Plan of Study: Prior to Fall 2026

This plan of study is for four-year B.S. in Nursing students who began their degree prior to Fall 2026. If you are enrolled or looking to enroll for Fall 2026 or later, please view our updated curriculum.

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:

Semester 1 (Freshman Fall):

Semester 2 (Freshman Spring):

Semester 3 (Sophomore Fall):

Semester 4 (Sophomore Spring):

Plan of Study for last two years in the program (complete at least 57 credits in junior and senior year):

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.

 Semester 5 (Junior Fall):

Semester 6 or 7 (Junior Spring or Senior Fall):

Semester 6 or 7 (Junior Spring or Senior Fall):

Semester 8 (Senior Spring):

TOTAL CREDITS:  120 

University General Education requirements: 

• 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

NOTE: All prerequisite and Nursing courses require a grade of "C" or higher.