R.N. to B.S.N. Pathway for Registered Nurses with a Bachelor’s degree in another field, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
The R.N. to B.S.N. Pathway Program is an accelerated degree-completion program designed for registered nurses who have a bachelor’s degree in another field. This program has been developed to meet the educational needs of students with registered nurse licensure, work experience, and a bachelor’s degree in another field who are returning to college to complete a B.S.N. degree.
The program allows for the transfer of a maximum of 89 credits. To graduate, students must earn a total of 120 credits. The 31 credit nursing core will fulfill residency requirements at Wilmington University. Please note: Wilmington University’s eligibility requirements for graduation with honors include completion of 45 residency credits; therefore, B.S.N. Pathway students that do not elect to complete additional coursework to meet this requirement are ineligible to graduate with honors.
Curriculum
Pre-requisites:
Registered Nurse with a bachelor’s degree in another field
General Education Requirements (39 credits)
(Including a 3-credit Statistics course)
Natural Sciences (12 credits)
(Will require as pre-requisite if not taken as part of prior degree)
A minimum of 12 credits in anatomy and physiology, microbiology, physics, biology, and/or chemistry, must be earned through coursework, transfer credits, or testing (available for anatomy/physiology and microbiology).
Free Electives (8 credits)
Total transfer credits possible: (89 credits)
Upper Division Requirements (28 credits)
NUR 433: Community Learning Experience
NUR 303: The completion of the credentialing process is mandatory for students to continue with the core NUR courses.
Nursing Elective (3 credits)
Choose from the following:
NUR, HLT, HIT, ISM 430, POL 380, SOC 365
Total minimum number of credits at Wilmington University (31 credits)