Nursing Course Sequence

Nursing students The Nursing Sequence involves six courses for the non-LPN student and five courses for the LPN student. (LPN’s are not required to take NURS but are required to take a Fundamentals exam and receive a minimum score of 750 to have this course waived.

It takes 14 months to complete the nursing sequence for the non-LPN student and 12 months for the LPN student.

All six credit-hour courses require both classroom and clinical/lab hours. All six credit-hour nursing courses meet four times a week: two days a week for lecture and two days a week for clinicals. The days and times for the nursing classes and clinicals may vary per session.

For December graduation

October Session January Session March Session June Session August Session October Session
NURS 210 Fundamentals of Nursing (6 hrs) NURS 211 Mental Health Nursing (3 hrs)
NURS 212 Pharmacology (3 hrs)
NURS 213 Foundations of Nursing (6 hrs) NURS 214 Med/Surg I (6 hrs) NURS 215 Med/Surg II (6 hrs) NURS 216 Women's & Infant's Health (6 hrs)

For May graduation

March Session June Session August Session October Session January Session March Session
NURS 210 Fundamentals of Nursing (6 hrs) NURS 211 Mental Health Nursing (3 hrs)
NURS 212 Pharmacology (3 hrs)
NURS 213 Foundations of Nursing (6 hrs) NURS 214 Med/Surg I (6 hrs) NURS 215 Med/Surg II (6 hrs) NURS 216 Women's & Infant's Health (6 hrs)