The School is a model of integration of liberal and professional learning, with students enrolling in liberal arts courses throughout the four years of study. An advanced-placement program offers the opportunity for study at the upper division to registered nurses and selected transfer students. Consistent with the University's mission, the School of Nursing strives for excellence in undergraduate nursing education by preparing practitioners with a strong theoretical foundation, including Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing. Graduates are known for and recruited for their clinical abilities and leadership potential.
Most undergraduate students pursue graduate study.
Enhanced by the low faculty-student ratio, the School of Nursing prides itself on the outstanding rapport among students and faculty members. The School of Nursing offers one program of study leading to the B.S.N. degree. Students are admitted directly to the School of Nursing as freshmen, completing the prerequisites of anatomy and physiology, chemistry, microbiology, and human growth and development during the first two semesters. All students who successfully complete these requirements enter the nursing sequence in the first semester of their sophomore year and are guaranteed placement in subsequent clinical courses. Fifteen course units are in nursing.