Traditional Track, B.S.N.
Sample Curriculum Plan – Traditional Track
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| Pre-Nursing - Waco Campus 1 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Research Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars | ||
| American Literary Cultures 2 | ||
| CHE 1300 | Introductory Chemistry | 3 |
| CHE 1100 | Introductory Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| NUR 1101 | Introduction to the Art and Science of Nursing | 1 |
| REL 1310 | The Christian Scriptures | 3 |
| Foreign Language, Communication & Media, Fine Arts 3 | 3 | |
| CHA 1088 | Residential Chapels Residential Chapels | 0 |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Research Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars | ||
| American Literary Cultures 2 | ||
| BIO Requirement 4 | 4 | |
| PSY 1305 | Psychological Science: Understanding Human Behavior | 3 |
| History Elective - Select one of the following: 5 | 3 | |
| The United States in Global Perspective | ||
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History since 1500 | ||
| United States History to 1877 | ||
| United States History since 1877 | ||
| Foreign Language, Communication & Media, Fine Arts | 3 | |
| CHA 1088 | Residential Chapels Residential Chapels | 0 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ENG 23XX | Literature Elective 6 | 3 |
| BIO Requirement 4 | 4 | |
| REL 1350 | The Christian Heritage | 3 |
| NUTR 2351 | Nutrition | 3 |
| SOC 1305 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| STA 1380 | Elementary Statistics 7 | 3 |
| BIO Requirement 4 | 4 | |
| PSC 1387 | The U.S. Constitution, Its Interpretation, and the American Political Experience | 3 |
| PSY 3341 | A Survey of Human Development 8 | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Nursing Major - Dallas Campus | ||
| NUR 3200 | Professional Nursing Practice: Introduction to Professional Nursing | 2 |
| NUR 3212 | Professional Development: Foundations for Practice | 2 |
| NUR 3330 | Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NUR 3314 | Health Assessment | 3 |
| NUR 3316 | Human Needs I | 3 |
| NUR 3420 | Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I | 4 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| NUR 3225 | Professional Nursing Practice: Care of the Patient with Medical Surgical Need | 2 |
| NUR 3226 | Professional Nursing Practice: Care of the Patient with Mental Health Needs | 2 |
| NUR 3317 | Human Needs II | 3 |
| NUR 3324 | The Maturing Family | 3 |
| NUR 3328 | Mental Health Nursing: Individuals, Groups, and Family | 3 |
| NUR 3421 | Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II | 4 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| NUR 4225 | Professional Nursing Practice: Care of the Childbearing Family | 2 |
| NUR 4226 | Professional Nursing Practice: Care of the Childrearing Family | 2 |
| NUR 4334 | The Childbearing Family | 3 |
| NUR 4339 | The Childrearing Family | 3 |
| NUR 4341 | Nursing Professional Development: Leadership and Management | 3 |
| NUR 4351 | Professional Development: A Consumer of Research | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| NUR 4335 | Professional Nursing Practice: Transition to Practice | 3 |
| NUR 4338 | Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Human Needs | 3 |
| NUR 4345 | Professional Nursing Practice: Population Health Nursing | 3 |
| NUR 4353 | Community and Culture | 3 |
| NUR 43XX | Nursing Elective (see catalog for individual course listings) | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 124 | |
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Students are responsible for completion of approved general education courses in the regular semester prior to beginning classes at the School of Nursing. In other words, completion of pre-requisite classes for students beginning nursing courses in the fall semester must be completed in the spring prior to beginning classes or during the fall semester for January entry into the nursing program.
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ENG 1302 Thinking and Writing will be accepted as dual credit or transfer credit only. Students will take ENG 1310 Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars or one of the other acceptable Research Writing courses from https://corecurriculum.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/core-requirements/distribution-lists/research-writing; and ENG 2310 American Literary Cultures.
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Students must complete one of the following options. Students must take a foreign language through second level proficiency. Or students must complete one Communications & Media Literacy Course and one Fine Arts Course. Complete list of acceptable courses may be found through the College of Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum website, or by consulting your Degree Audit.
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BIO Requirements are the BIO 2401 Human Anatomy and Physiology of Motion and Innervation or HED 2420 Human Anatomy for Healthcare Professionals, BIO 2402 Human Anatomy and Physiology of Metabolism and Processing or HED 2421 Human Physiology for Healthcare Professionals, and BIO 2302 Introductory Microbiology/BIO 2102 Introductory Microbiology Laboratory courses. These will be assigned by your advisor to ensure all students are able to complete the sequence in a timely fashion. If students do not register as assigned, they may be dropped from the courses and placed into the assigned course that may not be the original day or time.
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HIS 1300 The United States in Global Perspective is preferred.
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The choices of literature include ENG 2301 British Literature or any other course from https://corecurriculum.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/core-requirements/distribution-lists/literature-context.
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May be in a discipline other than mathematics if the course is judged as equivalent to STA 1380 Elementary Statistics at Baylor.
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PSY 3341 A Survey of Human Development or PSY 2341 Survey/Human Development. Course must cover the entire life span.