The nursing program at any level is a learning-intensive, time-consuming enterprise. You will be required to complete course work, clinical work, skills testing, theory testing, nursing care plans and more.

The Department of Nursing strongly recommends that you work no more than 24 hours a week during the course of the program. If your family and home commitments are high, we recommend you curtail outside employment even further.

Following are the required courses for the nursing program. Non-nursing courses are available to all WSU students. In order to enroll in the nursing courses, you must have applied and been accepted to a specific nursing program.

All non-nursing courses must be completed at a C level or higher. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted toward graduation completion.

BS General Education/Graduation Requirements
(Listed in semester credit hours)

Humanities (1000-2000 level courses; include at least 3 credits of creative arts) (9)
Social Science  (3)
Upper Division (courses level 3000 or higher) (3)
American Institutions  (3)
Computer Literacy  (2)*
Diversity/Multicultural  (3)*
Scientific Inquiry  (6)*
Quantitative Literacy  (3)*

* See appropriate catalog or your nursing advisor for a list of approved courses.

Nursing Course Information

Class hours are arranged in a manner that you are on campus one and one-half (1 1/2) days per week, with nursing courses taught in block periods. This schedule is meant to accommodate the needs of practicing registered nurses.

Clinical courses require the completion of off-campus clinical practice hours and are arranged between you and the faculty to take place outside scheduled class time.

The BSN curriculum is designed to be completed in four semesters. With faculty approval, you can complete nursing courses in three semesters. This option will increase your credit load from 8-10 credit hours to 12-18 credit hours per semester. Note: This is a double credit load and is NOT approved for full-time working RNs.

If you have two or more years of RN experience, you may receive course credits through successful completion of challenge examinations. Contact BSN secretary Cindy Wagner for criteria and paperwork.

You may select part-time status. Individual schedules can be designed to help meet your personal circumstances. However, all course work must be completed withing five years of entering the BSN program.

Prerequisite Courses

Courses must be passed with a C or better. Some prerequisite courses are offered through WSU Independent Study (paper/pencil based via US Mail) and WSU Online (computer-based via the Internet) (Phone: (801) 626-6600).

These courses may be challenged. Contact the specific department at the phone number listed.

• Students using the semester catalog must receive a score of 65 or greater on COMPASS exam, or complete MATH 1030, 1040, 1050 or 1080.
• Students using the quarter catalog must have an ACT score of 19 or above or complete Intermediate Algebra.

BSN Curriculum Pattern

The BSN curriculum must be completed within five years of the date of your matriculation as a BSN student. A departmental honors program is offered.

Foundation Level

NURSNG 3080 Functional Operations In Nursing (2)+
NURSNG 3010 Nursing History and Theory (2)
NURSNG 3020 Nursing Research (2)
  (fulfills scientific inquiry requirement)
NURSNG 3030 Nursing Assessment (2)*
  (fulfills scientific inquiry requirement)
NURSNG 3031 Nursing Assessment Clinical (1)*
  (fulfills scientific inquiry requirement)
NURSNG 3035 Gerontological Nursing (2)

Application Level
(Courses to be taken after completion of Foundation Level)

NURSNG 3040 Concepts in Acute Illness (3)*
  (3040 is co- or prerequisite to 3050 & 3060)
NURSNG 3050 Nursing: High Risk Family (3)*
NURSNG 3051 High Risk Family Clinical (2)*
NURSNG 3060 Nursing: High Risk Adult (3)*
NURSNG 3061 High Risk Adult Clinical (2)*
NURSNG 4020 Nursing: Community Health (3)*
  (fulfills diversity requirement)
NURSNG 4021 Community Health Clinical (2)*
  (fulfills diversity requirement)
NURSNG 4030 Power, Policy & Politics (2)

Integration Level

NURSNG 4040 Nursing Management & Leadership (3)*
NURSNG 4041 Nursing Management & Leadership Clinical (2)*
NURSNG 4900 Senior Seminar: Integration of Professional 
  Concepts (must be taken during the last semester in the program) (1) 

+ HAS 3260 (3) may substitute for NURSNG 3080 (2)
* Challengeable course

Course sections subject to cancellation if not full.
Curriculum pattern subject to revision.

See the WSU Course Catalog for individual course descriptions.