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Degree Requirements

This web page contains the most current academic information and degree requirements available. The graduation requirements published in the Whitworth catalog in effect at the time of the student's initial enrollment are those that should be met for completion of an undergraduate-degree program (Click here to view printed catalogs). Students who withdraw from Whitworth and return after an absence of more than one year must meet the graduation requirements in effect at the time of their return; students who return within one year may continue under the requirements in effect at their original enrollment.

In order to obtain a degree, students must meet Whitworth's Requirements for Graduation (Click here to view Whitworth's Requirements for Graduation).

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, B.S. (126)
126 semester credits, including the 95 credits of prerequisite and nursing courses. Completion of Whitworth's general graduation requirements. Oral communication, foreign language and Core 250 or 350 are waived for nursing majors.
Required nursing prerequisites (32)
BI 204   Medical Microbiology 4
BI 220   Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4
BI 221   Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4
CH 101   Introduction to Chemistry 3
CH 101L   Introduction to Chemistry Lab 1
CH 102   Bioorganic Chemistry 3
CH 102L   Bioorganic Chemistry Lab 1
MA 256   Elementary Probability and Statistics 3
NF 315   Nutrition 3
PY 101   Introductory Psychology 3
SO 120   Introduction to Sociology 3
First-aid and CPR certification are required prior to a student registering for courses at ICN.
Required nursing courses (ICN) (66)
NU 308   Professional Development I 2
NU 309   Professional Development II 3
NU 311   Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 4
NU 315   Nursing Practice: Health & Illness 4
NU 316   Introduction to Nursing Practice 2
NU 317   Health Assessment 3
NU 318   Growth and Development Across Life Span 3
NU 322   Human Experience of Diversity and Health 2
NU 324   Nursing Concepts: Acute and Chronic Illness in Adults 4
NU 325   Nursing Practice: Acute and Chronic Illness in Adults 5
NU 328   Introduction to Gerontological Nursing 2
NU 408   Professional Development III 3
NU 409   Professional Development IV 2
NU 414   Child and Family Health: Theory 3
NU 415   Children and Families as the Focus of Nursing Care 3
NU 416   Childbearing Health of the Family 2
NU 417   Nursing Care of Childbearing Families 2
NU 424   Psychiatric/Mental-Health Nursing Concepts 3
NU 425   Nursing Practice: Psychiatric/Mental Health 2
NU 426   Community Health Nursing Theory 2
NU 427   Community Health Nursing Practice 3
NU 430   Senior Practicum 3
Three credits approved upper-division elective (nursing or non-nursing) 3


 

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