Curriculum Plan

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE NURSING

FOR STUDENTS MEETING 2015-16 AND AFTER CATALOG REQUIREMENTS
Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

4
3

*HDFS 210 Lifespan Development

MICR 231/231L General Microbiology/Lab
NUTR 315 Human Nutrition
BIOL 325/325L Physiology/Lab
*SGR Goal 4 Humanities & Arts/Diversity
Total Semester Credits

3
4
3
4
3

Pre-Requisites
*CHEM 106/106L or CHEM 112/112L
**PSYC 101 General Psychology
*MATH 102, 103, 115, 120, 121, 123,
125, 225, or MATH/STAT 281
*ENGL 101 Composition I
**IGR Goal 1 (NURS 109 First-Year Seminar)
Total Semester Credits

3
3
2

3
5
3
4
1

Total Semester Credits

16

SEMESTER 2
NURS 334 Patient-Centered Care Concepts II
NURS 335 Clinical Application II
NURS 358 Nsg Principles & Application II:
Interventions
PHA 321 Pharmacology
Total Semester Credits

17

Nursing Major

15

*SOC 100, 150, or 240

*CHEM 108/L (5cr) or CHEM 114/L (4cr+1cr elective)
*SPCM 101 or 215
#BIOL 221/221L Human Anatomy/Lab
NURS 201 Medical Terminology (elective, online)

Junior Year

SEMESTER 1
NURS 234 Patient-Centered Care Concepts I
NURS 235 Clinical Application I
NURS 258 Nursing Principles & Application I:
Assessment and Interventions
NURS 272 Professional Nursing Concepts I
NURS 323 Pathophysiology
ENGL 201 Composition II
Total Semester Credits

2
2
3
2
3
3
15

Senior Year

SEMESTER 4
NURS 434 Patient-Centered Care Concepts IV
NURS 435 Clinical Application IV
NURS 444 Pop-Centered Care Concepts
HSc 452 Interprofessional Issues in Health Care (online)
*SGR Goal 4 Humanities & Arts/Diversity

4
3
3
2
3

15

Total Semester Credits

15

5
4
3

SEMESTER 3
NURS 344 Patient-Centered Care Concepts III
NURS 345 Clinical Application III
NURS 360 Research and Evidence Based Practice
NURS 372 Professional Nursing Concepts II
Elective

5
4
3
2
1

Total Semester Credits

15

SEMESTER 5
NURS 472 Professional Nursing Concepts III
NURS 495 Practicum: Capstone
Elective
Total Semester Credits

5
4
3
12

Courses in bold must be completed or in progress at the time of application to the Nursing Major.
*System General Education Requirement (SGR)
**SDSU Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGR)
# Must have 30 credits completed or 30 cumulative credits in progress, AND 3.0+ GPA, AND B or higher in CHEM 106 or 112 to take BIOL 221/L
Pre-nursing courses (determine pre-nursing GPA): CHEM 106/106L or 112/112L, 108/108L or 114/114L; HDFS 210; NUTR 315; MICR 231/231L;
PSYC 101; SOC 100, 150, or 240; BIOL 221/221L, 325/325L; MAJOR: NURS 234, 235, 258, 272, 323, 334, 335, 358, 344, 345, 360, 373, 434, 435, 444, 472, 495
Six credits of SGR #4 Humanities & Arts are required in 2 disciplines or a sequence of modern language courses
A total of 120 credits are required for graduation
Students who have failed (D or F) 2 or more of the pre-nursing science courses (CHEM 106/106L or 112/112L, 108/108L or 114/114L; MICR 231/231L;
BIOL 221/221L; BIOL 325/325L), within the past 5 years, will not be admitted to the nursing major.
Students who have failed (D or F) one pre-nursing course (CHEM 106/106L or 112/112L; CHEM 108/108L or 114/114L; HDFS 210; NUTR 315; MICR 231/231L;
PSYC 101; BIOL 221/221L; BIOL 325/325L; one of the following: SOC 100, 150, or 240) repeated and failed the same course a second time, within the past 5 years,
will not be admitted to the Nursing Major.
Students who have taken Anatomy or Physiology more than seven years prior to their admission date will be required to update these courses.
Both a 2.7 cumulative GPA and 2.7 pre-nursing GPA are required at the time of application and admission to the Nursing Major.
A grade of C or higher is required is ALL courses used to meet graduation requirements.

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