Nursing, BSN

First Year *

• BIOL 141 - Cell Biology and Genetics for the Health Sciences
• BIOL 207 - Medical Microbiology
• CHEM 115 - Chemistry for the Health Sciences
• DATA 101 - Data Science for Everyone
• ENGL 101 - Written Rhetoric
• IDIS 106 - Introduction to Health Professions
• PSYC 151 - Introductory Psychology: Perspectives on the Self
• SOC 151 - Sociological Principles and Perspectives
• STAT 143 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

• OR STAT 145 - Biostatistics 

• Developing a Christian Mind interim
• arts core
• physical education core

Second Year *

• BIOL 205 - Human Anatomy
• BIOL 206 - Human Physiology
• PSYC 201 - Developmental Psychology: Lifespan
• HE 254 - Nutrition
• Philosophical foundations core
• Literature core
• Biblical/theological foundations core
• History of the west and the world core
• Rhetoric in culture core
• Physical education core
• Interim elective

Note *

Students are required to have either two years of high school foreign language with grades of C or better or one year of college level foreign language. If a student needs to take a foreign language at Calvin, it should be taken during the first or second year.

Third Year

• NURS 307 - Theory: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 308 - Strategies: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 309 - Practicum: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 327 - Theory: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents
• NURS 328 - Strategies: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents
• NURS 329 - Practicum: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents
• Electives (0-8)
• Interim elective (3)

Fourth Year

• NURS 357 - Theory: Young, Middle, and Older Adults
• NURS 358 - Strategies: Young, Middle, and Older Adults
• NURS 359 - Practicum: Young, Middle, and Older Adults
• NURS 377 - Theory: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management
• NURS 378 - Strategies: Synthesis of Nursing Care across the Lifespan
• NURS 379 - Practicum: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management
• NURS 380 - Critical Reflections
• Electives (0-8)

Note:

The formal requirements for a Calvin bachelor’s degree include the following: Successful completion of 124 semester hours, completion of three interim courses of three credit hours or more, completion of the designated program of study and the designated core, and a minimum grade point average of 2.0 both overall and in the program of concentration.