Fitchburg State University

Department of Nursing

NEW LA&SBASIC UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM PLAN

2012-2013

Pre-Nursing Major – Freshman Year

Math Readiness Requirement: All pre-nursing majors must achieve a grade of 82 or above on the Accuplacer Math Readiness Exam or a grade of 2.0 or better in Basic Math II by the end of the spring semester as a prerequisite to entering the nursing major.

BIOL1200 / Anatomy & Physiology I / 4 / BIOL1300 / Anatomy & Physiology II / 4
CHEM1200 / Chemistry for the Health Sciences* / 4 / ENGL1200 / Writing II / 3
ENGL1100 / Writing I / 3 / MATH1700 / Applied Statistics / 3
PSY1100 / General Psychology or Introduction to Sociology / 3 / SOC1100 / Introduction to Sociology or General Psychology / 3
LA&S Art or Music Elective / 3 / LA&S Arts Elective / 3
17 / 16
*CHEM1200 may be taken either fall or spring semester of the freshman year

Nursing Major**

Second Year

BIOL1650 / Nutrition or LA&S Literature elective / 3 / BIOL1650 / Nutrition or LA&S Literature elective / 3
NURS2300 / Health Assessment / 3 / BIOL2700 / Survey of Microorganisms / 4
NURS2500 / Pathopharmacology I / 3 / NURS2600 / Pathopharmacology II / 3
NURS2700 / Foundations of Nursing / 4 / NURS2900 / Medical-Surgical Nursing I / 4
PSY1200 / Human Growth & Development / 3
16 / 14

Third Year

NURS3200 / Mental Health Nursing / 5 / NURS3300 / Maternal- Newborn Nursing / 5
NURS3400 / Medical-Surgical Nursing II / 5 / NURS3900 / Pediatric Nursing / 5
NURS4000 / Nursing Research / 3 / LA&S Free Elective / 3
LA&S Selected Elective*** / 3 / LA&S History Elective / 3
16 / 16

Fourth Year

NURS4400 / Community Health Nursing / 5 / NURS4800 / Selected Nursing Practicum / 9
NURS4750 / Chronic Illness / 5 / NURS4850 / Leadership & Management / 3
LA&S Free Elective / 3
13 / 12

120 Total Credits

(62 Nursing/58 LA&S)

**All Nursing Majors, including transfer students, must meet the Math Readiness Requirement. Refer to notation

under Pre-Nursing Major

Please note under this new LA&S curriculum, Nursing Majors are exempt from the EXSS university

requirement. In addition, the LA&S electives listed in each semester are only suggestions of when the

electives should be taken. You may choose when you would like to take your LA&S elective requirements

as long as they are completed before graduation.

*** See reverse side for a list of courses that meet this requirement.

Fitchburg State University

Department of Nursing

Liberal Arts and Science Requirements for Bachelor of Science

NEW LA&S PROGRAM – BEGINNING FALL 2011

NAME ______YOG______

Content Clusters: * two courses from the clusters below must have a Global Diversity Designation
Arts
(5 courses; a minimum of 15 cr.) One of these courses must have a global diversity non-western designation. (GDAN)
Writing I (ENGL1100)
Writing II (ENGL1200)
Art or Music
Literature
Elective
Citizenship
(3 courses; a minimum of 9 cr.) Intro to Sociology meets your global diversity (Western) designation.
History
General Psych (PSY1100)
Intro to Sociology (SOC1100) (GDC)
Science, Math, Technology
(4 courses; a minimum of 12 cr.)
Applied Stats (MATH1700)
Chemistry for the Health Sciences (CHEM1200)
Nutrition (BIOL1650)
Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL1200)
Option C
(4 courses; a minimum of 12 cr.)
Anatomy & Physiology II (BIOL1300)
Survey of Microorganisms (BIOL2700)
Human Growth & Dev (PSY1200)
Selected Elective*
Free Electives
(2 courses; a minimum of 6 cr.)
*Selected Elective can be fulfilled with one of the following courses:
PHIL 2500 Contemporary Ethical Problems
PHIL 2600 Philosophy of Human Nature / Credits
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
58(Total) / Nursing Requirements
NURS2300 Health Assessment
NURS2500 Pathopharmacology I
NURS2600 Pathopharmacology II
NURS2700 Foundations of Nursing
NURS2900 Medical Surgical Nursing I
NURS3200 Mental Health Nursing
NURS3300 Maternal-Newborn Nursing
NURS3400 Medical-Surgical Nursing II
NURS3900 Pediatric Nursing
NURS4000 Nursing Research
NURS4400 Community Health Nursing
NURS4750 Chronic Illness
NURS4800 Selected Practicum
NURS4850 Leadership & Mgmt.
Other Liberal Arts & Sciences Requirements:
**Jr/Sr Writing______( )
**Listening & Speaking______( )
**Computer Literacy______( )
**The Department of the student’s major determines the methods of fulfilling the Jr/Sr Writing, Listening, Speaking, and Computer Literacy requirements.
*Readiness:
Mathematics
Level I: Placement Exam ( ) or
Basic Math I ( )
Level II: Placement Exam ( ) or
Basic Math II ( )

English

Placement Exam ( ) or
Basic College Writing ( )
*Math Readiness Requirement is required of all transfer students. Institutional credit only; does not count toward graduation credits. This requirement must be met prior to entering the Nursing Curriculum.
Courses listed in bold typeface require a minimum grade of 2.5 to progress. / Credits
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
5
3
5
5
9
3
62 (Total)

Revised for fall 2011New LA&S Basic Curriculum Plan/rmb