B

    Community/Public Health Nursing Clinical

    3

    N4528

    Management of Patients in High Acuity Settings

    3

    N4528 L

    Management of Patients in High Acuity Settings Skills & Simulation

    1

    N4512 W

    Research Critique and Utilization 

    2

  • Semester 4

    Course #

    Course Name

    Hours

    N4529 L

    Transition to Professional Nursing: Clinical Course

    1

    N3526 B

    Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Clinical

    2

    N3536 B

    Child and Adolescent Health Care Clinical

    1

    N3532 B

    Reproductive Health Care Clinical

    1

    N4528 B

    Management of Patients in High Acuity Settings Clinical

    3

    N4527 W

    Professional Practice and Leadership

    3

    N4530 W

    Critical Synthesis Application

    1

    Total

    60

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 Note:

  • Course numbers ending in “W” denote courses that are web-based or mainly online that may require some campus visits.
  • Course numbers ending in “D” denote courses that are taught through distance education and include a distance education fee.
  • Course numbers ending in “B” denote courses that are clinical and include additional fees.
  • Course numbers ending in “L” denote courses that are simulation clinical courses.