General Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Nursing
To be eligible for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree the student must have completed 124–126 units of which 60 units must be in Nursing. At least 48 units must be in Upper Division courses. Courses in the sciences and General Education required for nursing must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ (2.0) or better. Prerequisites in chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and microbiology must be taken within the past five years. During the senior year, nursing students are required to complete a project that is based on research and that addresses a current issue or health problem related to professional nursing practice. A student must have an overall ‘C’ (2.0) average in University coursework and 30 of the last 36 units counted toward the degree must be taken at Dominican.
| General Education Course Requirements in Addition to Those Included in the Nursing Major | |||
| First Year Foundations: Must include Art and Society | 4 | ||
| (Human Cultures is required for the Nursing Major and is listed below) | |||
| Creative or Performing Arts |
3 |
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| Religion (see GE section; one comparative or cross-cultural recommended) |
6 |
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| Cultural Heritage Colloquium |
9 |
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| Total Additional GE Requirements | 22 units | ||
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| Supplemental Courses as Needed | |||
| ENGL 1003 | Developmental Writing (3 units) |
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| CHEM 1500 | Introduction to Chemistry (3 units) | ||
| MATH 1210 | Elementary & Intermediate Algebra (4 units) | ||
| or MATH 1300 |
Intermediate Algebra (3 units) |
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| Lower Division: | |||
| *BIO 1550 | Nutrition | 3 | |
| *BIO 2500 | Human Anatomy | 4 | |
| *BIO 2600 | Human Physiology | 4 | |
| *CHEM 1600 | Chemistry for the Health Sciences | 3 | |
| *COMM 1200 | Speech and Rhetoric | 3 | |
| *ENGL 1004 | Expository Writing | 3 | |
| *NURS 2001 | Concepts in Nursing |
1 |
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| NURS 2012 | Nursing Technologies I | 1 | |
| NURS 2014 | Health Assessment |
2 |
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| NURS 2018 | Pathophysiology | 3 | |
| NURS 2020 | Foundations of Pharmacology |
1 |
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| NURS 2100 | Basic Patient Care |
5.5 |
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| NURS 2150 |
Geriatric Foundations | 4.5 | |
| *PSY 1100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| *RES 2000 | Information & Research |
1 |
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| *SCS 1005 | Human Cultures | 2 | |
| (or Introduction to Sociology/Cultural Anthropology or comparable courses for transfer students) | |||
| Total Lower Division | 44 units | ||
Upper Division: |
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| *BIO 3600 | Microbiology | 4 | |
| *ENGL 3200 | Advanced Writing & Research | 3 | |
| NURS 3100 | Maternal-NB & Women’s Health Nursing | 5 | |
| NURS 3101 | Pediatric Nursing | 5 | |
| NURS 3103 | Nursing Research | 3 | |
| NURS 3105 | Medical Surgical Nursing |
5 | |
| NURS 3106 | Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | 5 | |
| NURS 4100 | Advanced Med-Surg Nursing |
5 |
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| NURS 4114 | Health Policies and Practices | 1 | |
| NURS 4119 | Senior Synthesis: Professional Accountability in Nursing |
1 | |
| NURS 4150 | Community Health and Nursing | 5 |
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| NURS 4200 | Leadership and Nursing Care Management |
6 |
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| NURS 4997 | Directed Research: Proposal Development |
1 | |
| NURS 4998 | Directed Research: Implementation |
1 | |
| PHIL 1108/3108 |
Ethics |
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| or PHIL 1109/3109 |
Ethics for Health Care |
3 |
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| *PSY 3122 | Lifespan Development | 3 | |
| *PSY 3187 | Statistics for the Health and Behavioral Sciences | 4 | |
| Total Upper Division | 60 units | ||
| Total Nursing Major BS | 126 units | ||
*Prerequisite courses
