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Sep 28, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Nursing, B.S.N. (L) or (R, A, L)*
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Pre-licensure Traditional BSN (R, A, L)
REAL Curriculum
The Nursing major fulfills the R, A, and L areas of the REAL curriculum. The Nursing R and A areas fulfill the pre-requisites for the foundational knowledge necessary for the nursing profession. These include a focus on the sciences and the understanding of human behavior. The Nursing L areas demonstrates the applied learning and culmination of skills during the nursing program. REAL Foundational Requirements
Foundational Writing (3 credits)
Foundational Math (3 credits)
REAL Cornerstone Requirements
Writing Intensive (WI) Courses (6 credits)
Writing Intensive courses are denoted below with a (WI). Two writing intensive courses are required to graduate, with at least one at the 300- or 400-level. General Education Requirements
General Education courses will be denoted below with a (GE). Students are required to take at least 30 credit hours of general education designated courses within their degree requirements. The Traditional Nursing major includes 23-27 general education credits. Major Requirements (94-98 credits)
Required Courses (60 credits)
Required Pre-Requisite Courses (34-38 credits)
Prerequisite courses for the Nursing program.
Additional Degree Requirements
A minimum grade point average of 2.5 in the nursing major is required for graduation. All courses with an NURS prefix are used in this calculation. Open Credit Hours (25-29 credits)
These credits can be used to fulfill additional courses, majors, minors, and/or REAL Curriculum requirements, including Foundational Writing and Foundational Math.
Total Credits Needed for Degree 123
Post-licensure RN-BSN
Students in the RN-to-BSN have been prepared for licensure as a Registered Nurse through an associate or diploma program. Students will provide transcripts to demonstrate their prior educational experiences.
Students in the RN-to-BSN will likely bring more than 60 credit hours of transferrable credit from completion of their associate’s degree. The College of Nursing will allow nursing courses from regionally accredited programs to transfer in as NURS 1ELE in the equivalent number of credit hours.
REAL Curriculum
The RN to BSN, post-licensure, track fulfills the L areas of the REAL curriculum. Per the Transfer Implications of REAL Curriculum, students who transfer in at least 56 credit hours and have at least 3 credit hours mapped to each of the REAL areas will only need to complete their major. If students are not bringing in at least 56 transferrable credit hours, they will need to complete the R, E, and A areas of the REAL Curriculum through majors and/or minors, or they complete additional transfer credits to have 56 transferable credit hours. The nursing department will allow nursing courses from regionally accredited programs to transfer in as NURS 1ELE in the equivalent number of credit hours.
REAL Foundational Requirements
Foundational Writing (3 credits)
Foundational Math (3 credits)
REAL Cornerstone Requirements
Writing Intensive (WI) Courses (6 credits)
Writing Intensive courses are denoted below with a (WI). Two writing intensive courses are required to graduate, with at least one at the 300- or 400-level. General Education Requirements
General Education courses will be denoted below with a (GE). Students are required to take at least 30 credit hours of general education designated courses within their degree requirements. Major Requirements (48 credits)
Required Courses (30 credits)
Required Non-Nursing Courses (18 credits)
Additional Degree Requirements
Courses are offered online in a seven-week format with 6 potential starts per academic year. NURS 400 must be taken in the first session and NURS 409 must be taken in the final session.
Students will be awarded 20 credit hours for licensure as a Registered Nurse. RN-to-BSN students who need additional credit hours to achieve the 120 required credit hours for graduation can request to take up to 9 credit hours of graduate courses while in their final year. A list of approved graduate courses is available upon request.
Students may only enroll in one RN-to-B.S.N. course per semester if:
- The student has 5 or more non-nursing required courses to be completed (Core or Additional Requirements) OR
- The student is concurrently enrolled at a Virginia Community College AAS in Nursing (RN) program
Open Credit Hours (52 credits)
These credits can be used to fulfill additional courses, majors, minors, and/or REAL Curriculum requirements, including Foundational Writing and Foundational Math.
Total Credits Needed for Degree 120
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