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BSN Program
   
Four Year Generic Undergraduate Nursing Course Descriptions
Generic Transfer Students Core Curriculum / Prerequisite Courses
 
Beginning with Fall 2008 entry, all students will be required to complete Nursing Concepts and Theories and Pathophysiology as prerequisites before entering the nursing program.
 

UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa demonstrates on Simman while UT Tyler Nursing students Abram Ambriz and Sarah Clingfost look on.

UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa demonstrates on Simman while UT Tyler Nursing students Abram Ambriz and Sarah Clingfost look on.



Four Year Generic
  

The following sequence of courses are required at UT Tyler in order to complete the requirements for the BSN. Core curriculum and nursing prerequisite courses are completed during the freshman and sophomore years. The student is admitted to the nursing track at the beginning of the junior year if all prerequisite courses have been completed with an overall grade point average of 2.75 or higher and the grade point average for Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Microbiology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Growth and Development and Introduction to Psychology is also a 2.75 or higher.

The required courses for the Four Year Generic:
 

FRESHMAN YEAR

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

 

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

ENGL 1301
Composition & Rhetoric I

3

 

ENGL 1302
Composition & Rhetoric II

3

BIOL 2301*
Anatomy & Physiology I

3

 

BIOL 2302*
Anatomy & Physiology II

3

BIOL 2101*
Anatomy & Physiology I Lab

1

 

BIOL 2102*
Anatomy & Physiology II Lab

1

HIST 1301
US History 1

3

 

HIST 1302
US History 2

3

POLS 2305
US Government

3

 

POLS 2306
TX Government

3

UNIV 1000
Freshman Experience

-

 

Free elective • (see suggestions below)

3

SEMESTER SCH

13

SEMESTER SCH

16

 
Free elective suggestions: PSYC 1349, SOCI 1301, COSC 1307, BIOL 1306/1106
* Courses must be taken in the required sequence
 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

SEMESTER 1

   

SEMESTER 2

 
COURSE NUMBER/TITLE
SCH
 
COURSE NUMBER/TITLE
SCH

CHEM 1305*
Intro Chemistry I

3

 

BIOL 2320*
Microbiology

3

CHEM 1105*
Intro Chemistry I Lab

1

 

BIOL 2121*
Microbiology Lab

3

MATH 1314
College Algebra

3

 

ALHS 4315
Nutrition

3

ENGL 2362, 2363, 2322, 2323
World/European Literature

3

 

PSYC 2320
Lifespan Growth & Development

3

PSYC 1301
Intro to Psychological Science

3

 

MATH 1342
Statistics

3

Humanities Elective (3 SCH)

3

 

Fine Arts Elective (3 SCH)

3

             SEMESTER SCH

16

SEMESTER SCH

16

   

 
Grand Total Semester Credit Hours = 61 SCH

 

JUNIOR / SENIOR YEAR

 

JUNIOR YEAR PREREQUISITES

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 3303

Acute Care Pathophysiology

(Required prior to acceptance to nursing)

3

NURS 3205

Nursing Concepts & Theories

(Required prior to acceptance to nursing)

2



JUNIOR YEAR

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 3307

Pharmocological Basis for Nursing

3

NURS 3333

Nursing Research

3

NURS 3310

Health Assessment

3

NURS 3513

Mental Health

5

NURS 3603

Nursing Competencies

6

NURS 3611

Adult Health I

6

SEMESTER SCH

12

SEMESTER SCH

14

 

SENIOR YEAR

SEMESTER 3

SEMESTER 4

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 4212

Health of the Older Adult

2

NURS  4234

Issues in Professional Nursing

2

NURS 4632

Adult Health II

6

NURS 4631

Professional Synthesis

6

NURS 4723

Family Health

7

NURS 4501

Community Nursing

5

SEMESTER SCH

15

SEMESTER SCH

13

       
 

TOTAL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS: NURSING = 59 SCH


GRAND TOTAL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS FOR DEGREE = 120 SCH

Generic Transfer Students

The required courses for the Transfer Student:


The following courses (61 hours) must be completed with a cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.75 or higher prior to entering the course of study in the College of Nursing.

Core Curriculum Requirements

COURSE          

SCH

English

6 hours

Fine Arts (ART. 1301, ARTS 1301, MUSI 1306, 2321, THTR 1301, 1356, DRAM 1310)

3 hours

World/European Literature (ENGL 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2362, 2363)                 
  (AMERICAN LITERATURE CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THIS REQUIREMENT)

3 hours

Humanities: only acceptable courses, select one (1)
  PHIL 1301, 2306; ENG 2310, 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2362, 2363, 2350; SPCM 1315
  , SPCH 1311, SPCH 1321 (SPCH 1318 not accepted unless core complete)

3 hours

U.S. History (May include 3 hrs. of Texas History)

6 hours

U. S. Government

3 hours

Texas Government

3 hours

College Algebra (or higher level core mathematics) and Statistics  

6 hours

Free elective • (see suggestions below)

3 hours

TOTAL HOURS

36 hours

   
Free elective suggestions: PSYC 1349, SOCI 1301, COSC 1307, BIOL 1306/1106


College of Nursing Prerequisite Courses

   
(The following 25 hours must be completed with a GPA of 2.75 or higher to be considered for admission.  These courses will also be computed in the cumulative GPA)
   

Anatomy & Physiology I & II

8 hours

Chemistry (lab required) 

4 hours

Microbiology (lab required)

4 hours

Nutrition

3 hours

Lifespan Growth & Development 

3 hours

Introductory Psychology

3 hours

TOTAL HOURS

25 Hours

   

GRAND TOTAL SCH

61 Hours

 

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College of Nursing
Nursing Curriculum

JUNIOR YEAR PREREQUISITES
 

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 3303

Acute Care Pathophysiology

(Required prior to acceptance to nursing)

3

NURS 3205

Nursing Concepts & Theories

(Required prior to acceptance to nursing)

2


JUNIOR YEAR

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 3307

Pharmocological Basis for Nursing

3

NURS 3333

Nursing Research

3

NURS 3310

Health Assessment

3

NURS 3513

Mental Health

5

NURS 3603

Nursing Competencies

6

NURS 3611

Adult Health I

6

SEMESTER SCH

12

SEMESTER SCH

14

 

SENIOR YEAR

SEMESTER 3

SEMESTER 4

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

COURSE NUMBER/TITLE

SCH

NURS 4212

Health of the Older Adult

2

NURS  4234

Issues in Professional Nursing

2

NURS 4632

Adult Health II

6

NURS 4631

Professional Synthesis

6

NURS 4723

Family Health

7

NURS 4501

Community Nursing

5

SEMESTER SCH

15

SEMESTER SCH

13

       
 

 
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS : NURSING = 59 SCH
 
GRAND TOTAL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS FOR DEGREE = 120 SCH  

 
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