Curriculum and Courses
Accelerated BSN courses are offered in a combination of online and face-to-face, on-campus classes that allow most students to complete their degree within 15 months.
Year 1
Fall Semester:
- NURS 125 Foundations in Professional Practice I
- NURS 126 Foundations in Professional Practice II
- NURS 226 Health Assessment
- NURS 227 Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
- NURS 340 Nursing Research
- BIOL 346 Pathophysiology
Spring Semester:
- NURS 230 Pharmacology
- NURS 251 Introduction to Clinical Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing
- NURS 375 Nursing Care of Parents, Newborns and Children
Summer Semester:
- NURS 351 Clinical Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing
- NURS 360 Mental Health and Family Nursing
- NURS 430 Perspectives in Global Health and Nursing
- NURS 460 Community Health Nursing
Year 2
Fall Semester:
- NURS 451 Nursing Care of Adults with Complex Health Problems
- NURS 486 Nursing Leadership and Management
- NURS 487 Nursing Senior Capstone: Preparation for Licensure and Practice
- PHIL 305 Biomedical Ethics
Nursing course descriptions available online at www.muskingum.edu/academics/nursing/courses
Prerequisite Courses
BIOL 121* Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credit hours)
BIOL 122* Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credit hours)
BIOL 305 Human Genetics (3 credit hours)
BIOL 312* Microbiology (4 credit hours)
CHEM 108* General, Biologic and Organic Chemistry (4 credit hours)
HLSC 231 Nutrition Across the Lifespan (3 credit hours)
PSYC 208 Lifespan Development (3 credit hours)
PSYC 232 Behavioral Statistics (3 credit hours)
*Labs required
Prerequisite course descriptions available online at www.muskingum.edu/catalog/course-descriptions