The BS in Nursing Science is a unique four-year undergraduate degree awarded by the College of Health Sciences. Students begin with two years of basic science prerequisite courses and UCI general education requirements before completing the upper-level Nursing Science courses in the junior and senior years. Provided here is an example course schedule with some possible general education requirements entered.
| Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Chemistry (4)
Chem 1A |
Chemistry (4)
Chem 1B
Lab (2)
Chem 1LB |
Chemistry (4)
Chem 1C
Lab (2)
Chem 1LC |
Psychology (4)
Psych 7A1 |
Introduction to Human Behavior (4)
Psy Beh P91 |
Economics (4)
Econ 11 |
DNA to Organisms (4)
Bio Sci 93 |
Critical Reading and Rhetoric (4)
English WR 39B3 |
Argument and Research (4)
English WR 39C3 |
| GE/Elective (4) |
GE/Elective (4) |
GE/Elective (4) |
| Summer |
Intro to Nursing and Health Care (2)
Nur Sci 402 (Elective) |
| Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Genetics (4)
Bio Sci 97 |
Biochemistry (4)
Bio Sci 98 |
Molecular Biology (4)
Bio Sci 99 |
Organic Chemistry (4)
Chem 51A |
Biostatistics/Statistics (4)
Bio Sci 7, Math 7, or Statistics 75 |
General Microbiology (4)
Bio Sci M122 |
Introduction to Philosophy (4)
Philos 14 |
Introduction to Ethics (4)
Philos 44 |
Contemporary Moral Problems (4)
Philos 54 |
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GE/Elective (4) |
GE/Elective(4) |
| Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Human Anatomy (4)
Nur Sci 100
Lab (2)
Nur Sci 100L |
Foundations of Professional Practice Practicum (2)
Nur Sci 112LB |
Adult Health Care (4)
Nur Sci 120 |
Human Physiology (4)
Bio Sci E109 |
Research Methods and Applications in Health Care (4)
Nur Sci 125 |
Adult Health Care Practicum (4)
Nur Sci 120L |
Frameworks for Professional Nursing Practice (4)
Nur Sci 110 |
Human Health and Disease (4)
Nur Sci 118 |
Human Behavior and Mental Health Care (4)
Nur Sci 140 |
Foundations of Professional Practice Practicum (2)
Nur Sci 112LA |
Applied Pharmacology (4)
Nur Sci 114 |
Human Behavior and Mental Health Care Practicum (4)
Nur Sci 140L |
| Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Family and Child Health Care (5)
Nur Sci 130 |
Leadership and Management in Health Care (4)
Nur Sci 160 |
Community-based Health Care (4)
Nur Sci 170 |
Family and Child Health Care Practicum (5)
Nur Sci 130L |
Leadership and Management in Health Care Practicum (4)
Nur Sci 160L |
Community-based Health Care Practicum (4
Nur Sci 170L |
Critical and Specialty Health Care (2)
Nur Sci 150 |
Clinical Preceptorship (2)
Nur Sci 175AL |
Clinical Preceptorship (2)
Nur Sci 175BL |
Critical and Specialty Health Care Practicum (2)
Nur Sci 150L |
Scholarly Concentration I (2)
Nur Sci 179I |
Scholarly Concentration II(4)
Nur Sci 179IIW |
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Older Adult Health Care (2)
Nur Sci 135 |
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