Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
institution of higher education are generally granted credit for
equivalent courses in which a grade of C or better has been earned.
Depending on the number of credits earned, transferred, waived, or
challenged, the second degree applicant may take three to four terms to
complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing.
The following
course requirements may be earned at Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey, or transferred from another college, waived, or challenged.
Second degree students are required to have all sciences, nutrition,
and statistics courses; however, other electives can be used to meet
the nonscience electives.
General Education Requirements
21&62:120:235 Microbiology (3)
21&62:120:241-242 Anatomy and Physiology I,II (8)
21:120:245 Pathophysiology (3)
21&62:160:108 Organic Biochemistry (3)
21&62:920:201 Introduction to Sociology (3)
descriptive/inferential statistics * (3)
general electives (9)
social sciences (6)
humanities (3)
natural science/mathematics (3)
history and literature (6)
English (6)
Total = 56 credits
Nursing Courses (Lower Division)
The following courses may be challenged or transferred from another college:
25:520:255 Nutrition (3)
25:705:202 Cultural Dimensions of Humans and Their Environment (3)
25:705:223 Trends in Health Care Delivery (3)
25:705:229 Life Span: A Holistic Approach (3)
25:705:233 Human Interactive Processes (3)
Total = 15 credits
Nursing Courses (Upper Division)
The following courses are required of all students:
25:705:306 Health Assessment across the Life Span (3)
25:705:307 Nursing Care Provider I (2)
25:705:310 The Childbearing Family (3)
25:705:311 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family (3)
25:705:314 Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents (3)
25:705:315 Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents (3)
25:705:320 Health and Illness of Adults (3)
25:705:321 Nursing Care of Adults (3)
25:705:322 Nursing Care Provider II (2)
25:705:390 Research Process in Nursing (3)
25:705:395 Pharmacotherapeutics (3)
25:705:409 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (3)
25:705:410 Nursing Care in Psychiatric/ Mental Health (3)
25:705:415 Health and Illness of Older Adults (3)
25:705:416 Nursing Care of Older Adults (3)
25:705:444 Community Health Nursing (3)
25:705:445 Nursing Care in the Community (3)
25:705:498 Leadership and Management in Nursing (3)
25:705:499 Senior Experience in Leadership and Management (3)
Total = 55 credits
Advanced placement examinations may be taken only once. Failure on
any advanced placement examination requires the student to take the
regular course offering. Criteria for successful completion of
examinations are based on College of Nursing grading policy and
standardized test passing levels.
An administrative fee is charged for each advanced placement examination.
Please note that passing credit for nursing theory courses must be
earned prior to or concurrent with nursing intervention courses.
Advanced placement is not available for these courses.
