Degree Requirements 2008-2009 Catalog Year

1. FGCU General Education Program (GEP) (36 hrs)
Visit the General Education Program web site for more information: http://www.fgcu.edu/general_education/

1. Communication (6 hrs)
2. Mathematics (6 hrs) 
   1. Select STA 2023
3. Humanities (9 hrs)
4. Social Sciences (6-9 hrs) 
   1. Select PSY 2012
   2. Select SYG 2000
5. Natural Sciences (6-9 hrs) 
   1. Select BSC 1085C
   2. Select CHM 1045C

2. Common Prerequisites 

• BSC X085C or any Human Anatomy & Physiology I or Human Anatomy
  [BSC 1085C recommended]
• BSC X086C or any Human Anatomy & Physiology II or Human Physiology
  [BSC 1086C recommended]
  CHM XXXX must be comprehensive College General Chemistry (such as CHM X030 or CHM X032) but NOT lower level principles courses (such as CHM X025)
  [CHM 1045C or CHM 1045/1045L recommended]
• DEP X004 or any Human Growth & Development Across Life Span
  [DEP 2004 or HUS 3020 recommended]
• HUN X201 or NUR X192 or any Human Nutrition
  [HSC 2577 recommended]
• MCB X010C or any Microbiology w/ Lab
  [MCB 2010C Microbiology recommended]
• PSY X012 or any General Psychology
  [PSY 2012 recommended]
• STA X014 or any Statistics course
  [STA 2023 recommended]
• SYG X000 or any Intro to Sociology
  [SYG 2000 recommended]

3. Interdisciplinary College Core (12 hrs)

• IHS 3101 Shaping Health Care in the 21st Century (3) (BSN-FTIN only)
• IHS 3203 Management and Leadership in Health Care Organizations (3)
• IHS 4504 Research Methods in Health Care (3)
• IHS 4938 Senior Seminar (3)

4. Requirements in the Nursing Major (49 hrs) 

• NUR 3065C Health Assessment: Basis for Professional Practice (3)
• NUR 3105C Caring Scholar Clinician (5)
• NUR 3125 Physiological Responses to Alterations in Health (3)
• NUR 3145 Pharmacological, Herbal, & Nutritional Therapies (3)
• NUR 3465C Population Based Care: Special Populations (6)
• NUR 3525C Population Based Care: Mental Health Nursing (3)
• NUR 3935 Nursing Elective (3)
• NUR 4636C Community Partnered Care (5)
• NUR 4756C Population Based Care: Vulnerable Populations (5)
• NUR 4767C Crisis Based Care (5)
• NUR 4826C Issues Based Care (5)
• NUR 4948L Senior Nursing Practicum (3)

5. University Requirements (3 hrs)

• IDS 3920 University Colloquium (3)

6. Additional Electives (variable)
Additional electives may be required to reach a minimum of 124 credit hours for the baccalaureate degree.

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED 124 HRS

Progression Standards
Students in this program must meet specific progression requirements.  See the B.S.N. Student Guidebook for details.

Additional Graduation Requirements

• Students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 124 credit hours, including 64 credit hours of upper division coursework.
• Completion of all required nursing (NUR) and College of Health Professions Interdisciplinary Core (IHS) courses with a minimum grade of C (61 credits).
• A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
• At least 31 of the last 60 hours must be completed at FGCU.
• Satisfy CLAST, Gordon Rule writing and computation, and foreign language entrance requirements.
• Satisfy Service Learning requirement. See http://www.fgcu.edu/connect/