Nursing
Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Major: Nursing
2006-2007
Students requiring developmental course work based on low entrance exam scores (ACT, SAT, ASSET, COMPASS) may not be able to complete this program of study in eight (8) semesters. Developmental courses do not count toward total degree hours. Students having completed college level courses prior to enrollment will be assisted by their advisor in making appropriate substitutions. In most cases, general education courses may be interchanged between semesters. A minimum of 45 hours of upper division credit (3000-4000 level) is required for this degree. Mandatory state and institutional assessment exams will be required during your degree program. Failure to participate in required assessments may delay graduation.
Year 1				Year 1
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
ENG 1003	Composition I	3	X	ENG 1013	Composition II	3	X
MATH 1023	College Algebra	3	X	ZOOL 2013	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	3
ZOOL 2003	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3	X	ZOOL 2011	Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab	1
ZOOL 2001	Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab	1	X	HIST 2763 or 2773 or POSC 2103	US History to 1876 or Since 1876 or US Government	3
NHP 1913	Making Connections in Nursing and Health Professions (FYE)	3		BIOL 2103	Microbiology for Health Professions	3	X
PHIL 1103 or PHIL 1503 or SCOM 1203	Intro to Philosophy or Logic & Practical Reasoning or Oral Communications	3	X	BIOL 2101	Microbiology for Health Professions Lab	1	X
				PSY 2013	Intro to Psychology	3	X
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		17

Year 2				Year 2
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
CHEM 1013	General Chemistry I	3	X	CHEM 1033	Intro to Organic/Biochemistry	3
CHEM 1011	General Chemistry I Lab	1	X	CHEM 1031	Intro to Organic/Biochemistry Lab	1
NRS 2314	Concepts of Nursing	4		NRS 2334	Health Promotion and Intro to Acute Care	4
NRSP 1422	Foundations of Nursing Practice	2		NRSP 2343	Nursing Care II	3
SOC 2213	Principles of Sociology	3	X	NRS 3392	Health Assessment	2
ANTH 2233 or HIST 1013 or 1023 or GEOG 2613	Intro to Cultural Anthropology or World Civilization to 1660 or World Civilization since 1660 or Intro to Geography	3	X	NRSP 3391	Health Assessment Practicum	1
PE 1002	Concepts of Physical Fitness	2	X	ENG 2003 or ENG 2013 or PHIL 1103	Intro to Lit I or Intro to Lit II or Intro to Philosophy (if not taken for critical thinking requirement)	3	X
Total Hours		18		Total Hours		17
Year 3				Year 3
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
PSY 3103 or SOC 3383	Quantitative Methods of Behavioral Science or Social Statistics	3		NRS 3312	Intro to Nursing Research	2
PSY 3101 or SOC 3381	Quantitative Methods of Behavioral Science Lab or Social Statistics Lab	1		NRS 3345	Acute Care Nursing II	5
NRS 3315	Acute Care Nursing I	5		NRSP 3355	Nursing Care IV	5
NRSP 3325	Nursing Care III	5		Art 2503 or Mus 2503 or Thea 2503	Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre	3	X
NRS 3343	Clinical Pharmacology & Nursing Management	3		ZOOL 3143 or NRS 3023	Pathophysiology or Interdisciplinary Clinical Pathophysiology	3
Total Hours		17		Total Hours		18
Year 4				Year 4
Fall Semester				Spring Semester
Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed	Course No.	Course Name	Hrs	Gen Ed
NRS 4312	Chronic Illness & Rehabilitation Nursing	2		NRS 4355	Critical Care and Emergency Nursing	5
NRS 4362	Professional Role Development	2		NRSP 4366	Nursing Care VI	6
NRSP 4336	Nursing Care V	6		NRS 4543	Health Care Administration	3
NRS 4343	Professional Nursing: Community	3		NRS 3000/4000	Nursing Elective	3
ENG 2003 or 2013 or PHIL 1103 or ART or MUS or THEA 2503	Intro to Literature I or Intro to Literature II or Intro to Philosophy or Fine Arts Visual or Musical or Theatre (select course not previously taken)	3	X
Total Hours		16		Total Hours		17

Total Jr/Sr Hours		65		Total Degree Hours		136

Graduation Requirements:
Completion of HIST 2763 or HIST 2773 or POSC 2103
English Proficiency (Grade of C or better in ENG 1003 and ENG 1013)
2.00 GPA in Major
2.00 GPA at ASU
2.00 GPA Overall
Maximum of 31 credit hours via correspondence, extension, examination, PLA, Military or similar means; CLEP (30 hrs max)
45 JR/SR Hours after completing 30 hours
136 Total Credit Hours
18 of last 24 hours must be ASU-Jonesboro courses
Minimum of 57 hours from 4-year institutions
32 Resident Hours if completing second degree and first degree was not from ASU-J