Nursing B.S.
2006-2007 Degree Requirements Checklist

128-130 Semester Hours

To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, a student must complete 128-130 Semester Hours, must complete the general and specific requirements for a baccalaureate degree at UH Hilo, and must satisfy the following Pre-Nursing, Pre-Core, and Nursing degree requirements. Note: NURS 350 meets the UH Hilo Hawaiian/Asian/Pacific graduation requirement. NURS 351, NURS 410, and NURS 457 meet the Writing Intensive college requirement.

Pre-Nursing/General Education Requirements (51 Semester Hours)

Written Communications (3 Semester Hours)

One of the following:
Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 ENG 100 Expository Writing
3
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 ENG 100T Expository Writing with Tutorial Assistance
3
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 ESL 100 Expository Writing for Non-Native Speakers
3

Quantitative Reasoning (3 Semester Hours)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 Math 100 or higher Survey of Mathematics or other math course (Note: Math 121 Statistics, meets this requirement). Pass with "C" or better grade.
3

World Cultures (6 Semester Hours)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 ANTH 100 Cultural Anthropology
3
    AND one other within this category:  
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 AG 230 Sustainable Agriculture
3
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 ENG 253 World Literature
3
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 ENG 254 World Literature
3
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 GEOG 102 Geography of World Regions
3
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 HIST 151 World Civilization
3
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 HIST 152 World Civilization
3
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 KIND 240 Culture Revitalization Movements
3

Humanities (9 Semester Hours at 100-200 level)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 COM 151 Introduction to Communication
3

AND two other courses within this category (must be from different disciplines):

Art, English, Hawaiian Studies and Indigenous Studies, Languages, Linguistics, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religious Studies

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3
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3

Social Sciences (9 Semester Hours at 100-200 level)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 PSY 100 Survey of Psychology
3

AND two other courses within this category (must be from different disciplines):

Anthropology, Business Administration (BUS 100 only), Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies (Note: SOC 280, Statistics, meets this requirement)

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3
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3

Natural Sciences (21 Semester Hours at 100-200 level from 3 separate disciplines, including 3 labs)

All Natural Sciences courses must be passed with "C" or better. A 2.7 GPA for all courses listed as a Natural Science degree requirement for admission to the BSN program.
Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 BIOL 243-243L Human Anatomy and Physiology with Laboratory I
3, 1
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 BIOL 244-244L

Human Anatomy and Physiology with Laboratory II

3, 1
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 BIOL 275-275L Fundamentals of Microbiology with Laboratory
3, 1
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 CHEM 114*-no lab Introductory Chemistry
3
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 CHEM 141-no lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
3
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 NURS 203 General Pharmacology
3
* May be waived if student received at least a "B" grade in high school chemistry. High school transcript and Modification of Academic Requirement form required.

Pre-Core (9-10 Semester Hours)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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   Statistics: Take one of the following (Certain statistics courses may be applied toward General Education area requirements).
PSY 213 Statistical Techniques
4
  BIOL 380 Biostatistics
3
  SOC 280 Statistical Reasoning in Social Inquiry
3
  MATH 121 Introduction to Statistics and Probability
3
       
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 PSY 320 Developmental Psychology
3
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 NURS 375 Applied Human Nutrition
3

 

Nursing Requirements (68 Semester Hours)

Block I

Check Course # Course Title Semester
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 NURS 347-347L Health Assessment with Practicum
3, 1
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 NURS 350* Transcultural Care and Health Promotion
3
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 NURS 351 Professional Nursing Issues and Trends
3
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 NURS 352L Nursing Skills Laboratory
1
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 NURS 353-353L Nursing Concepts and Skills with Practicum
3, 3

*Satisfies Hawaiian/Asian/Pacific Requirement

Block II

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 NURS 355-355L Adult Health Care I with Practicum
3, 3
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 NURS 356-356L Parent-Newborn Health Care with Practicum
3, 3
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 NURS 357-357L Mental Health Care with Practicum
3, 3

Block III

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 NURS 358 Nursing Research
3
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 NURS 455-455L Adult Health Care II with Practicum
3, 5
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 NURS 456-456L Parent-Child Health Care with Practicum
3, 3

Block IV

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 NURS 410-410L Community Health Care with Practicum
2, 4
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 NURS 457-457L Collaborative Health Care Leadership and Management with Practicum
3, 2
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 NURS 459-459L** Nursing Review with Practicum
1, 1

**RN to BSN students replace these courses with NURS 469 and NURS 469L.

IV. Nursing Electives (3 Semester Hours)

Check Course # Course Title Semester Hours
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 NURS 348 Human Pathophysiology
3
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 NURS 370 Introduction to Transcultural Nursing
3
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 NURS 371 Computers and Health Care
3
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 NURS 394 Special Topics in Nursing
1-3
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 NURS 394B Spirituality in Health Care
1-3
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 NURS 399 Directed Studies
1-3
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 NURS 371 Introduction to Rural/Home Health Care
3
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 NURS 494 Special Topics in Nursing
1-3
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 NURS 499 Directed Studies
1-3

Note: Transfer students must complete a minimum of 24 credits of UH Hilo nursing courses and meet the UH Hilo residency requirement for 30 credits from UH Hilo.

 

 
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