Nursing - B.S.N. Program Requirements Download to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
2. Students who do not choose MATH 10041 will need to take a Kent Core Additional course.
3. Students who have successfully completed ATTR/EXSC 25057/25058 Human Anatomy and Physiology I/II with a minimum C (2.000) grade may use those courses in place of BSCI 21010 AND BSCI 21020.
4. Student may substitute CHEM 10054 General and Elementary Organic Chemistry for CHEM 10050. Minimum C (2.0) grade is required. Both courses fulfill the Kent Core.
5. Students in the RN BSN concentration may take any Kent Core Mathematics course.

Program Note:

• Minimum C (2.000) grade is required in all specified NURS, BSCI, CHEM and Kent Core MATH courses.
• Students not declaring the BSN for Registered Nurses concentration must earn a combined minimum 2.750 GPA in BSCI 21010 and 21020 (or BSCI 20020 or 30518) and BSCI 20021 (or BSCI 30171)  and CHEM 10060 (or CHEM 10055 or 10050 or 10060 or 10960 or 10961).

Additional Major Requirements

Students declaring the BSN for Registered Nurses concentration should instead take the requirements listed under that concentration. Accelerated/Second-degree students take NURS 25010 Introduction to Accelerated Nursing instead of NURS 10060 and NURS 20010.

BSN for Registered Nurses concentration

Registered nurse students take the same 36 credits of Kent Core and 19 credits of foundational courses that are required of all BSN  students. Once RN/BSN students enter the BSN for Registered Nurses concentration, they take 27 credits of nursing courses specially designed for the RN and a 3 credit upper-division health care or nursing elective. After successful completion of Nursing 41000, Concepts and Issues for Professional Nursing Practice, the BSN for Registered Nurses student receives up to 33 University credits in nursing following the Ohio Nursing Articulation Model. Students must have 122 credits to graduate.

1. BSN for Registered Nurse students will receive credit for up to 33 University semester hours of nursing courses upon completion of NURS 41000 Concepts and Issues in Professional Nursing Practice.

Progression
The student must complete all nursing courses with a 2.000 grade point average or higher. The student may not repeat any clinical course more than one time and no more than two clinical courses may be repeated. Students attaining two failures in clinical nursing courses are automatically dismissed from the nursing program. A grade of C (2.000) must be obtained on repeat to avoid dismissal from the nursing program.

Graduation
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is granted to registered nurses who complete the planned program of study with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.000 (C) and a minimum of 2.000 in each nursing course. Students also need to meet all other university requirements for graduation and complete a minimum of 30 semester hours at Kent State University.