BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Prior to taking courses at Mesa State College, a student must
apply and be accepted to the college through the Admissions
Department at Mesa. When you are ready to apply to the BSN
program, you must send the Registrar's
Office the form on the bottom of the summary page of the
BSN application, whether or not you have attended other colleges.
The following non-nursing, general requirement and prerequisite
courses must be completed prior to beginning the BSN program (the
numbers in parentheses indicate the credit hours a student earns
upon completion of the course). See Pre-BSN
Suggested Course Sequencing for additional information.
General Education :
ENGL 111—English Comp. I (3)
ENGL 112—English Comp. II (3)
2 Humanities Electives (6) (class
list)
1 Social/Behavioral or Humanities Elective (3) (class
list)
1 Applied Studies Elective (3)
(class list) #
1 Natural Science Elective (3) (class
list)
1 Natural Science Elective with lab (4-5)
(class list)
1 Fine Art Elective (3)
(class list)
2 KINA Electives (2)
(class list)
KINE 100—Health and Wellness (1)
# KINE 265 and KINE 365 both fulfill the BSN CPR requirement,
however only KINE 265 also counts as an Applied Studies Elective.
NOTE: Refer to lists of approved courses in the Mesa State College
catalog (linked as
class list) when choosing classes to fulfill elective requirements,
or consult the Pre-BSN Suggested
Course Sequence page. General education requirements are waived
for those students who have previously earned a Bachelor's degree.
Program Prerequisites:
BIOL 209/209L—Anatomy
& Physiology I (3/1) **
PSYC 150—General Psychology (3)
BIOL 241—Pathophysiology
(4)**
BIOL 210/210L—Anatomy
& Physiology II (3/1)**
PSYC 233—Human Growth & Development
(3)
MATH 113—College Algebra, or a higher
level math (4)*
STAT 200—Probability & Statistics
OR STAT 214-Business Statistics (3)*
*MATH 113 and STAT 200 fulfill the college´s Degree Distinction
requirements.
**BIOL 209/209L, BIOL 210/210L, and BIOL 241 must have been
completed within five years prior to applying to the nursing program.
A student who is taking one of these courses at the time of application
must secure and submit a Request
for Grade form by the application deadline. If you are taking
one of these courses at another institution it is recommended
that you let your instructor know at the beginning of the course
that you will require a projected grade by the application deadline.
Once the student has been accepted into the nursing
program, they must complete the following courses in sequence.
Each level represents one semester. Presently, the nursing courses
are not offered during the summer. (Returning RNs and LPNs, refer
to notes below.)
Level I :
NURS 201/201L—Nursing Fundamentals
(7)
NURS 202/202L—Health Assessment/Promotion
(4)
NURS 203—Nursing Pharmacology I (2)
NURS 204—Nursing Theory/Foundation
(1)
Level II :
NURS 300—Professional Transition (3)
[to be taken by returning RNs, only]
NURS 301/301L—Medical/Surgical Nursing
(8)
NURS 302—Family Nursing (3)
NURS 303—Leadership Development (2)
NURS 304—Nursing Pharmacology II (2)
Level III :
NURS 313/313L—Mental Health Nursing
(5)
NURS 314/314L—The Childbearing Family
(5)
NURS 315/315L—Pediatrics (3)
Level IV :
NURS 403/403L—Public Health Nursing
(6)
NURS 406/406L—Advanced Nursing (6)
NURS 407—Nursing Research (3)
Level V :
NURS 411/411L—Leadership (3)
NURS 412L—Senior Specialty (4)
NURS 415—Business of Health Care (2)
NURS 416—Nursing Therapeutics (2)
NURS 396 or 496—Topics (2)
Returning RNs must take all the non-nursing, prerequisite courses,
as well as the following nursing courses: first fall semester:
NURS300, NURS302; first spring semester: NURS202/202L, NURS312;
second fall semster: NURS403/403L, NURS415; second spring semester:
NURS411/411L, NURS407, NURS496.
LPNs must take all the courses, both non-nursing and nursing,
except NURS 201/201L. Also, LPNs are required to obtain IV
certification prior to application to the nursing program.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Department of Health Sciences
(970) 248-1398
Revised: 4/11/2008
