Accelerated Second-Degree Program

 

The College of Nursing offers a 14-month accelerated bachelor of science degree in nursing program, designed for the student who already possesses a bachelor's degree in another field. Second-degree students will be a part of a group of highly motivated students who are seeking professional advancement and personal fulfillment.

Requirements for the accelerated bachelor of science in nursing for second-degree students

Required prerequisite courses:

Introduction to Sociology

Statistics

Anatomy and Physiology I and II

Organic Biochemistry (with lab)

Microbiology

technology elective

Lower-division nursing courses that may be taken as prerequisites or challenged, include:

705:229  Life Span: A Holistic Approach

705:233  Human Interactive Process

705:202  Cultural Dimensions of Humans and Their Environment

11:709:255  Nutrition and Health

All required prerequisite courses are required to be completed with a grade of C or better prior to enrollment in this program.

Summer Session (12 weeks)

120:245  Pathophysiology

705:306  Health Assessment across the Lifespan

705:307  Nursing Care Provider I (first 6 weeks)

705:322  Nursing Care Provider II (second 6 weeks)

705:395  Pharmacotherapeutics

Fall Semester

705:310  The Childbearing Family

705:390  Research Process in Nursing

705:407  Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

705:415  Health and Illness of Older Adults

Winter Session (3 weeks)

705:411  Nursing Care in Psychiatric/Mental Health

Spring Semester

705:223  Trends in Health Care Delivery

705:314  Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents

705:320  Health and Illness of Adults

Summer Session 2 (12 weeks)

705:444  Community Health Nursing (first 6 weeks)

705:498  Leadership and Management in Nursing (second 6 weeks)