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Nursing BSN - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

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Lamar University's Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a four-year program designed to prepare professional nurses to meet community and state needs to assume leadership in the delivery of healthcare. Graduates of this program are prepared to practice in structured, unstructured and evolving healthcare settings. The focus of care is broad. As a BSN graduate, you'll be prepared to deliver healthcare to individuals and families as clients as well as aggregates, communities and societies within the context of their environment.

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I 4 ______ BIOL 2402 Anatomy and Physiology II 4 ______
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______ ENGL 1302 Composition II 3 ______
MATH 1313 Mathematics for Allied Health 3 ______ PSYC 2315 Lifespan Development 3 ______
Communication 3 ______ NUTR 1322 Introductory Nutrition 3 ______
HIST 1301 U.S. History I 1763-1877 3 ______ HIST 1302 U.S. History II Since 1877 3 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 16 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
BIOL 2421 Microbiology for Science Majors 4 ______ CHEM 1306 Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences 3 ______
Language, Philosophy and Culture 3 ______ CHEM 1106 Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences Laboratory 1 ______
Creative Arts 3 ______ NURS 2373 Basic Pathophysiology 3 ______
Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 ______ MATH 1342
or PSYC 2317
 Elementary Statistical Methods
or Introduction to Statistical Methods
 3 ______
POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______ POLS 2302 Intro/American Government II 3 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 13 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
NURS 3241 Practicum: Concepts of Professional Nursing 2 ______ NURS 3520 Care of Adults 5 ______
NURS 3540 Concepts of Professional Nursing 5 ______ NURS 3221 Practicum: Care of Adults 2 ______
NURS 3110 Nursing Simulation Lab I 1 ______ NURS 3112 Nursing Simulation Lab II 1 ______
NURS 3330 Principles of Pharmacology 3 ______ NURS 3320 Care of Behavioral Health Client 3 ______
NURS 3316 Comprehensive Holistic Health Assessment 3 ______ NURS 3231 Practicum: Care of Behavioral Health Client 2 ______
  Hours 14 ______   Hours 13 ______
Summer
NURS 4350 Leadership and Management of Healthcare Systems 3 ______
NURS 4251 Practicum: Leadership and Management of Health Care Systems 2 ______
NURS 4390 Nursing Inquiry and Evidence-Based Practice 3 ______
  Hours 8 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
NURS 4560 Care of the Parent-Child Family 5 ______ NURS 4420 Care of Patients w/ Cmprmsd Mltpl Health States 4 ______
NURS 4261 Practicum: Parent-Child Family 2 ______ NURS 4221 Practicum 2 ______
NURS 4340 Care of Communities 3 ______ NURS 4260 Integration for Baccalaureate Nursing Practice 2 ______
NURS 4241 Practicum: Care of Communities 2 ______ NURS 4481 Preceptorship: Synthesis of Nursing 4 ______
  Hours 12 ______   Hours 12 ______