B.S. in Nursing

Curriculum

BSN Curriculum Plan (103 credits)

Applicable to students admitted starting Fall 2024

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

CHM200 Essentials of Chemistry 3
BIO200 Basic Biology 3
NUR 200 Professional Nursing Concepts I 2
NUT201 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition 3
PSY201 Introduction to Psychology 3

Spring Semester (17 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

BIO222 Microbiology, A Human Perspective 3
BIO260/261 Anatomy and Physiology/Lab 4
ENG202 Advanced Academic English 3
NUR201 Fundamentals of Nursing and Health Assessment 4
PSY234 Development Across the Life Span 3
IPE200 Intro to IPE and Communication Tools 0

Summer Semester (6 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

NUR211 Summer Nursing Internship I 0
NUR309 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice 3
LASC1 Humanities and Arts 3

Junior Year

Fall Semester (16 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

COM 203 Art of Public Communication 3
NUR312 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice 3
NUR318 Health and Illness Concepts I 3
NUR319 Health and Illness Concepts II 2
NUR343 Core Nursing Practicum I 3
NUR344 Core Nursing Practicum II 2
IPE300 Teamwork & Conflict Management 0

Spring Semester (18 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

NUR 322 Health and Illness Concepts III 4
NUR345 Core Nursing Practicum III 4
NUR346 Core Nursing Practicum IV 2
NUR307 Informatics in Healthcare 2
STA205 Biostatistics 3
LASC1 Change Makers 3

Summer Semester (6 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II 0
LASC1 Change Makers 3
LASC1 Digital Culture * 3


Senior Year

Fall Semester (13 or 14 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

NUR 415 Health Care Research and Evidence-based Practice 3
NUR421 Health and Illness Concepts IV 4
NUR441

 

or

NUR 444

Mental Health Clinical Intensive 3
High Acuity Clinical Intensive 4
NUR443 Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles Clinical Intensive 3

Spring Semester (12 or 13 credits) - No LASC or English courses can be taken this semester

Number

Course

Cr

NUR 412 Professional Nursing Concept II 3
NUR441

 

or

NUR 444

Mental Health Clinical Intensive 3
High Acuity Clinical Intensive 4
NUR450 Clinical Capstone 6
IPE400 Ethics – an Interprofessional Approach 0

1LASC: Students admitted starting Fall 2022 are to follow the Liberal arts and Science Curriculum - LASC curriculum Z,  and select from a list of options in each of the following areas: Digital Culture (3cr.), Arts and Humanities (3cr.), and Change makers (6 cr.).

* All students who joined LAU or Changed their major in AY 2025-2026 and beyond should follow the LASC Curriculum Z’, and are required to take the LASC Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.) instead of the Digital Culture LASC requirement.

The 2025-2026 LASC curriculum can be found here

Applicable to students admitted before Fall 2024

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (12 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

CHM200 Essentials of Chemistry 3
BIO200 Basic Biology 3
NUT201 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition 3
PSY201 Introduction to Psychology 3

Spring Semester (17 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

ENG202 Advanced Academic English 3
PSY234 Development Across the Life Span 3
NUR201 Fundamentals of Nursing and Health Assessment 4
BIO222 Microbiology, A human Perspective 3
BIO260/261 Anatomy and Physiology/Lab 4

Summer Semester (6 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

COM203 Art of Public Communication 3
NUR210 Professional Nursing Concepts I 3
NUR230 Nursing Cooperative Experience I 0

Junior Year

Fall Semester (17 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

LASC1 Humanities and Arts 3
NUR310 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice 4
NUR312 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice 3
NUR320 Health and Illness Concepts I 4
NUR340 Core Nursing Practicum I 3

Spring Semester (16 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

STA205 Biostatistics 3
LASC1 Change Makers 3
NUR321 Health and Illness Concepts II 4
NUR341 Core Nursing Practicum II 3
NUR342 Core Nursing Practicum III 3

Summer Semester (4 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

NUR315 Health Care Research & Evidence-Based Practice 3
NUR330 Nursing Cooperative Experience II 1


Senior Year

Fall Semester (16 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

LASC1  Change Makers 3
NUR410 Professional Nursing Concepts II 3
NUR420 Health and Illness Concepts III 4
NUR441 Mental Health Clinical Intensive 3
NUR443 Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles Clinical Intensive 3

Spring Semester (15 credits)

Number

Course

Cr

LASC1 Digital Culture 3
NUR444 High Acuity Nursing Clinical Intensive 3
NUR411 Professional Nursing Concepts III 3
NUR475 Nursing Synthesis 2
NUR480 Clinical Capstone 4

1LASC: Students admitted starting Fall 2022 are to follow the Liberal arts and Science Curriculum - LASC curriculum Z, and select from a list of options in each of the following areas: Digital Culture (3cr.), Arts and Humanities (3cr.), and Change makers (6 cr.).

Students admitted prior to Fall 2022 are to follow the LASC Curriculum A, and select from a list of options in each of the following areas: Social Sciences (3cr.), Arts and Humanities (6cr.), and Free Elective (3cr.).

The LASC Curriculum can be found here.