Nursing, B.S.N.

BELL Core Requirements: 48 Hours (minimum)

BELL Core Requirements  

Nursing Tool Courses: 14 Hours

• PSY 2800 Life Span Development 3 Hours

• or

• SWK 2250 Human Behavior and Social Environment I 3 Hours

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• SWK 2300 Exploring Human Diversity 3 Hours

• or

• NUR 1020 Diversity in Health Care 3 Hours
• BIO 2230 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Hours
• BIO 2240 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Hours

Major Requirements: 59 Hours

• NUR 1010 Perspectives in Health Care 2 Hours
• NUR 1601 Lab: Assessment & Foundational Skills 2 Hours
• NUR 2250 Lifespan Nutrition 2 Hours
• NUR 2030 Introduction to Pharmacology 1 Hours
• NUR 2270 Foundations of Care Management 3 Hours
• NUR 2271 Foundations of Experiential Learning 2 Hours
• NUR 2290 Nursing Research 2 Hours
• NUR 3010 Care Management I 3 Hours
• NUR 3011 Experiential Learning I 2 Hours
• NUR 3040 Pathophysiology/Pharmacology I 2 Hours
• NUR 3100 Nurse as Scholar 2 Hours
• NUR 3350 Therapeutic Nutrition 2 Hours
• NUR 3200 Nurse as a Team Member 2 Hours
• NUR 3050 Pathophysiology/Pharmacology II 2 Hours
• NUR 3020 Care Management II 3 Hours
• NUR 3021 Experiential Learning II 2 Hours
• NUR 3111 Focused Experiential Nursing 2 Hours
• NUR 4060 Pathophysiology/Pharmacology III 2 Hours
• NUR 4010 Care Management III 3 Hours
• NUR 4011 Experiential Learning III 2 Hours
• NUR 4020 Health Care: Populations and their Contexts 3 Hours
• NUR 4015 Senior Nursing Capstone 3 Hours
• NUR 4030 Care Management IV 3 Hours
• NUR 4031 Experiential Learning IV 2 Hours
• NUR 4200 Nurse as Leader 3 Hours
• NUR 4220 Preceptorship 2 Hours

General Free Electives: 7 Hours (minimum)

Total Required for the Program: 128 Hours

Note: The last 32 hours of course work must be completed at Belmont University.
Note: Consent of Nursing Admission and Progression committee is required if a student desires to alter the Program of Studies.

Nursing students electing to pursue a minor must officially declare the minor. Upon completion of the minor, the 6-7 hours of free electives in the nursing curriculum will be waived. If the minor is not completed any hours earned toward the minor will apply to the free electives requirement to meet degree requirements.

Qualified BSN students may pursue a Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Belmont through a guaranteed admission option. Eligible students may complete selected bachelor level nursing courses to satisfy major and general free electives credit hours (NUR 3100, NUR 3050, NUR 4020, NUR 4502, NUR 4505, NUR 4511). Credit hours counting towards a BSN degree will not count toward MSN or DNP degree hours.