Nursing, B.S.

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General: 121 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Core (35 hours)

Standard Core (29 hours)

All Courses approved by the Core Council. See “General Education Requirements.”

College Core (6 hours)

All Courses approved by the Core Council. See “General Education Requirements.”

One of the following:

One of the following: Fine Arts

One of the following: Humanities

One of the following: Social Science

Second Language Proficiency

(none required)

Major (86 hours)

Required Science Courses (12 credits)

Required Lower Level Nursing Courses (34 credits)

Students may have 34 hours of lower level nursing courses waived for having a valid, unencumbered RN license.

Required Upper-Level Nursing Courses (34 credits)

(Students must have a valid RN license or be a recent graduate of an approved nursing program prior to taking these courses)

Students must achieve a C or greater in each of these courses.

One of the following*:

*Please note that the required statistics course is not a business statistics course.

PSYC 2310 - General Psychological Statistics
PSYC 2340 - Statistics and Methods
STAT 2350 - Introduction to Statistical Methods
SOCI 3381 - Social Statistics

One of the following:

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 125 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.

Note: Typically, a BSN student will have 8 upper-level unrestricted elective credits to fulfill.

Upper-level elective options:

The Department of Nursing offers the following upper-level elective options:

Program Progression

Completion of the baccalaureate of science degree in nursing requires a minimum grade of C in all upper-level nursing courses and required core courses. Students who do not successfully complete NURS 3310 may not enroll in additional upper-level nursing courses until a passing grade in NURS 3310 is earned. Students must maintain unencumbered RN licensure, maintain required nursing program documents and forms, and demonstrate professional conduct in the student role. A minimum UA Little Rock cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work attempted at the University must be maintained. The program must be completed in three years from the date of initial enrollment in NURS 3310 .

Integrated Practice Experience Credits (IPE)

Courses which include integrated practice projects (IPP) are three credit hours theory and one credit hour lab.

Graduation Requirements

Minimum UA Little Rock GPA of 2.0.
Grade of C or greater in all required core courses.
Grade of C or greater in of all required upper-level nursing courses.