Awards will also be given in each age division. The program, with classes beginning during IU Kokomo s Summer Session I, offers an accelerated pace to earn a bachelor s degree in nursing. The name Pods is derived for its quick movement and class clusters. The program takes students through 21 weeks of nursing studies and 32 credits in the nursing major in just 18 months. The program consists of seven-week sessions that meet for a full day, once a week.
Students take the courses during one summer session, a fall semester and a spring semester.
The program requires students to complete 32 credit hours in nursing in the Pods portion and 55 credit hours in three clusters of general education. To date, more than 100 RNs are either in or have completed the Pods program. These RNs describe the program as very do-able and user friendly according to Lori Seaman, IU Kokomo coordinator of nursing student services.