Catalog Navigator : 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

Microbiology
technology elective

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

705:202 Cultural Dimensions of Humans and Their Environment

705:229 Life Span: A Holistic Approach

705:233 Human Interactive Processes

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 Life Span

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

705:322 Nursing Care Provider II (second six 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 (three 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 six weeks)

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