Academic Catalog 2022-2023

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Accelerated Track)

120 credits

Major Requirements (87 crs)

Required Courses

NUAT 305Foundations of Nursing and Health Promotion

5

NUAT 322Health Assessment

4

NUAT 325Maternal Child Health

5

NUAT 330Pathophysiology/Pharmacology I

3

NUAT 331Pathophysiology/Pharmacology II

3

NUAT 340Medical Surgical Nursing I

5

NUAT 412Research and Evidence Based Nursing

3

NUAT 433Aging and End of Life Care

3

NUAT 441Medical Surgical Nursing II

5

NUAT 465Behavioral Health Nursing

3

NUAT 497Population Health

3

NUAT 541Leadership and Management of Care

4

NUAT 542Medical Surgical Nursing III

5

NUAT 585Senior Capstone in Nursing

5

BI 265Basic Microbiology

4

BI 370Principles of Nutrition

3

CH 113Allied Health Chemistry

4

COM 120Public Speaking

3

MA 230Introductory Statistics

3

 

Choose one of the following:

PY 150Introduction to Psychology

3

SO 110Introduction to Sociology

3

 

Choose one of the following:

PY 255Aging: Issues and Perspectives

3

PY 290Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence

3

PY 315Health Psychology

3

PY 335Abnormal Psychology

3

PY 460Social Psychology

3

Developmental Psychology

3

Human Growth and Development

3

 

Choose one of the following sequences:

8-10

Human Anatomy with Lab

Human Physiology with Lab

Or

Human Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab

Human Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab

A higher level statistics course may be accepted as equivalent to MA 230
BI 265, COM 120, MA 230, PY 255, SO 110: satisfies general education requirements (16 crs)

General Education for the Bachelor’s Degree (37 crs)

General Education Requirements

EN 110Principles of Composition

3

Or

EN 111English Composition I

3

EN 112English Composition II

3

GE 102Saint Mary Experience

2

GE 301General Education Capstone

2

TH 112Introduction to Spirituality

3

Arts (Art, Music, Theatre)

3

Mathematics - MA 134 or higher

3

Humanities - must be from two different areas of study (Communication, English (including literature; excluding EN 200), History (excluding HI 301, HI 455, and HI 569), Philosophy, Theology)

6

Natural Science with Lab

3-4

Social or Behavioral Sciences - must be from two different areas of study (Criminology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work)

6

Theology

3

Electives to reach 120 credits

Electives

Electives

12