Pre-Licensure Track
Overview
The Department of Nursing offers a traditional four-year baccalaureate pre-licensure track designed to equip students with a comprehensive nursing education. This track emphasizes the application of nursing theory, health promotion and management of physiological adaptation. The integration of theoretical and empirical knowledge from both nursing and the liberal arts and sciences builds a solid foundation for professional nursing practice. The traditional four-year baccalaureate pre-licensure track fosters critical thinking and decision-making skills, and the development of leadership abilities suitable for entry-level professional practice.
The focus of this traditional four-year baccalaureate pre-licensure track is to provide students with a professional nursing education that inspires a spirit of inquiry and a commitment to lifelong learning and reflective practice.
Pre-licensure Track Admission Requirements
Freshmen (Fall Entry)
To be considered for direct entry into the pre-licensure track, students must meet the following criteria:
- SAT: 1050 or higher (super score) or ACT: 21 or higher
- Cumulative high school GPA of 85 (3.0) or higher
Freshmen Transfer Students (Spring Entry)
The Department of Nursing will consider students who have completed their first semester of college and would like to transfer in the spring semester. To become a candidate for direct entry into the Nursing Program for spring entry, students must meet the following criteria:
- SAT: 1050 or higher (super score) or ACT: 21 or higher
- Cumulative college GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Must earn a grade of "C" or higher in BIO-1140, BIO-1141 and MAT-1105 prior to the fall semester
Transfer Students (Fall Entry)
To become a candidate for entry into the Nursing Program for the Fall semester, transfer students must meet the following minimum criteria:
- SAT: 1050 or higher (super score) or ACT: 21 or higher*
- Cumulative college GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Grade of C or higher in all required math and science classes:
o BIO-1140 (Anatomy & Physiology I)
o BIO-1141 (Anatomy & Physiology II)
o MAT-1105 (College Algebra)
- At least 29 credits toward General Education Program requirements
- Students will also be required to pass the following courses with a grade of C or higher upon entry in the Fall semester, if they have not already successfully completed these courses:
o MAT-2301 (Statistics)
o CHE-1105 (Chemistry for the Health Sciences)
o BIO-3300 (Microbiology)
Transfer Students (Spring Entry)
To become a candidate for entry into the Nursing Program for the Spring semester, students must meet the following criteria:
- SAT: 1050 or higher (super score) or ACT: 21 or higher*
- Cumulative college GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Grade of C or higher in all required math and science classes:
- BIO-1140 (Anatomy & Physiology I)
- BIO-1141 (Anatomy & Physiology II)
- MAT-1105 (College Algebra)
- MAT-2301 (Statistics)
- CHE-1105 (Chemistry for the Health Sciences)
- BIO-3300 (Microbiology)
- At least 35 credits toward General Education Program requirements
*Exception: The Department of Nursing will consider transfer students who do not meet the standardized test score requirement but have a transfer GPA of 3.5 or higher and meet all other requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Program | ||
| Understanding College (FS) | 1 | |
| Writing and Presentation (WRI1 & OC1) | 6 | |
| Mathematics (QR1) | 4 | |
| College Algebra | ||
| Information Literacy, Media, and Research (ITML) | 3 | |
| Creative Voices across Cultures (HCE) | 6 | |
| Science at Work (NPW) | 8 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology 1 | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 1 Laboratory | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology 2 Laboratory | ||
| Ethics, Reality and Logic (PEM) | 6 | |
| Individual and Societies (SEH) | 6 | |
| Principles of Sociology | ||
| Life-Span Development | ||
| Our World, Past and Present (WHG) | 6 | |
| Personal Wellness (FH) | 2-3 | |
| Religion and Culture (RS) | 3 | |
| Survey of the World's Religions | ||
| Nursing Major | ||
| NUR-2221 | Introduction to Nursing Therapeutic Skills | 3 |
| NUR-3001 | Nursing Informatics | 3 |
| NUR-3311 | Introduction to Geriatric Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-3323 | Physical Assessment | 4 |
| NUR-3334 | Nursing Care of the Adult-Lecture | 5 |
| NUR-3335 | Nursing Care of the Adult-Clinical | 3 |
| NUR-3336 | Nursing Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR-3423 | Leadership and Management | 3 |
| NUR-3450 | Nursing Pharmacology | 3 |
| NUR-3501 | Nursing Seminar I | 1 |
| NUR-4423 | Community Health Nursing (clinical) | 4 |
| NUR-4424 | Community Health Nursing (lecture) | 3 |
| NUR-4440 | Critical Care Medical Surgical Nursing Lecture | 4 |
| NUR-4444 | End of Life Care | 3 |
| NUR-4446 | Psychiatric Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-4446C | Clinical: Psychiatric Nursing | 2 |
| NUR-4447 | Nursing Care of Child & Family Clinical | 3 |
| NUR-4448 | Nursing Care of Child & Family Lecture | 4 |
| NUR-4449 | Critical Care Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical | 4 |
| NUR-4502 | Nursing Seminar II | 1 |
| NUR-4600 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| MAT-2301 | Statistics | 3 |
| BIO-3300 | Microbiology | 3 |
| BIO-3300L | Microbiology Laboratory | 1 |
| CHE-1105 | Chemistry for Health Sciences | 3 |
| CHE-1105L | Chemistry for Health Science Laboratory | 1 |
| Total Hours | 127-128 | |
In keeping with our mission at St. Francis College, the courses you take courses across the liberal arts ensure that you are well-rounded, able to engage in meaningful thought and conversation both within and outside of your area of expertise, and building a foundation for future success by deepening and broadening your knowledge. Building on First Year Foundations and augmenting your major field of study, the combination of courses in the Bodies of Knowledge prepares you to meet the challenges the world presents to you with intelligence, clarity, and empathy. They will equip you to solve complex problems, contribute to your community, and improve the world you inhabit.
Institutional Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate sensitivity to creative expression
- Communicate ideas and information through written, oral, visual and digital media
- Employ critical and analytical skills
- Value diverse perspectives of the human experience
- Implement information, technology and media literacy
- Demonstrate quantitative literacy
Foundation Courses- First Year College (13-14 credits)
St. Francis College’s mission, emphasizing Franciscan education, highlights access and opportunities for all students. In your first year at SFC, you will combine key skill development with courses in the liberal arts and in your areas of interest. Each of these courses and categories is essential to your success in college and beyond. Our First Year Foundations program ensures that all students will be equitably prepared to excel and achieve their goals.
Bodies of Knowledge (35 credits)
At St. Francis College, our Franciscan mission states that we “educate the whole person for a full, relational life.” This means that we strive, by making certain you take courses across the liberal arts, to ensure that you are well-rounded, able to engage in meaningful thought and conversation both within and outside of your area of expertise, and create success by deepening and broadening your knowledge. Building on First Year Foundations and augmenting your major field of study, the combination of courses in the Bodies of Knowledge prepare you to meet the challenges the world presents to you with intelligence, clarity, and empathy. They will equip you to solve complex problems, contribute to your community, and improve the world you inhabit.