The undergraduate curriculum is an upper-division major. Students admitted to the professional component in the junior year must have attained a cumulative grade point average of 2.67. Continued good standing requires that the cumulative as well as the semester grade point average of 2.67 be maintained for the remainder of the program. The nursing curriculum at Quinnipiac fosters professional socialization for future roles and responsibilities within the profession. Graduates of the program are prepared as generalists to begin the practice of professional nursing with sound theoretical foundations and diverse clinical practice experiences.
Graduates are also prepared for graduate study.
In addition to the generalist perspective, the curriculum provides an introductory specialty focus in which senior students may select a precepted experience. The technologically advanced portion of the curriculum is supported by grants that afford students an opportunity to practice with sophisticated equipment in the clinical skills practice lab prior to actual clinical practice. The gerontological portion of the curriculum has been recognized for its innovation in undergraduate education by the American Association of Colleges for Nursing and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University. All programs within the School of Health Sciences are based on a comprehensive foundation in the liberal arts and sciences. Because nursing demands men and women who can think quickly and act wisely, emphasis is placed on critical thinking based on a broad liberal arts foundation.