Flexible Curriculum A significant advantage of the Illinois Wesleyan experience is the ability to pursue a minor in addition to a nursing major. Recommended minors include: • Health — students gain understanding of health issues and self-care practices and choices; • Human Services Management — prepares students for graduate study in business or leadership/management in early staff nursing roles; and • Spanish — prepares students to work with our growing Spanish-speaking population. A BSN with a Spanish minor consists of: six additional Spanish language courses and optional internships utilizing Spanish-speaking skills, a medical Spanish course and study abroad opportunities. The availability of these and other minors gives Illinois Wesleyan nursing graduates many distinct advantages in their postgraduate career search.
Angel Arroyo’s student travel to Nicaragua to provide health care services helped him understand how to make a contribution when he graduated. “The hospital has Doctors Without Borders (an international humanitarian aid organization) and they need nurses to help out,” he said about Loyola Medical Center, where he started his career.
— Angel Arroyo, BSN, Class of 2006
4-4-1 Academic Calendar Illinois Wesleyan’s 4-4-1 academic calendar features a four-week May Term. During May Term, courses emphasize curricular experimentation and are an ideal way to experience studying abroad through a travel course. Students take only one course during May Term, and the School of Nursing typically offers several innovative programs that provide diverse opportunities for extensive work with members of different cultures. In recent years, off-campus programs in May Term have included: • Transcultural Nursing and Health of the Asian-Pacific population in Hawaii; • Spanish Language Study at the Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Mexico; and • Danish and Scandinavia Health Care in Copenhagen, a six-week course of study concluding in June.