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Pre-Nursing Program Tracks

A typical plan of study for the two-and-a-half-year curriculum follows:

Half year (Spring semester)
  SCS 101 College Orientation/Success (first eight weeks) +    1 credit hour
  BiSc 206 Microbiology    3 credit hour
  BuCS 112 Introduction to Computers++ 2 credit hours
  Comm ___ Oral communication course 3 credit hours
  Psy 206 Developmental Psychology 3 credit hours
   
TOTAL
 12 hours
 
Summer
  BiSc 206 Anatomy and Physiology
   as prerequisite for Nursing I		 5 credit hours
 
To be admitted into Nursing I (year one) after completion of half year, applicants must complete the following steps:
  1. File an intent to enter nursing coursework prior to spring midterm;
  2. Successfully complete a minimum of 12 credit hours at Hesston College that fulfill nursing program requirements, including one required science course (Microbiology), unless this course has been previously completed;
  3. Achieve a passing grade (C or above) in the science course taken;
  4. Achieve an overall 3.0 GPA in other (non-science) Hesston College courses that meet nursing program requirements;
  5. Successfully complete Anatomy and Physiology by the beginning of the Nursing I semester; and
  6. If an international student, present a TOEFL score of 550 or a CBT score of 213 by March 1 of half year preceding Nursing I.
 
Year One Fall Semester
  Chem 101 Introductory Chemistry  4 credit hours
  Nutr 216 Principles of Nutrition  3 credit hours
  Nurs 100 Nursing I (Fundamentals and Gerontology) 7 credit hours
  Nurs 107 Nursing Pharmacology I (second eight weeks) 1 credit hour
   
TOTAL
 15 hours
 
Year One Spring Semester
  Engl 125 College Writing  3 credit hours
  Hum ___ Humanities (choice of course) 3 credit hours
  Nurs 102 Nursing II (Maternity and Pediatrics) 7 credit hours
  Nurs 108 Nursing Pharmacology II 1 credit hour
   
TOTAL
 14 hours
 
Year Two Fall Semester
  Nurs 200 Nursing III (Medical/Surgical and Mental Health) 9 credit hours
  Nurs 207 Nursing Pharmacology III 1 credit hour
  Relg 100 Biblical Literature** 3 credit hours
   
TOTAL
 13 hours
 
Year Two Spring Semester
  Nurs 202 Nursing IV (Medical/Surgical and
   Client Care Management) 		 9 credit hours
  Nurs 208 Nursing Pharmacology IV 1 credit hour
  Nurs 290 Integration Seminar 3 credit hours
   
TOTAL
 13 hours

College Algebra or Math Competency Exam must be passed to meet graduation requirements.

Key:
+SCS course waived for suitable transfer course or full-time semester of successful college coursework.

++College course or Computer Competency Exam must be passed to meet graduation requirements.

* Chemistry requirement waived for students who have completed one year of high school chemistry within the past five years (with a grade of C or higher)

** Hesston College Distinctive course that must be taken at Hesston College; transfer
course not accepted

 

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