Students currently take four lower-division nursing courses during the freshman and sophomore years.
Beginning in the fall of 2001, a new upper-division nursing curriculum will be initiated with the junior class. The following is a sequenced description of the nursing curriculum and a brief description of each nursing course. I - Students learn and practice nursing skills that provide health maintenance to patients such as vital signs, bed baths, and cast care. Practice is done on models and classmates in the nursing lab as well as in actual clinical settings. Students investigate the world of professional nursing through the eight outcomes of the Division of Nursing.