BSN Curriculum

The BSN curriculum has ten goals and is designed as a four year (180 credit) program: two years of prerequisite course work in general studies prior to two years of professional course work within the nursing major. The final two years of course work are completed on the University of Washington Seattle campus and at clinical sites throughout the state.

Students need a minimum of 180 credits to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. As of Summer 2008 the required credits in the nursing curriculum total 91; thus 89 credits must be earned through general education, nursing prerequisite courses, and elective courses (for students who started the program prior to 2008, the credits in the curriculum total 90). Students may opt to earn over 180 credits, including NMETH 499: Undergraduate Research/Independent Study, where students pursue independent scholarly inquiry on a specific nursing problem under supervision of a faculty sponsor.

YEAR ONE

Quarter 1 - Autumn

NCLIN 302* Practicum: Health Assessment - 4 credits
NCLIN 306 Practicum: Basic Skills of Nursing Practice - 4 credits
NURS 304 Human Responses I - 3 credits
NURS 301 Clinical Applications of Anatomy and Physiology - 3 credits
NURS 309 Pharmacotherapeutics in Nursing Practice I - 2 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 16


Quarter 2 - Winter

NURS 401 Care in Illness I - 5 credits
NCLIN 402 Practicum: Care in Illness I - 4 credits
NURS 308 Human Responses II - 3 credits
NURS 310 Pharmacotherapeutics in Nursing Practice II - 3 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 15


Quarter 3 - Spring

NURS 405 Care in Illness II - 5 credits
NCLIN 406 Practicum: Care in Illness II - 4 credits
NURS 303 Foundations of Professional Nursing - 3 credits
NURS 407* Cultural Variation and Nursing Practice - 3 credits

NURS 404 Gerontological Nursing - 2 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 17
[Honors Program Students also take NURS 499H Honors Seminar -
1 credit for total of 16 credits]**


YEAR TWO

Quarter 4/5*** - Autumn

NURS 415 Nursing of Families: Childbearing and Childrearing - 5 credits
NCLIN 416 Practicum: Nursing of Families - 4 credits
NMETH 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing - 3 credits
NURS 410 Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice - 3 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 15
[Honors Program Students also take NURS 499H Honors Seminar/
NMETH 499H Honors Thesis, 1-3 credits for total of 16-18 credits]**
***Half of senior class completes courses listed above in Quarter 4, followed by those in Quarter 5; the other half of the class completes courses listed under Quarter 5, followed by those listed in Quarter 4.


Quarter 4/5***- Winter

NURS 417 Psychosocial Nursing in Health and Illness - 3 credits
NCLIN 418 Practicum: Psychosocial Nursing - 4 credits
NCLIN 409 Partnerships in Community Health - 6 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 13
[Honors Program Students also take NURS 499H Honors Seminar/
NMETH 499H Honors Thesis, 1-3 credits for total of 14-16 credits]**
***Half of senior class completes courses listed above in Quarter 4, followed by those in Quarter 5; the other half of the class completes courses listed under Quarter 5, followed by those listed in Quarter 4.


Quarter 6 - Spring
NCLIN 411 Transition to Professional Practice - 12 credits
NURS 412 Health Care Systems - 3 credits
TOTAL CREDITS - 15
[Honors Program Students also take NURS 499H Honors Seminar/
NMETH 499H Honors Thesis, 1-3 credits for total of 16-18 credits]**


TOTAL CREDITS IN NURSING PROGRAM - 90 credits

*NURS 302, NURS 404, NURS 407 and NMETH 403 are currently offered in the Summer Quarter as well as during the regular academic year. Students accepted to the program have the option of completing these courses in the Summer Quarter prior to when they occur during the regular academic year.
**All BSN students are invited to apply to the BSN Honors Program. Students who have already begun the honors program in Arts and Sciences as a lower division student are invited to apply to the BSN Honors Program their first quarter in the Nursing Program. All other students in the BSN program are invited to apply to the BSN Honors Program in their second quarter.