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Liberal Studies: 3 History Without Borders/LHST 111 3 Capstone Seminar/NURS 404* Leadership Seminar/NURS 320 __1 40 *NURS 404 fulfills LBST 383 requirements. If NURS 404 is achieved through portfolio, the student must attend a scheduled seminar to fulfill the LBST 383 requirements. III. Completion of 25 credits of nursing pre-requisites: 8 Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II/BIOL 115, 116, 117, 118 4 Physiologic Chemistry and lab/CHEM 105 and 108 4 Microbiology/BIOL 106 & 107 3 Human Growth and Development/PSYC 222 3 Nutrition/DIET 202 3 Statistics/PSYC 211 or SOCI 351 or MATH 213 __ 25 IV. Nursing Credits required: 5 Transition to Professional Nursing/NURS 203 (required) 4 Nursing Research/NURS 308 (required) 3 Nurse Power Politics/*NURS 404 (validation by Portfolio available) 5 Promoting Healthy Communities/ NURS 414 (validation by Portfolio available) 3 Management and Leadership in Nursing/ NURS 408 (validation by Portfolio available) __ 19 *If achieved through portfolio, the student must attend a scheduled seminar to fulfill the LBST 383 requirements. V. Elective Credits: To meet the total 128 degree credits and/or 30 institutional credits. 10 Free electives 9 Nursing electives The student must earn 128 credits to complete the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing degree. The RN to BSN student will have a total of 60 credits in nursing through a combination of articulation credits and those nursing courses taken at Gannon in pursuit of the BSN.
GOLD RN to BSN – Unique Online Program The GOLD RN to BSN program requires students to have an Associate degree in nursing. A total of 128 credit hours is required for this baccalaureate degree. The program consists of 20 credit hours of nursing (some of which qualify as liberal studies core), 16 credit hours of science, 15 credit hours of support courses and 19 credit hours of Gannon’s Liberal Studies core. The remaining credit hours are a combination of transfer credits (up to 32 nursing articulation credits from the student’s Associate degree) and elective credits (9 of which must be nursing related) to total 128 credits. Students may enroll as part-time or full-time students. Three credit courses will be delivered in seven-week sessions; course learning objectives and assessments will remain the same as the face-to-face RN to BSN program. Learning experiences are included in each online course to ensure that total contact hours for the student will meet all regulatory guidelines and be consistent with our face-to-face courses as explained in the next section. There is an expectation that the student will stay current with the course, remain engaged in all learning activities, and seek help in a timely fashion if