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B. S. in Nursing
| Degree Requirements | Transfer Students | Sample Programs |
| Course Descriptions | Department Goals | Department Policies |
Degree Requirements
The following constitutes the Nursing Curriculum requirements for all students enrolling in the college beginning in the fall of 2012. The Nursing Curriculum requirements for students enrolled prior to the fall of 2012 can be found in the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog.
The B.S. in Nursing requires 126 course credits, including:
| College Core Requirements | 40 credits* | |
| Nursing Major | 53 credits | |
| NURS 109 Professional Roles & Contemporary Issues in Nursing | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 119 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 209 Theoretical and Research Foundations of Nursing | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 219 General Health Assessment | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 229 Concepts of Basic Nursing Care | (4 credits) | |
| NURS 319 Adult Nursing I | (8 credits) | |
| NURS 329 Adult Nursing II | (8 credits) | |
| NURS 409 Process of Leadership in Nursing | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 431 Nursing Care of the Family I-Maternity Nursing | (4 credits) | |
| NURS 433 Nursing Care of the Family II-Pediatric Nursing | (4 credits) | |
| NURS 434 Nursing Care of the Community I-Psychiatric Nursing | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 436 Nursing Care of the Community II-Community Nursing | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 440 Preceptorship | (3 credits) | |
| NURS 449 Nursing Care Case Management | (1 credit) | |
| Cognate Requirements: | 27 credits | |
| BIOL 109-110 Anatomy & Physiology I & II | (8 credits) | |
| BIOL 211 Microbiology and Human Disease | (3 credits) | |
| BIOL 204 Human Genetics | (3 credits) | |
| BIOL 333 Human Pathophysiology | (3 credits) | |
| BIOL 334 Pharmacophysiology | (3 credits) | |
| CHEM 109 General, Organic and Biochemistry | (4 credits) | |
| PSYC 326 Lifespan Development | (3 credits) | |
| Open Electives | 6 credits | |
| TOTAL | 126 credits |
*Six core credits in Natural Science and three core credits in Social Science (Psychology) satisfied with Major requirements.
NOTE - Nursing students must maintain a minimum of “C+” in all nursing and required science courses.
Transfer Students
Applicants who have been accepted into the College’s Bachelor of Science degree program in Nursing as transfer students or second degree students should carefully consider the following guidelines for enrollment into clinical courses before accepting the College’s offer of admission and before paying a tuition deposit to confirm their intent to register for the anticipated entry term. There is no guarantee we can admit students with more than 18 transferable credits.
(1) Registration into clinical courses cannot occur until a student has satisfied EACH of the following pre-requisites:
a. the student has earned a minimum of 60 credits at the College or has had a minimum of 60 credits transferred into the College;
b. the student has earned the required minimum grade for all the required science pre-requisite courses within 5 years of beginning clinical courses.
The required pre-requisite courses include Anatomy & Physiology I & II, General Chemistry I & II and Microbiology. The minimum grade for all required science courses is “C+” if the course is taken at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, or a grade of “B” if taken at another institution.
c. the student’s cumulative grade point index is 3.0
(2) Nursing clinical courses begin only in the Fall semester
(3) Clinical placements for entering transfer students cannot be guaranteed for the fall semester immediately following a students’ acceptance into the Nursing Program. However, the Nursing Department will make every effort to place fully qualified transfer students into clinical placements that are available for the upcoming fall term.
(4) As clinical placements become available, fully qualified students will be enrolled into clinical courses following a priority ranking based on GPA and Enrollment date.
(5) Fully qualified students who are not accommodated into clinical courses for the fall semester following their entry to the College will be able to start their clinical placement the following fall semester provided they maintain a 3.0 GPA. Those students will need to confirm with the Department of Nursing by November 30th of their intent to begin clinical the following fall.
This set of guidelines is necessary for the orderly and fair accommodation of fully qualified nursing students into the College’s limited number of clinical placements
Please visit our Scholarships page for information about
merit-based scholarships for nursing transfer students.
Sample Programs
B.S. in Nursing
Year 1
| FYE 101 The First-Year Experience | 1 credit |
| ENGL 110 Writing in Context I (fall) | 3 credits |
| ENGL 120 Writing in Context II (spring) | 3 credits |
| Humanities or Social Science Core | 3 credits |
| Modern Language and Literature Core | 6 credits |
| Mathematics Core | 3 credits |
| BIOL 109-110 Anatomy & Physiology I & II | 8 credits |
| NURS 109 Professional Roles & Contemporary Issues in Nursing | 3 credits |
| NURS 119 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan | 3 credits |
| TOTAL | 33 credits |
Year 2
| Humanities or Social Science Core | 3 credits |
| Humanities or Social Science Core | 3 credits |
| Humanities or Social Science Core | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Ethics – Philosophy Core | 3 credits |
| Introduction to Religion Core | 3 credits |
| CHEM 109 General, Organic and Biochemistry | 4 credits |
| BIOL 211 Microbiology and Human Disease | 3 credits |
| NURS 209 Theoretical and Research Foundations of Nursing | 3 credits |
| NURS 219 General Health Assessment | 3 credits |
| NURS 229 Concepts of Basic Nursing Care | 4 credits |
| TOTAL | 32 credits |
Year 3
| BIOL 204 Human Genetics | 3 credits |
| BIOL 333 Human Pathophysiology | 3 credits |
| BIOL 334 Pharmaco-Physiology | 3 credits |
| PSYC 326 Lifespan Development | 3 credits |
| NURS 319 Adult Nursing I | 8 credits |
| NURS 329 Adult Nursing II | 8 credits |
| Open Elective | 3 credits |
| TOTAL | 31 credits |
Year 4
| Religious Studies Topics Core | 3 credits |
| Humanities or Social Science Core | 3 credits |
| NURS 409 Process of Leadership in Nursing | 3 credits |
| NURS 431 Nursing Care of the Family I-Maternity Nursing | 4 credits |
| NURS 433 Nursing Care of the Family II-Pediatric Nursing | 4 credits |
| NURS 434 Nursing Care of the Community I-Psychiatric Nursing | 3 credits |
| NURS 436 Nursing Care of the Community II-Community Nursing | 3 credits |
| NURS 440 Preceptorship | 3 credits |
| NURS 449 Nursing Care Case Management | 1 credit |
| Open Elective | 3 credits |
| TOTAL | 30 credits |