Traditional BS Program
Hands-on learning experiences prepare students to enter nursing practice with confidence.
The Traditional Baccalaureate in Nursing Program consists of a robust curriculum, encompassing biomedical and social sciences, clinical nursing, and university general education courses. This ensures that our students have the professional education and broad skills necessary to assume a range of nursing positions.
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. Students will be able to use higher-order thinking to make clear connections between theory and practice. Our concept-based curriculum 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 this program includes 624 clinical hours. Many of the clinical opportunities are offered in 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.
The programs culminate in a three week preceptorship in Buffalo, where students are immersed in a one-on-one experience with a nurse in a clinical setting.
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.
Program Quick Facts
Tuition*
$6,000 per semester
120 Credits
59 prerequisites/electives + 61 upper division
Start Term
Fall
Time to Completion
2 years prerequisites + 2 years upper division (full time)
*Estimated tuition is based on the resident rate and does not include fees.
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Program Requirements
Advisement
Curriculum
Junior Year
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| NSG 312: Science of Professional Nursing Practice | 5 |
| NSG 313: Science of Professional Nursing Practice Practicum | 4 |
NSG 310: Health Promotion and Disease Prevent in Professional Nursing Practice Across the Lifespan | 3 |
NSG 314: Application of Healthcare Informatics to Promote Health, Quality and Safety | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
NSG 316: Wellness and Illness Concepts with Individuals, Families and Communities I | 5 |
NSG 317: Wellness and Illness Concepts with individuals, Families and Communities I Practicum | 4 |
| NSG 348: Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research | 3 |
| NSG 315: Social Determinants and Justice in Global Settings | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Senior Year
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
NSG 411: Wellness & Illness Concepts with Individuals, Families and Communities II | 5 |
NSG 412: Wellness & Illness Concepts with Individuals, Families and Communities Practicum II | 4 |
NSG 413: Promoting Quality Health Outcomes in a Culture of Safety | 3 |
NSG 414: Health Systems Policy and Economics | 3 |
| UBC 399: UB Capstone | 1 |
| Total Credits | 16 |
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
NSG 415: Wellness and Illness Concepts with Individuals, Families and Communities III | 4 |
NSG 416: Wellness &Illness Concepts with Individuals, Families and Communities III-Practicum | 5 |
NSG 417: Care Transitions and Care Coordination within Systems and Across Populations | 3 |
NSG 418: Leading Professional Nursing Practice to Achieve Quality Outcomes within Systems and Across Populations | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Additional Information
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.
