Plan of Study: Fall 2026 or Later
This plan of study is for four-year B.S. in Nursing students beginning their degree Fall 2026 or later. If you are a current student enrolled prior to Fall 2026, your curriculum remains unchanged from when you entered in as a first-year student.
Total Credits
- 80 credits in nursing
- 121 credits overall
NOTE: All prerequisite and nursing courses require a grade of "C" or higher.
Semester 1 (First-Year Fall): 14-15 credits
| Prerequisite to KIN 270 | KIN 100 or 110, BIOL 151, CHEM 110 or 111 | 4 cr |
| N 113 | Nursing from Society to Cells | 3 cr |
| Nurse 150 (RAP/non-RAP) | Faculty Seminar for First-Year Nursing Students | 1 cr |
| Engl/WP 112 or EnglWP 112H (CW) | College Writing (Writing Program) | 3 cr |
| R2 Stats or Gen Ed | 3-4 cr | |
| Total: 14-15 credits |
Semester 2 (First-Year Spring): 16 credits
| KIN 270 | Anatomy & Physiology I w/ Lab | 4 cr |
| Nutrition | (Pre Req) Any course on human nutrition | 4 cr |
| Gen Ed or Pre Req | 4 cr | |
| Gen Ed or Pre Req | 4 cr | |
| Total: 16 credits |
Semester 3 (Sophomore Fall): 16 credits
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| KIN 272 | Anatomy & Physiology II w/Lab | 4 cr |
| Microbiology | (Pre Req) Micro 255 or any microbiology course focused on disease, with lab*. *Licensure in California requires a microbiology course with lab. Other states do not have this requirement. | 4 cr |
| N 114 | Ecology of Health | 4 cr |
| Gen Ed or Elective | 4 cr | |
| Total: 16 credits |
Semester 4 (Sophomore Spring): 16 credits
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| N 301 | Human Pathophysiology | 3 cr |
| N 315 | Health and Physical Assessment | 3 cr |
| N 204 | Social, Structural and Political Determinants of Health | 4 cr |
| N 214 | Preventive and Supportive Nursing Care | 3 cr |
| N 298D | Preventive and Supportive Nursing Care: Practicum | 3 cr |
| Total: 16 credits |
Notes for junior and senior year:
- Students are assigned when they will take specialty courses (maternity, pediatrics, psychiatric/mental health, adult nursing).
- Students are required to take two nursing special topics courses that are different from an elective taken in other departments. They must be taken for a letter grade. Students will have a choice based on availability.
- Students will have an opportunity to request a preference for their senior internship placement, but the decision of where the internship is done is based on faculty discretion regarding students' learning needs and availability of placements.
- NCLEX-RN licensure preparation assessments (ATI) must be taken throughout the junior and senior years.
Semesters 5 or 6 (Junior Fall or Spring): 15 credits
| N 332 | Pharmacology (FALL ONLY) | 4 cr |
| N 322 | Nursing Care of the Developing Family | 4 cr |
| N 398K | Nursing Care of the Developing Family: Practicum | 4 cr |
| N 318 | Junior Year Writing: Writing in Health Research (FALL ONLY) | 3 cr |
| Total: 15 credits |
Semesters 6 or 7 (Junior Fall or Spring): 15 credits
| N 323 | Nursing Care of the Maturing Family | 4 cr |
| N 398L | Nursing Care of the Maturing Family: Practicum | 4 cr |
| N 328 | Aging & Social Determinants of Health (SPRING ONLY) | 4 cr |
| N 335 | Hospice and Palliative Nursing (SPRING ONLY) | 3 cr |
| Total: 15 credits |
Semester 7 (Senior Fall): 15 credits
| N 401 | Regenerative & Restorative Nursing Care | 4 cr |
| N 498F | Regenerative & Restorative Nursing Care: Practicum | 4 cr |
| N 421 | Public Health Nursing | 4 cr |
| N 424 | Health Care Systems | 3 cr |
| Total: 15 credits |
Semester 8 (Senior Spring): 14 credits
| N 494 | Transition to Professional Nursing (Integrative Experience- IE) | 4 cr |
| N 498G | Immersive Experience: Clinical Internship | 4 cr |
| Nurse 428 | Clinical Judgement in Professional Practice (with 1 lab credit) | 3 cr |
| Gen Ed or Elective | 3 cr | |
| Total: 14 credits |
General Education (Gen Ed) Requirements
Students must select one or more of the following courses each semester to complete General Education requirements and Nursing prerequisites in the first two years:
| Gen Ed (HS) | 4 cr (need to account somewhere for 4th social world course (AL/AT/SB/I/SI) |
| Gen Ed (AL/AT) | 4 cr |
| Gen Ed (BS) | 4 cr |
| Gen Ed (PS) | 4 cr |
| Global and US Diversity (DG/DU) | 4 cr (choose courses with HS or AL/AT in fulfilling this requirement) (N212 fulfills US diversity) |
| Statistics (R1/R2) | 4 cr (Stats 111, Stats 240, ResEcon 211 or 212 fulfills R1 and R2 at the same time). Statistics is a Nursing prerequisite in your first two years. |
- 12 credits are considered full-time; only University (not Nursing) electives and N441 may be taken pass/fail.
- College Writing (CW): 3 credits first 2 yrs (Eng 112); 3 credits junior year (N317)
- Analytical Reasoning: Basic (R1) (Math); Analytical Reasoning (R2): 3 credits. Statistics is required for Nursing students.
- Biological and Physical World: Biological Science (BS) – 4 cr; Physical Science (PS) – 4 cr
- Social World: Literature or Art (AL/AT) – 4 cr; Historical Studies (HS) – 4 cr; Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB) – 4 cr; Social World (AL, AT, SB, I, or SI) – 4 cr
- Two Diversity courses: One must be in freshman year (N212): one DU (United States) course, one DG (Global) course
- Integrative Experience, upper level/last 2 years (Nurse 438) – 3 cr