Traditional Track

Pre-Licensure Traditional BSN Curriculum Plan: Starting August 2015
TRADITIONAL TRACK: 60 credit hours; 840 total program hours of clinical and laboratory experience

Fall 1

Course Number Course Title Credits
NUR 3065 Health Assessment in Nursing Situations 2
NUR 3065L Health Assessment in Nursing Situations Lab 1L
NUR 3115 Foundations of Caring in Nursing Situations 3
NUR 3119L Foundations of Nursing Practice 2L
NUR 4125 General Pathophysiology 3
NUR 3145 Pharmacotherapeutics 3
  TOTAL 15

Spring 1

Course Number Course Title Credits
NUR 3262 Chronic Care in Nursing Situations for Adults and Aging Populations 3
NUR 3262L Chronic Care in Nursing Situations for Adults and Aging Populations in Practice 2L
NUR 4525 Psychiatric and Mental Health: Nursing Situations Across the Lifespan 3
NUR 4525L Psychiatric and Mental Health: Nursing Situations in Practice 2L
NUR 4165 Nursing Research 3
NUR 4824 Professional Development in Nursing I: Ethical and Legal Perspectives of Caring 1
  TOTAL 14

Summer

Course Number Course Title Credits
NUR 3465 The Developing Family: Nursing Situations 4
NUR 3465L The Developing Family: Nursing Situations in Practice 2
  TOTAL 6

Fall 2

Course Number Course Title Credits
NUR 4638 Population Health: Nursing Situations 3
NUR 4716 Acute Care Nursing Situations with Adults and Aging Populations 4
NUR 4716L Acute Care Nursing Situations with Adults and Aging Populations in Practice 2L
NUR 4945 Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing 2
NUR 4945C Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Capstone 1
NUR 4833; 4860 Professional Development II and III 2
  TOTAL 14

Spring 2

Course Number Course Title Credits
NUR 3171 Creating Healing Environments 3
NUR 4764 Complex Care in Nursing Situations with Adults and Aging Populations 3
NUR 4764L Complex Care in Nursing Situations with Adults and Aging Populations in Practice 1L
NUR 4829L Nursing Practice Immersion 4L
NUR 4861C Professional Development 4: Member of a Caring Profession 1
  TOTAL 12

Note: Pre-requisite and co-requisite course information is officially found in the FAU Catalog (http://www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/FAUcatalog/).

BSN Course Descriptions