Traditional Four
Year Program
Admission Requirements: Combined verbal and math SAT
score of 1000
High School GPA: 80 or above
High School Biology, Chemistry and Algebra
Transfer Program and Second Degree
Students
Clinical Eligibility
The clinical component of the nursing program begins in the Fall semester only. To be eligible for the clinical component, you must have at least 60 credits and a GPA of 3.0. You also must have successfully completed the following science pre-requisites: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy & Physiology II, and Microbiology. The science prerequisites may be completed at the College of Mount Saint Vincent or transferred from another school. Nursing candidates applying as transfer or second degree students to the College of Mount Saint Vincent must have earned a grade of "B" in all required transferred science courses and completed within the last five years. We do not offer an evening or week-end program. For more information regarding the Transfer/Second Degree Bachelor of Science Nursing Program, please click here to download the program factsheet.
Traditional Four Year
Program
Year 1
Semester
1
ENGL 109 Literature
PSYC 103 Psychology
ENGL 115
Writing
CHEM 105 General Chemistry
I
MFL
Modern Foreign
Language
CMSV 101 Orientation
Semester 2
NURS 103
Introduction to Professional
Nursing
HIST 214 History
ART 210/211 Fine Arts
CHEM 106 General Chemistry
II
MFL
Modern Foreign
Language
Year 2 Semester 3
ECON
110 Economics
SOC 101
Sociology
BIOL 207 Anatomy &
Physiology I
BIOL 211 Microbiology
*NURS 205 Health Promotion
**NURS 209 Theory and Research in Nursing (must be a
declared nursing major)
*NURS 205 Pre-requisite for Spring Senior
Semester
**NURS 209 Pre-requisite for Fall Senior
Semester
Semester 4
RELS
208 Religious
Studies
PHIL 212
Philosophy
BIOL 208 Anatomy & Physiology
II
MATH 102/118/119 Mathematics
NURS 309 Physical Assessment
Year 3 Semester
5
NURS 315
Intro to Care of Adult & Aging Client
BIOL 333
Pathophysiology
ENGL 320 World
Literature
*PSYC 320 Human Development II
*PSYC 320 Pre-requisite for NURS 324
Semester 6
NURS
324 Nursing Care of Adult &
Aged
BIOL 334
Pharmacophysiology
INTG 300 Integrated
300
*PSYC 319 Human Development I
*PSYC 319 Pre-requisite for NURS 431
Year 4 Semester 7
NURS
431 Nursing Care of the Family
I
NURS 433 Nursing Care of the Family II
NURS 402 Process of
Leadership
INTG 400 Integrated
400
MATH 107 Computer
Science
Elective
Semester 8
NURS
434 Nursing Care of the Community
I
NURS 436 Nursing Care of the Community
II
NURS 440 Preceptorship
NURS 460 Independent Study
Electives
Tansfer (60 or more
credits) and Second Degree
Students
Prerequisites
to Two-Year Plan
BIOL 207 Anatomy and
Physiology I
BIOL 208 Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL 211 Microbiology
CHEM 105 General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 General Chemistry II
PSYC 319 Human Development I
PSYC 320 Human Development II
Year I Semester 1
NURS 103
Introduction to Professional
Nursing
NURS 315 Intro to Care of Adult & Aging
Client
NURS 309 Health
Assessment
BIOL 333 Pathophysiology
*INTG I Integrated
300
Year I Semester 2
NURS 209 Theory
and Research in Nursing
NURS 324 Nursing Care of Adult & Aged
Client
BIOL 334
Pharmacophysiology
*INTG II Integrated
400
Year II Semester 3
NURS 431
Nursing Care of the Family
I
NURS 433 Nursing Care of the Family
II
NURS 205 Health Promotion
NURS 402 Process of
Leadership
*ENGL 320 World
Literature
Year II Semester 4
NURS 434 Nursing
Care of the Community
I
NURS 436 Nursing Care of the Community
II
NURS 440 Preceptorship
NURS 460 Independent
Study
For transfer ( 60 credits or more) and
second degree students without science prerequisites
completed
Year I Semester
1
BIOL 207 Anatomy &
Physiology I
CHEM 105 General Chemistry
I
PSYC 319 Human Development
I
*INTG I Integrated
300
*ENGL 320 World
Literature
Year I Semester 2
BIOL
208 Anatomy & Physiology
II
CHEM 106 General Chemistry
II
BIOL 211
Microbiology
PSYC 320 Human Development
II
*INTG II Integrated
400
* Not required for second degree students
