The RN-to-B.S.N. pathway is designed for working RNs and provides for flexible course scheduling. To qualify for admission, applicants must have graduated from an accredited or state-approved associate degree or diploma program and hold a current unrestricted RN license. Applications must include official RN program transcripts.
The curriculum consists of 134 semester hours: 36 hours of general education, 15 hours of required supporting courses, 45 hours of advanced placement nursing credit, and 38 hours of upper-division nursing courses. Students who do not successfully complete all requirements outlined under the traditional program are required to complete additional coursework in any area of deficiency as determined by the program director. Coursework can be completed through traditional courses or such alternative means as transfer credit; independent study courses; proficiency examinations; and prior learning credit for certificates, licenses or diplomas, noncollegiate or corporate
instruction, experiential learning, and contract learning. Clinical courses can be completed in a convenient location provided that the available health care facilities can provide the clinical experiences necessary to successfully complete all learning outcomes. Program clinical preceptors supervise all clinical experiences. Clinical rotations and preceptors must be approved by the nursing program.
General Education and Supporting
Coursework
Regardless of how you choose to complete the RN-to-B.S.N. curriculum, the first step requires completion of the University’s general education requirements and the program’s required supporting courses with a GPA of 2.5 or better:
ENGL 101 English Composition I 3
ENGL 102 English Composition II 3
COMM 200 Comm in Health Care 3
PHIL 200 Medical Ethics and Law 3
PHIL 201 Intro to Philosophy 3
CIS 115 Fund Computer Applications 3
SOCI 201 Intro to Sociology 3
PSYC 201 Principles of Psychology I 3
PSYC 212 Lifespan Dev Psychology 3
MATH 116 Elementary Statistics 3
CHEM 211 College Chemistry 3
CHEM 211L College Chemistry Lab 1
BIOL 215 Human A&P I 4
BIOL 215L Human A&P I Lab 1
BIOL 216 Human A&P II 4
BIOL 216L Human A&P II Lab 1
BIOL 219 Microbiology 3
BIOL 219L Microbiology Lab 1
Advanced Placement Credit
Students with a current unrestricted RN license receive 45 hours of advanced placement credit for nursing program courses upon the successful completion of a 5-hour transition course, NURS 350. Students can enroll in NURS 350 after completing at least 30 hours of the general education and required supporting courses, including microbiology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, mathematics, English, and sociology. Advanced placement credit is granted for the
following courses:
BIOL 222 Nutrition 3
HLTH 103 Intro to Health Science 2
HLTH 103L Intro to Health Sci Skills Lab 1
HLTH 211 Medical Terminology 3
NURS 111 Medication Math for Nurses 2
NURS 211 Basic Concepts of Nurs 2
NURS 211B Basic Concepts of Nurs Pract 1
NURS 211L Basic Concepts of Nurs Lab 2
NURS 215 Intro to the Nursing Process 3
NURS 222 Nursing Childrearing Family 2
NURS 222L Nursing Childrearing Clinical 2
NURS 223 Nursing Childbearing Family 2
NURS 223L Nursing Childbearing Clinical 2
NURS 301/L Mental Health & Clinical 5
NURS 302/L Young Adult & Clinical 4
NURS 321/L Middle Adult & Clinical 5
NURS 322/L Older Adult & Clinical 4
Upper-Division Nursing Courses
Students complete upper-division nursing courses through independent study, with
up to four months to complete each course with a faculty mentor. You may also be eligible to complete credit through such prior learning assessment methods as challenge testing and portfolio development; consult with the nursing course faculty member and a faculty advisor before registering for the independent study class.
Before beginning clinical courses each student must identify someone willing to serve as a preceptor. Preceptor selections are subject to the program director’s approval; application packets are available in the nursing program office.
NURS 350 Transition to Prof Nursing 5
NURS 212/L Health Assessment and Lab 3
NURS 225 Pathopharmacology 4
NURS 304 Legal Issues in Nursing 2
NURS 330 Nursing Research 2
NURS 401/L Complex Problems & Clinical 6
NURS 402/L Community Hlth & Clinical 6
NURS 420 Leadership in Nursing 3
NURS 421 Professional Trends & Issues 1
NURS 422 Senior Clinical 6
Program delivery and progression are subject to change pending direction by the National League for Nursing and the West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Professional Nurses.
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