Curriculum

Emory & Henry College takes great pride in the liberal arts foundation. BSN nurses who graduate will have this knowledge base to enhance the perspective of healthcare on a local, national and global level.

Students accepted into the RN to BSN Program will be allowed to transfer in 39 credits achieved through their nursing courses. General education which meet the CORE requirements will be determined according to the courses accepted from previous institutions, (i.e., Anatomy & Physiology, English, etc.). 

The RN to BSN program can be completed both in a one-year accelerated track or in a part-time, two-year program.

The sequencing listed below includes only nursing curriculum courses. Students may be required to take additional CORE courses to complete the liberal arts curriculum.

One-Year Accelerated Track

BSN Course Sequencing (full-time 3-semester option) 

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 206

Global Issues in Healthcare 3

NURS 402

Informatics & Technology

3

NURS 405

Healthcare Policy & Finance 3

NURS 207

Cultural Competency in Healthcare

3
  Total  12 Credit Hours
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 401

Health Assessment  3

NURS 400

Pathophysiology*

3

NURS 403

Evidence-Based Practice & Nursing Research 3

NURS 411

Population & Rural Health 3

NURS 412

Population & Rural Health Clinical Practicum 1
  * Elective                                             Total  10-13 Credit Hours
Summer 1 
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 404

Leadership & Management in Nursing

3

NURS 300

Nursing Ethics

3
NURS 407

RN to BSN Capstone

3
NURS 408

Role Transition to the Nursing Profession

3
  Total  12 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 36

Part-Time Track

BSN Course Sequencing (2-year, 6-semester option)

Sample Course of Study Year 1

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 206

Global Issues in Healthcare

3
NURS 402 Informatics & Technology 3
  Total  6 Credit Hours
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 401

Health Assessment 3
NURS 400

Pathophysiology*

3
  *Elective                               Total  6 Credit Hours
Summer Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 404

Leadership & Management in Nursing 4
NURS 300

Nursing Ethics

3
  Total 7 Credit Hours

Year Two

Fall SEMESTER 2

Course Number

Course Title

Credit Hours

NURS 405

Healthcare Policy & Finance

3
NURS 407

Cultural Concepts in Healthcare

3
  Total 6 Credit Hours
Spring SEMESTER 2
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 403

Evidence-Based Practice & Nursing Research

3
NURS 406

Population & Community Nursing

3
  Total 6  Credit Hours
Summer SEMESTER 2
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours

NURS 407

RN-BSN Capstone

3
NURS 408

Role Transition to the Nursing Profession

3
  Total

6 Credit Hours 

Total Credit Hours 36


**Some of the BSN Major Completion courses do have clinical and lab requirements. Clinical may take place in the hospital or healthcare facility where the student is employed, community agencies throughout the region, and the lab components will be offered at the Health Sciences Campus Clinical Simulation Lab.