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Non-Nursing Coursework

In addition to the upper division nursing courses, students admitted to the RN-BSN program are required to complete the following non-nursing requirements.

• 17 credit hours in Math/Science
• 6 credit hours in English Composition
• 3 credit hours in general psychology
• 6 credit hours in Social Science electives
• 30 credit hours in Lower division nursing courses**
• 3 credit hours in Statistics
• 3 credit hours in Communications electives
• 6 credit hours in Humanities elective
• 12 credit hours in general electives

**In most cases, Lower division nursing courses are not transfer equivalents to PNW upper division nursing classes.

General Information for Non-Nursing Courses

• Statistics and English Composition II are pre-requisites to NUR 39000
• Additional elective program requirements are not pre-requisites to NUR courses. They can be completed at any time while enrolled in the program and taken simultaneously with NUR courses.
• Please email your academic advisor with questions regarding the program requirements.
• Students may satisfy some/ most of these requirements with transfer credit upon admission.
• All non-nursing courses are 5 weeks unless noted by * which indicates it is a 10 week accelerated course.
• All non-nursing courses are 3 credit hours – with the exception of NUR 39900 which is 1 credit hour

Choosing your Non-Nursing Courses

Purdue University Northwest non-nursing courses can be found on the Registration/Course Offerings for RN-BSN Program

• COM 11400 – Speech Communication- Communication/Humanities/ Elective – 5 weeks
• COM 21400 – Interpersonal Communication – Communication/Humanities/ Elective – 5 weeks
• COM 32500— Principles of Interviewing – Communication/Humanities/ Elective – 5 weeks
• ENGL 10500 —English Composition II — 10 weeks *
• FN 30300 – Essentials of Nutrition – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• HDFS 21000—Human Growth & Development  – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• HIST 39000— Historical Health Issues – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• PHIL 11100—Philosophy of Ethics-  Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• POL 10100 – Intro to American Government – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• POL 39000— Healthcare and the Constitution – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• PSY25200— Health Psychology for Nurses – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective—5 weeks
• SPAN 11000 – Spanish for Healthcare 1 – Humanities/Social Science/ Elective – 5 weeks
• SPAN 11100 – Spanish for Healthcare 2 – Humanities / Social Science/ Elective – 5 weeks
• SOC 38200—Statistics Methods— 10 weeks *

Transferring in Non-nursing Courses

Students may choose courses from other schools to transfer toward non-nursing program requirements. Once courses have been chosen, students may email their academic advisor with the following information to review that the course would fulfill program requirements:

• name of the school
• course number and title
• course description (including credit hours) from college catalog