The deadline for submitting an application is October 15th of the year prior to the fall semester you wish to begin. For example, the Fall 2001 admission deadline is October 15, 2000. I want to specialize in one area of nursing. During the spring semester of their senior year, nursing students will spend the majority of their time in a professional practicum, gaining additional and more specific experience prior to graduation. Many specialty areas, such as Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Anethesist, Mid-wife, are graduate level programs.
Class sizes vary depending on the courses.
For example, during the first semester, NURS 340-Foundations of Nursing and Health Promotion may have 120 students in lecture, but the labs may have only 10 students each. The BSN program is designed to be completed in 4 semesters and a summer session, providing the student attends full-time. Attendance during the summer semester between the junior and senior year is required. The semesters are designed to build upon each other, so there is not a lot of room to deviate from the curriculum plan. They are working in such fields as hematology, neonatal, pediatrics, oncology, general practice and obstetrics, as well as other fields.