Traditional BS in Nursing Program

Designed to create a workforce of baccalaureate-prepared nurses, the curriculum integrates biomedical and social sciences to prepare students for upper-division study that incorporates nursing science with clinical practice experience. This ensures that students acquire a professional education that prepares them to provide compassionate, safe and quality health care throughout the health care spectrum.  

Upper-division coursework will include an emphasis on nursing practice, health promotion, informatics, evidence-based research, health systems policy and care coordination across populations. The concept-based curriculum will afford students the ability to use higher order thinking to make clearer connections between theory and practice. It will also improve graduates’ ability to translate knowledge to practice in multiple settings when caring for patients at various stages of wellness and illness across the lifespan.

Clinical rotations for these programs include over 600 hours of patient care, some of which are offered in an innovative Dedicated Education Units (DEU), a model for clinical instruction that provides an optimal teaching/learning environment for students, faculty and clinicians. Students are integrated into the clinical setting that accurately simulates nursing practice. 

Graduates are prepared to practice, collaborate and manage within the framework of legislative, economic, environmental and regulatory processes to influence and improve the provision of safe, quality health care within complex health care systems and upon completion, are prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) to become a registered nurse.

Daniel Acker Scholar Nursing students are guaranteed admission to the upper division Traditional BS in Nursing program, provided they are enrolled and satisfy the requirements of the Acker Scholars Program. To maintain their seat in the program students must be in good standing with the Cora P. Maloney Center, satisfy the School of Nursing minimum admission requirements including prerequisite courses, overall and prerequisite GPA requirements, and submit the Nursing supplemental application all by January 15, typically in their sophomore year.