AO BSN: Curriculum
Fast-track into the Nursing Profession
The Accelerated Second Degree BSN program is a full-time, four semester, 14-month program designed for students who have completed a bachelor's degree or higher in another field.
Building on the student's prior educational foundation, the program combines classroom and experiential learning on an accelerated timeline. Accelerated Second Degree students begin clinical courses within their first semester.
This program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and is approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing. Graduates qualify to take the NCLEX-RN, the licensure examination for eligibility to become a registered nurse.
Courses: Effective Summer 2016
| NUR 205*: | Introduction to Professional Nursing |
| NUR 322*: | Nursing Care of Acute and Chronically Ill Patients I |
| NUR 324*: | Health Promotion and Disease and Illness Prevention I |
| NUR 332*: | Nursing Care of Acute and Chronically Ill Patients II |
| NUR 334*: | Health Promotion and Disease and Illness Prevention II |
| NUR 371*: | Behavioral Health Nursing |
| NUR 375: | Research and Evidence-Based Practice |
| NUR 436*: | Nursing Care of Children and Their Families |
| NUR 437*: | Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family |
| NUR 445*: | Nursing Care of Acute and Critically Ill |
| NUR 460*: | Leadership in Clinical Practice |
| NUR 471*: | Public Health Nursing |
| NUR 475: | Ethical Practice |
| NUR 481: | Scholarship and Nursing Practice |
* Clinical Courses
Courses: Summer 2015 and prior
Applications are no longer being acccepted for this curriculum
| PHM 350: | Pharmacology |
| NUR 330*: | Health Assessment and Nursing Therapeutics |
| NUR 340: | Foundations of Nursing Practice |
| NUR 360*: | Acute Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults |
| NUR 370*: | Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing |
| NUR 435*: | Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family |
| NUR 440*: | Nursing Care of Children, Adolescents and their Families |
| NUR 450: | Level III Integrative Seminar |
| NUR 460*: | Leadership Clinical Immersion |
| NUR 470*: | Community and Population Health Nursing |
| NUR 480: | Role Transition Seminar |
* Clinical Courses
