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Fitchburg State College
Admissions Office
160 Pearl Street
Fitchburg , MA 01420

Phone: 978.665.3144
Fax: 978.665.4540
Email: admissions@fsc.edu

 

Undergraduate Curriculum

Pre-Nursing Major

Math Readiness Requirement: All Pre-nursing majors must achieve a grade of 82 or above on the Accuplacer Math Readiness Exam or a grade of 2.0 or better in Basic Math II as a prerequisite to entering the nursing major.

First Year

BIOL1200 Anatomy & Physiology I 4 BIOL1300 Anatomy & Physiology II 4
CHEM1100 Pre-Biochemistry I 4 CHEM1200 Elements of Human Biochemistry & Organic Chemisty 4
PSY1100 General Psychology or Introduction of Sociology 3 SOC1100 Introduction to Sociology or General Psychology 3
ENGL1100 Writing I 3 ENGL1200 Writing II 3
  Elective 3   Elective 3
    17     17

Nursing Major

Second Year

NURS2700 Foundations of Nursing 4 NURS2900 Medical-Surgical Nursing I 5
NURS2500 Pathopharmacology I 3 NURS2600 Pathopharmacology II 3
NURS2300 Health Assessment 3 BIOL2700 Survey of Microorganisms 3
BIOL1650 Nutrition or Elective 3 BIOL1650 Nutrition or Elective 3
PSY2200 Human Growth & Development 3      
    16     14

 

Third Year

NURS3200 Mental Health Nursing 5 NURS3300 Maternal-Newborn Nursing 5
NURS3400 Medical Surgical Nursing II 5 NURS3900 Pediatric Nursing 5
  Elective 3 MATH1700 Applied Statistics 3
  Elective 3   Elective 3
    16     16
           

 

Fourth Year

NURS4750 Chronic Illness 5 NURS4800 Selective Practicum 10
NURS4400 Community Health Nursing 5 NURS4850 Nursing Leadership & Management 2
NURS4000 Nursing Research 2      
           
    12     12

 

120 Total Credits

(62 Nursing/58 LA&S)

All Nursing majors, including transfer students, must meet the math Readiness Requirement.  Refer to notation under Pre-Nursing Major

 

 

Revised August, 2008