Nursing RN to BSN (without Associate Degree)
Admission Requirements
Upon completion of a diploma in nursing and passing the NCLEX-RN, Fairleigh Dickinson University will award a minimum of thirty (30) credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. These credits will satisfy the lower division requirements of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s BSN degree. The remaining courses needed to complete the degree requirements outlined below.
Degree Plan
College Requirements (32 credits)
- ART____ Art Elective
- CSCI1105 Computers and Software
- WRIT1002 Composition I: Rhetoric and Inquiry
- WRIT1003 Composition II: Research and Argument
- ENGL1003 Intro to Academic Writing
- HIST____ History Elective
- PHED____ Physical Education
- PHED____ Physical Education
- PSYC1201 General Psychology
- PSYC2201 Psychological Statistics
- SOCI1201 Intro to Sociology
- SPCH1155 Public Speaking
Sciences (16 credits)
- BIOL2203/2223 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Lab
- BIOL2204/2224 Human Anatomy and Physiology II and Lab
- BIOL2125/2126 Microbiology Health Science and Lab
- CHEM1107/1117 Chemistry for Health Science and Lab
University Requirements (6 credits)
Major Requirements (36 credits)
- NURS2007 Pharmacotherapeutics
- NURS2550/2551 Comprehensive Health Assessment and lab
- NURS3208 Healthcare Economics
- NURS3209 Bioethics
- NURS3371 The Professional Nurse in the 21st Century
- NURS4500/4501 Nursing Management of Populations
- NURS4420 Health Care Management
- NURS4430 Critique and Utilization of Nursing Research
- NURS6600 Introduction to Advanced Nursing Practice:Philosophy and Theories
- NURS7702 Advanced Pathophysiology
- NURS____ Elective
A total of 90 credits.
For additional information, please contact:
Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health
Dr. Sylvia Colon Cabassa
201-692-2880 Voice
201-692-2388 Fax