The College of Nursing offers registered nurses the opportunity to obtain a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree with an option to take graduate courses to accelerate professional development.
With the graduate degree option, graduate courses can be taken while completing the baccalaureate degree. R.N. students with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average can earn graduate credits to meet master's or doctor of nursing practice (D.N.P.) degree requirements. Selected graduate courses may be used to meet both baccalaureate and graduate degree requirements. On completion of the baccalaureate degree, students can apply to the graduate program and the graduate courses taken in the baccalaureate program will apply to their graduate program credits.
R.N.-B.S. in Nursing Curriculum
These courses may be transferred or taken at any point in the curriculum:
Expository Writing I (3) and Research in the Disciplines (3) or English Composition (6)
Anthropology/Cultural Studies (3)
Introduction to Sociology (3)
History/Political Science/Economics (6)
Humanities (3)
Literature (3)
Free Electives (9)
The following courses may be transferred or taken at Rutgers. These courses must be taken BEFORE any 300-level nursing courses.
Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
Microbiology (4)
Pathophysiology* (3)
Organic Biochemistry (3)
Statistics (prerequisite for Research Process in Nursing) (3)
R.N.'s can achieve credit for the following courses from nursing credits transferred from their basic nursing program. Credit may also be achieved with challenge exams or baccalaureate/graduate courses* at Rutgers.
Nursing Care Provider I (2)
Nursing Care Provider II (2)
The Childbearing Family (6)
Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents (6)
Health and Illness of Adults (6)
Pharmacotherapeutics* (3)
Cultural Dimensions of Humans* (3)
Life Span: A Holistic Approach (may be replaced with Developmental Psychology) (3)
Human Interactive Processes (3)
Trends in Health Care Delivery (3)
Nutrition (3)
The following courses must be taken at Rutgers and are included in the 30-credit residency requirement:
Health Assessment across the Life Span (3)
Nursing Informatics (3)
Research Process in Nursing (3)
Professional Role Development (3)
Community and Public Health Nursing (4)
Community Health Promotion (3)
Leadership and Management in Nursing (3)
Leadership and Management Practicum (3)
Specialized Nursing Elective* (3)
Note: A * indicates that a designated graduate course may be
used to meet the baccalaureate program requirement and a graduate
program requirement.
