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2019-2020 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2019-2020 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin

Nursing-Generic, BSN


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Learning Outcomes

  • Provide evidence-based clinically competent care across the continuum of care.
  • Demonstrate cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competency in providing nursing care to individuals’ families and groups within a diverse society.
  • Make clinical judgments using reflection, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
  • Use information and health care technologies for effective health care delivery. 
  • Exhibit personal professional behavior in all professional activities. 
  • Perform health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention care activities for individuals, groups, and populations.
  • Work effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team. 
  • Assume leadership roles within the scope of professional practice.
  • Perform the professional roles of care provider, coordinator of care, member of a profession, and life-long learner.

Major Map

A major map is a layout of required courses in a given program of study, including critical courses and suggested course sequences to ensure a clear path to graduation.

Major maps are only a suggested or recommended sequence of courses required in a program of study. Please contact your academic advisor for assistance in the application of specific coursework to a program of study and course selection and planning for upcoming semesters.

Nursing-Generic, BSN
 

Degree Requirements (120 hours) 

See College of Nursing  for entrance requirements, progression requirements, and other regulations.

Program of Study

all degree requirements must be passed with a grade of C or higher

  1. Carolina Core (31-37 hours)
  2. College Requirements (7 hours)
  3. Program Requirements (11-15 hours)
  4. Major Requirements (67 hours)

1. Carolina Core (31-37 hours)


Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Written — CMW (6 hours)

Analytical Reasoning and Problem Solving — ARP (6 hours)

Scientific Literacy — SCI (7 hours)

*Note: CHEM 102 is a pre-requisite course for nursing courses.

Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language — GFL (0-6 hours)

Demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language by achieving a score of two or higher on the Foreign Language Placement Test or by completing one Foreign Language through 110 or 121.

​Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking — GHS (3 hours) 

Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences — GSS (3 hours) 

Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding —  AIU (3 hours)

Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component — CMS (0-3 hours)

Information Literacy* —  INF (0-3 hours)

Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility* — VSR (0-3 hours)

  • Fulfilled through PHIL 213 , an overlay course with CMS

*Carolina Core Stand Alone or Overlay Eligible Requirements — Overlay-approved courses offer students the option of meeting two Carolina Core components in a single course. A maximum of two overlays is allowed. The total Carolina Core credit hours must add up to a minimum of 31 hours. Some programs may have a higher number of minimum Carolina Core hours due to specified requirements.

3. Program Requirements (11-15 hours)


Supporting courses (11 hours)

Electives (0-4 hours)

As needed to meet minimum 120 hours required for graduation.

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