Graduation Requirements

1. Meet foreign language requirement.
2. Successfully complete the general education and program courses listed below with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Prerequisite Courses: 39 - 41 Credit Hours

Completion of all or part of the academic courses required does not guarantee acceptance into the RN to B.S.N. Program.

• BSC 2085C - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• BSC 2086C - Anatomy and Physiology II (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• CHM 1025C - Introductory Chemistry (5 Credit Hours) (preferred) ⁽⁺⁾

• or any BSC, CHM, or PHY prefix option listed in Natural Science Area V (A.A.)  (3 - 5 credit hours) ⁽⁺⁾

• DEP 2004 - Human Development: Life Span (3 Credit Hours)
• ENC 1101 - Written Communication I (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• ENC 1102 - Written Communication II (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• Humanities - Any Area IV (A.A.) , A or B – Literature or Arts and Humanities (3 credit hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• HUN 2201 - Fundamentals of Human Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• Mathematics - Any Area II (A.A.) , (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• MCB 2010C - Microbiology (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• PSY 2012 - General Psychology (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• STA 2023 - Elementary Statistics (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾

Additional Academic Requirements: 9 Credit Hours

Courses from the prerequisites ⁽⁺⁾ count toward the 36 credit hours needed in general education requirements, Areas I - V .

To complete this requirement, students will need to complete the following courses:

• SPC 1608 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 Credit Hours)
• AMH 1010 - History of the United States I (3 Credit Hours)

• or

  AMH 1020 - History of the United States II
    (3 Credit Hours)

  or

  EUH 1000 - Western Civilization I
    (3 Credit Hours)

  or

  EUH 1001 - Western Civilization II
    (3 Credit Hours)

• PHI 2600 - Applied Ethics (3 Credit Hours)

Upper Level Core Courses: 32 Credit Hours

• NUR 3066C - Health Assessment and Physical Appraisal (4 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3125 - Pathophysiology (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3145 - Pharmacology (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3805 - Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3826 - Ethics and Legal Issues in Healthcare (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3870 - Informatics in Healthcare (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4169 - Evidence Based Practice: Nursing Research (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4636 - Community/Public Health: Population Based (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4636L - Community/Public Health: Practicum (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4827 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4925 - Colloquiums/Symposiums/Workshops (1 Credit Hour)

Lower/Upper Level Electives: as needed to meet 120 credits graduation requirement

Any A.A. elective course.

Minimum of 6 credit hours from this list required:

• DSC 3013 - Introduction to Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3214 - Catastrophic Event Response Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3240 - Applied Organizational Behavior (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3303 - Management and Leadership Practices (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3503 - Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4102 - Managing Cultural Diversity (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4520 - Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)
• NSP 3276 - Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation (1 Credit Hour) Not available online.
• NSP 4275C - Adult Critical Care-Nursing (8 Credit Hours) Not available online.
• NUR 3076 - Communication in Health Care (3 Credit Hours) Not available online
• NUR 3289 - Gerontology-Nursing (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3895 - Teaching and Learning for Health Care Professional (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4837 - Health Care Policy and Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3311 - Program Planning and Evaluation (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3821 - Contemporary Issues in Public Safety/Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3874 - Community Relations Theory and Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4204 - Public Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4414 - Human Resource Management Skills (3 Credit Hours)

Foreign Language Requirement:

Students must have completed Florida’s foreign language requirement prior to the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Students may meet this competency by:

• successful completion of two years of a single foreign language while in high school (official high school transcripts must be submitted to educational records), or
• successful completion of two semesters (6-8 credit hours) of a single foreign language in college (or through corresponding College Level Examination Program CLEP exams), or
• validation of foreign language competence for languages not available through CLEP as deemed appropriate by the vice president of baccalaureate programs.

Validated Nursing Credits

Upon validation of an unrestricted, unencumbered Florida RN license up to 30 credit hours will be awarded at the completion of the upper division nursing core courses and application for B.S.N. graduation.

Licensure Requirement

Students must hold a current, unencumbered, unrestricted Florida RN license throughout their study in the RN to B.S.N. Program.

Separate Application

‡ Degrees/programs will require a separate application and acceptance notification from the specific department before enrollment in the desired program.