Other Course Requirements for the Degree
The following non-NURS courses, or equivalents, are also required for the Traditional BSN degree, however, these courses are not required for admission to the Traditional BSN program. Students are advised to complete an approved Intro to Psychology course and an approved Growth and Development course, across the lifespan, prior to starting the Nursing program.
The degree requires 133 units, of which 40 must be upper-division units. Please be aware of the 70 unit limit for community college coursework, which can be applied towards the total units needed to graduate. All CSU-eligible community college coursework transfers and all such grades get calculated into your overall GPA, but a maximum of 70 community college units can be applied towards the 133 units needed to graduate. Actual NURS coursework at CSUSM for this degree will total 66 units, of which 30 will be upper-division units, as of the Fall 2011 degree requirements. In addition, students must complete 9 upper-division GE units at CSUSM, as listed below.
|
CSUSM Course |
GE |
Course Title |
Units |
| Any C1 Course |
C1 |
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| Any C2 Course | C2 | 3 | |
| C1 or C2 Additional Course | Additional Area C | 3 | |
| PSYC 100 | D | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
| ANTH 200 | D | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| HD 101 | D7 | Human Development Across the Lifespan |
3 |
| SOC 303 | E | Family and Intimate Relationships |
3 |
| American Institutions | US-1, US-2, US-3 | 3-6 | |
| Univ. Language Other Than English Requirement (LOTER) |
0-15 | ||
| BIOL 323 or other course if LD Nutrition met |
UD GE - must be taken at CSUSM |
Physiology of Nutrition and Disease |
3 |
| PHIL 345 | UD GE - must be taken at CSUSM |
Bioethics & Medical Ethics |
3 |
| ANTH 301 | UD GE - must be taken at CSUSM |
Culture & Medicine Healers |
3 |
