Program Requirements
| Nursing Courses Required for the Nursing Major | 68 units | |
| UNRS 105 | Foundations of Professional Nursing (or UNRS 270 for LVNs and students with nursing transfer credits) | 6 |
| UNRS 113 | Pharmacology | 2 |
| UNRS 210 | Nursing Care in Maternal, Newborn, and Women’s Health | 6 |
| UNRS 212 | Nursing Care of Adults and Elderly | 6 |
| UNRS 220 | Health Assessment | 3 |
| UNRS 260 | Nutrition | 2 |
| UNRS 270 | Theories and Concepts in Professional Nursing (or UNRS 105) | 2 |
| UNRS 306 | Theoretical Frameworks for Nursing*** | 3 |
| UNRS 310 | Mental Health Nursing | 3 |
| UNRS 313 | Restorative Nursing | 3 |
| UNRS 314 | Nursing Care of Children and Young Adults | 6 |
| UNRS 367 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| UNRS 403 | Leadership and Management in Professional Practice | 3 |
| UNRS 410 | Community Health Nursing | 6 |
| UNRS 411 | Advanced Nursing Care of Adults/Leadership | 7 |
| UNRS 425 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| UNRS 496 | Senior Seminar: Ethics and Issues in Health Care* | 4 |
| *Meets a General Studies core (or elective) requirement. ***Meets the Upper-Division Writing Intensive requirement. |
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Nursing Courses Elected/Recommended for the Nursing Major
| UNRS 380 | Transcultural Health Care Outreach | 2 |
| UNRS 381 | Transcultural Health Care Outreach – Practicum | 1 |
| UNRS 400 | Advanced Practice: Professional Studies and Communication Skills (limited to senior nursing students interested in pursuing graduate studies; requires cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better) | 3 |
| UNRS 436 | Fundamentals of Case Management | 3 |
| Selected graduate nursing courses require a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better. | ||
| Support Courses and General Studies Requirements for the Nursing Major | ||
| BIOL 220 | General Microbiology for Nursing (with lab) | 4 |
| BIOL 250 | Human Anatomy (with lab) | 4 |
| BIOL 251 | Human Physiology (with lab) | 4 |
| CHEM 111 | Organic Chemistry for the Health Sciences*/^ | 2 |
| CHEM 112 | Biochemistry for the Health Sciences*/^ | 1 |
| CHEM 114 | Laboratory for Health Sciences*/^ | 1 |
| COMM 111 | Public Communication+ | 3 |
| CSA 101 | Beginnings+ (for students with fewer than 28 transfer units) | 1 |
| ENGL 110 | Freshman Writing Seminar+ | 3 |
| ENGL XXX | Literature core requirement* | 3 |
| MATH 110 | College Algebra+ | 3 |
| PE XXX | Fitness for Life+ | 1 |
| PHIL XXX | Core requirement* | 3 |
| PSYC 110 | General Psychology* | 3 |
| PSYC 290 | Human Growth and Development* | 3 |
| PSYC 299 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
| Heritage and Institutions (Core requirement)* | 3 | |
| Aesthetics and the Creative Arts (Core requirement)* | 3 | |
| God’s Word and the Christian Response | ||
| (core requirements) (includes core units of ethics in UNRS 496)* | 18 | |
| University Skills Foreign Language requirement | ||
| (unless waived by proficiency testing)+ | 8 | |
| Elective (If MATH 110 is successfully waived) | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| SOC 358 | Human Diversity** | 3 |
| GLBL 301 | Anthropology and Everyday Living*/*** | 3 |
| GLBL/COMM 310 | Intercultural Communication** | 3 |
| *Meets a General Studies Core (or elective) requirement. | ||
| **Meets a General Studies Elective requirement. ***Meets the Upper-Division Writing Intensive requirement. +Meets a University Skills requirement. ^CHEM 111, 112, and 114 all must be taken to fulfill the General Studies requirement. |
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| Note: Upper-division writing intensive and senior seminar requirements are met in nursing courses. | ||
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. To view 2008-09 program information, visit the Academic Catalogs page. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
