School of Nursing - BSN The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is designed to prepare graduates for professional nursing practice in hospitals and other health care agencies. They are prepared for continuing their education through master's and doctoral programs in nursing. A total of 62 semester hours of credit from an accredited liberal arts college with a minimum grade-point average of 2.5 is required for admission to the School of Nursing.
Admission is on a competitive basis.
Each student must meet the freshman-sophomore requirements of the particular college attended in order to ensure the attainment of general education objectives. Physiology Nutrition Electives can be chosen according to the student's particular interests or needs. Examples of such elective areas of study are foreign language, philosophy, literature, creative writing, history, speech, physics, mathematics, political science, biological sciences and economics. A maximum of 8 non-liberal arts semester credits will be accepted in the 62 hours required for admission. These 8 credits may be courses in physical education, activity, first-aid, health education, technique courses in art, music, and professional fields other than nursing.