Nursing Pre-Licensure Major
Major Requirements
Degree Type: B.S.N. Minimum Credits Required: 120
University Degree Requirements
For complete details on these and other university degree requirements, refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section in the University Catalog.
- Minimum of 120 semester credits (some programs may exceed this minimum).
- Complete the University General Education requirements.
- Minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
- Minimum of 30 credits in resident at NDSU.
- Minimum of 36 upper level credits (courses numbered 300 or higher).
- Students with transfer credit must meet the NDSU 30 credits in residence (#4). Of these 30 credits in residence, a minimum of 15 credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above, and 15 credits must be in the student's declared major curricula.
University General Education Requirements
A list of university approved general education courses along with the administrative policies governing the requirement and the categories is available here.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Category C: Communication | 12 | |
| Category R: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |
| Category S: Science and Technology | 10 | |
| Category A: Humanities and Fine Arts | 6 | |
| Category B: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 | |
| Category W: Wellness | 2 | |
| Category D: Cultural Diversity | ||
| Category G: Global Perspectives | ||
| Category L: Digital Literacy | ||
| Total Credits | 39 | |
Major Requirements
All students must complete all major requirements with a grade of C or better including ENGL 120 and COMM 110.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing Major Requirements | ||
| NURS 150 | Academic Success and Career Exploration 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 117 & 117L | Chemical Concepts and Applications and Chem Concepts and Applications Lab 2 | 4 |
| BIOC 260 | Elements of Biochemistry | 4 |
| MICR 202 & 202L | Introductory Microbiology and Introductory Microbiology Lab 2 | 3 |
| BIOL 220 & 220L | Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory 2 | 4 |
| BIOL 221 & 221L | Human Anatomy and Physiology II and Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory 2 | 4 |
| HNES 250 | Nutrition Science | 3 |
| ENGL 325 | Writing in the Health Professions | 3 |
| NURS 300 | Pharmacology & Pathophysiology for Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 301 | Introduction to Nursing and Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
| NURS 306 | Health Promotion | 3 |
| NURS 321 | Foundations of Nursing I | 3 |
| NURS 341 | Foundations of Clinical Nursing | 3 |
| NURS 342 | Adult Health Nursing I | 5 |
| NURS 352 | Maternal Newborn Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 360 | Health Assessment | 4 |
| NURS 362 | Pediatric Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 382 | Clinical Applications in Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 402 | Mental Health Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 403 | Adult Health Nursing II | 5 |
| NURS 404 | Adult Health III | 4 |
| NURS 406 | Community & Public Health Nursing | 4 |
| NURS 410 | Research and Redesign | 2 |
| NURS 450 | Nursing Synthesis/Practicum | 4 |
| NURS 463 | Leadership and Interprofessional Health Care | 4 |
| PSYC 111 | Introduction to Psychology 2 | 3 |
| PSYC 250 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| or HDFS 230 | Life Span Development | |
| SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology 2 | 3 |
| or ANTH 111 | Introduction to Anthropology | |
| Total Credits | 99 | |
- 1
NURS 150 is required for students with fewer than 24 earned transfer credits.
- 2
Will be used in the selective GPA calculation for admission to the Nursing program. Grades for three of the five sciences (lecture/lab) will be used for selective GPA.
Degree Requirements and Notes
- Students must maintain a semester GPA of 2.0 or above for each semester in the College of Health and Human Sciences. A student who fails to meet this standard for two successive or three non-successive semesters may be terminated from enrollment in the College.
- Would also accept the following course sequence in place of CHEM 117 Chemical Concepts and Applications/CHEM 117L Chem Concepts and Applications Lab: CHEM 121 General Chemistry I/CHEM 121L General Chemistry I Laboratory, CHEM 122 General Chemistry II/CHEM 122L General Chemistry II Laboratory or CHEM 121 General Chemistry I/CHEM 121L General Chemistry I Laboratory and CHEM 140 Organic Chemical Concepts and Applications.