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Curriculum for Completion of RN-BSN Degree at WSU

 
Listed below are the requirements that Registered Nurses will need to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at Wright State University. For specific advising, contact Jessica Gerhardt, BSN, RN, at (937) 775-3044 or e-mail her at jessica.gerhardt@wright.edu. For the curriculum pattern once you are in the RN-BSN program, click here.

 

Pre-requisite Courses - needed before you can be accepted to the nursing program

  • English Comp I

  • English Comp II

  • Introduction to Psychology

  • Introduction to Sociology

  • General Chemistry (may be waived if you have taken high school chemistry)

  • Organic Chemistry

  • General Biology

  • Anatomy & Physiology I

  • Anatomy & Physiology II

  • Microbiology

  • Statistics

Support Courses

  • Life Span Development (Growth & Development from birth to death)

  • Nutrition (May challenge by successful completion of NLN test: nominal fee)

  •  Pharmacology (May challenge by successful completion of NLN test: nominal fee)

Nursing Program

  • NUR 2150: Health Assessment

  • NUR 2500: Transition to the Role of the Professional Nurse

  • NUR 3100: Concepts of Pathophysiology across the Lifespan

  • NUR 3200: Health, Wellness and Diversity within Families

  • NUR 3300: Foundations of Research and Evidence-Based Practice

  • NUR 3600: Theoretical Foundations of Gerontological Nursing

  • NUR 4440: Public Health Nursing in the Political System

  • NUR 4480: Critical Reasoning in the Application of Leadership and Management Concepts to Nursing Practice

  • NUR 4140: Nursing Elective

  • NUR 4150: Independent Study

*Clinical experiences are completed in the student's under the guidance of an approved preceptor and a faculty supervisor.

 

University Requirements to earn the bachelor's degree

  • Complete General Education Requirement

  • Complete at least 30 credit hours at Wright State University

  • Complete College of Nursing and Health RN-BSN Program requirements

  • Complete at least 131 semester hours of total coursework (including all transfer credit, nursing credit, pre-requisite and support course credit, and GE credit)

General Education

  • Element 1 – Communication (6 semester hours minimum)

  • Element 2 – Mathematics (3 semester hours minimum)

  • Element 3 – Global Traditions (6 semester hours minimum)

  • Element 4 – Arts/Humanities (3 semester hours minimum)

  • Element 5 – Social Science (6 semester hours minimum)

  • Element 6 – Natural Sciences (8 semester hours minimum)

  • Additional Core Courses – (6 semester hours minimum)

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