Gordon College

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS

AREA COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND CREDIT HOURS COURSES
  1. Essential Skills

    (9 semester hours)
  • English Composition
  • English Composition II – Literature based
  • College Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus or Calculus
 ENGL 1101
ENGL 1102
MATH 1001 OR 111
  1. Institutional Options

    (4 semester hours)
Students may also complete Area B by taking any college-level course numbered above 1000 except for physical education activity courses COLQ 2991
COLQ 2992
COLQ 2993
COLQ 2994H
  1. Humanities and Fine Arts

    (6 semester hours)
Please see Academic Catalog for course descriptions.

Select one course from each column.		 ARTS 1100
ARTS 1101
ARTS 1102
COMM 1100
COMM 1500
FREN 1001
FREN 1002
HUMA 1500
MUSC 1100
SPAN 1001
SPAN 1002
SPAN 1060
THEA 1000
THEA 1100 		ENGL 2111
ENGL 2112
ENGL 2121
ENGL 2122
ENGL 2131
ENGL 2132
PHIL 2010
PHIL 2020
  1. Science, Mathematics, and Technology

    (11 semester hours)
Two 4-hour laboratory course sequence in biology, chemistry or physics and an additional course in science, mathematics or technology BIOL sequence
CHEM sequence
PHYS sequence
One additional science, math or technology course
  1. Social Sciences

    (12 semester hours)
Please see academic catalog for course descriptions.
*Required to take one course from HIST 1121/1122;
**Required to take one course from HIST 2111/2112;
***Choose two courses from the remaining classes. 		*HIST 1121, 1122
**HIST 2111, 2112
***ANTH 1102, ECON 2105, ECON 2106, HIST 1121, HIST 1122, HIST 2111, HIST 2112, POLS 1101, POLS 2301, POLS 2401, PSYC 1101 AND SOCI 1101
  1. Courses appropriate to the Major

    (18 semester hours)
  • Anatomy and Physiology I and II w/ labs
  • Microbiology
  • Statistics
  • Human Growth & Development
 BIOL 2210, 2211, and 2250
MATH 2101 **
PSYC 2103
** Applied or introductory statistics required for enrollment into RN/BSN program.