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RN to BS In Nursing

Curriculum

SPECIAL ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

Health Clearance, CPR Certification, and RN license must be up to date in order to register for NUR courses. At least 140 quarter hours must be completed before entering upper level nursing courses. Advanced Standing Credit (ASC) is awarded on completion of NUR 3010 and acceptance of Nursing Professional Portfolio.

FOUNDATION COURSES (15 q.h.)
Complete the following course:
 
ENG 3006College English Workshop3 q.h.

Complete one of the following courses:
 
LDR 3230Ethical Decision Making3 q.h.
PHL 1001Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics3 q.h.
PHL 2160Bioethics3 q.h.

Complete two of the following courses:
 
CMN 2002Intercultural Communication3 q.h.
MGT 1503Managing in a Diverse and Changing World*3 q.h.
POL 2230Civil Liberties3 q.h.
SOC 1110Diversity3 q.h.
SOC 1635Race and Ethnicity3 q.h.
SOC 2440Gender and Work Roles in Society3 q.h.
ECN 1001Principles of Macroeconomics3 q.h.

Complete any Information Technology Course:
 
IT Information Technology Elective3 q.h.
  
INTRODUCTORY-LEVEL REQUIRED COURSES (18 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses:
 

ECN 2001

Statistics 1

3 q.h.
ECN 2002
Statistics 23 q.h.

Complete four from the following Humanities elective prefixes:
 
ASL, CMN, ENG, HSC, LNx, PHL, PSY, SOC
12 q.h.
  
INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL REQUIRED COURSES (12 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses:
 
NUR 3010Professional Transitions in Nursing*4 q.h.
NUR 3210Health Assessment Across the Lifespan/Lab*4 q.h.
NUR 3310Introduction to Nursing Research4 q.h.
   
UPPER-LEVEL REQUIRED COURSES (14 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses:
 
NUR 4110Caregiving: Nurses with Vulnerable Populations in the Community/Clinical*7 q.h.
NUR 4420Managing and Leading in Healthcare*6 q.h.
NUR 4600Innovations in Nursing Practice** (Capstone)1 q.h.
   
OPEN ELECTIVES (6 q.h.)

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 65
 

*Major Specialization Course
**Must have completed all NUR courses to register.

For RN-to-BSN students who enter the program with credit for 96 q.h. of work and need 161 q.h. to graduate, the minimum number of credits earned at Northeastern University is 65 q.h.
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