Minimum Total Number of Units 128 units
* General Psychology, Human Anatomy, Survey of Human Physiology, and Microbiology are prerequisites to the third semester (Nursing Module #1); Human Anatomy and Human Physiology must be taken together in the same semester.
*** Prerequisite to NURS 322 .
# BRN requirement for NCLEX. Can be taken anytime in the program.
+ Must be taken before the third semester, Nursing Module #1.
Rhetoric and Composition Courses
Must be completed by the 5th semester (first Junior semester, Nursing Module #3) and may only be taken at USF
Successful completion of a nursing support course or a nursing major course is defined as a final course grade of “C” or better. Students who earn less than a “C” in any one of these course must repeat the course and earn a “C” or better in the second attempt.
Students who earn less than a “C” in any two (2) of these courses will be disqualified from the nursing program.
As undergraduate students enroll in the above courses, they may also enroll in any of the CORE courses listed below to insure that they retain their full-time student status (12 credits per semester).
# Sociology 4 credits (preferably SOC 150 - Intro to Sociology )
(A) Public Speaking - 4 Units
(A) Advanced Written Communication - 4 Units
(B) Math 101: Statistical Reasoning - 4 Units
Natural Science - 4 Units (met by Survey of Human Physiology)
(C) Literature - 4 Units
(C) Humanities: History - 4 Units
(D) Theology and Religious Studies- 4 Units
(D) Philosophy - 4 Units
(D) Ethics - 4 Units
(E) Social Sciences - 4 Units (met by General Psychology and/or Sociology)
(F) Fine Arts - 4 Units
