One hundred and twenty-five (125) semester credit hours are required for graduation with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Forty-four (44) of the credits meet the University’s liberal arts core (LAC) curriculum requirements and are designed to assure that graduates have achieved a capacity for competent leadership and community service. Three (3) credit hours is a pre-nursing professional foundation course designed to introduce students to the health care system in preparation for success in the nursing program. Seventeen (17) - eighteen (18) additional mathematics and social, behavioral, life, and natural sciences are required so that graduates practice nursing within a context of broad-based knowledge. Sixty-one (61) semester credit hours are required in the nursing major once admitted to the nursing major/program and are designed for the development of a sound theoretical base for the science of nursing and for sufficient clinical practice to develop competence and confidence in the skillful art of nursing built while integrating knowledge from the professional foundation, liberal arts core and supporting courses. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 1998 document, The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, provides the standards and framework for the nursing curriculum.
Since basic/generic students in the Nursing major are required to be full-time students, those who have significant transfer credit may wish to pursue a minor in a discipline that compliments their nursing career goals. Courses required to fulfill minors in each academic area are described in this catalog.
Nursing courses required for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing are:
Prerequisite for Admission (Pre-nursing professional foundation course)
NURS 102 Foundations of Healthcare (must be completed at Charleston Southern University) 3 sh
Nursing Major Courses (61 semester hours)
NURS 203 Health Assessment 4 sh
NURS 209 Concepts of Community Health Promotion 3 sh
NURS 212 Diseases and Disorders 3 sh
NURS 215 Fundamentals of Nursing 5 sh
NURS 216 Pharmacology for Professional Nursing 3 sh
NURS 302 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 5 sh
NURS 303 Maternity Nursing 5 sh
NURS 304 Pediatric Nursing 5 sh
NURS 311 Adult Health I 4 sh
NURS 404 Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing 5 sh
NURS 405 Research in Healthcare 3 sh
NURS 409 Community Health Nursing 4 sh
NURS 411 Adult Health II 4 sh
NURS 412 Adult Health III 6 sh
NURS 430 Capstone: Preparing for the Professional Role 2 sh
The following Nursing Curriculum Plan and Suggested Sequencing identifies all courses required for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree for basic/generic students:
| YEAR ONE (pre-nursing courses) |
| Fall |
Credits
|
Spring |
Credits
|
| English 111 Composition/Rhetoric I |
3
|
English 112 Composition/Rhetoric II |
3
|
| Religion 111 or 112 Survey of Old/New Testament |
3
|
Nurs 102 Foundations/Health Care |
3
|
| Math 105 Intro to Mathematical Structures |
3
|
Psychology 200 General Psychology |
3
|
| Chemistry 110 Concepts of Chemistry and Lab |
4
|
Biology 220 Microbiology/Lab |
4
|
| Biology 215 Human Anatomy (see Biology 216) |
4
|
Biology 216 Human Physiology/Lab |
4
|
| TOTAL CREDITS |
17
|
TOTAL CREDITS |
17
|
| YEAR TWO (beginning nursing program) |
| Fall |
Credits |
Spring |
Credits |
| Communication 110 Public Speaking |
3
|
NURS 260 Life Span Development |
3
|
| Biology 345 Nutrition |
3
|
Foreign Language/Lit |
3
|
| NURS 203 Health Assessment |
4
|
COINS 209 Intro to Computer Systems or other approved computer course |
3
|
| NURS 209 Concepts of Comm Hlth Promo |
3
|
NURS 215 Fundamentals of Nursing |
5
|
| NURS 212 Diseases and Disorders |
3
|
NURS 204 Pharmacology for
Prof Nursing |
3
|
| TOTAL CREDITS |
16
|
TOTAL CREDITS |
17
|
Curriculum - Basic Program
