Accelerated Nursing
Accelerated Option Program in Nursing
For women with a baccalaureate degree in another major from an accredited college or university, Saint Mary's College offers the Accelerated Option Program in Nursing. The program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing. You are admitted as a transfer student and the nursing course sequence and graduation requirements are modified to accommodate the accelerated pace. Upon completion of course requirements and clinical experience, you are prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) for licensure as a registered professional nurse.
Typically, the program begins in mid-May and finishes mid-August of the following year. However, if your earlier degree program did not include any of the prerequisites listed below, you should allow one or two years for completion of the prerequisite courses. You may be admitted to the program before completing all of the Saint Mary's general education requirements; however, you must complete the College's general education requirements to receive your degree and become eligible to take the licensure exam.
Prerequisites
- CHEM 111 General Chemistry and Lab (4 credit hours)
- CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I or CHEM 324 Biochemistry, and Lab (4 credit hours)
- BIO 152 Concepts of Biology II and Lab (4 credit hours)
- BIO 213 Human Anatomy and Lab (with biology prerequisite; 4 credit hours)
- BIO 214 Human Physiology and Lab (with biology prerequisite; 4 credit hours)
- BIO 216 Introduction to Microbiology and Lab (with biology prerequisite; 4 credit hours)
- MATH 104 Finite Mathematics (3 credit hours)
- MATH 114 Introduction to Statistics (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 156 Introduction to Psychology (3 credit hours)
- PSYC 301 Developmental Psychology (4 credit hours) or PSYC 305 Lifespan Developmental Psychology (3 credit hours)
- One Course in Each of the Following Areas:
- Sociology or Anthropology
- English Literature or Composition
- Religious Studies
- Philosophy
- Two Courses from Any of the Following Areas:
- Art
- Government
- Communication
- Political Science
- Humanistic Studies
- History
- Music
- Economics
- WOST 207 Introduction to Women's Studies
- ICS 201 Introduction to InterCultural Studies
- Dance
- Theatre
Degree Program Requirements (52 credit hours)
- NURS 101 Introduction to Professional Nursing (1 credit hour)
- NURS 224 Essentials of Nursing Practice (6 credit hours)
- NURS 321 Nursing Care of the Adult - Acute (5 credit hours)
- NURS 334 Pharmacotherapeutics (3 credit hours)
- NURS 323 Perinatal Nursing (5 credit hours)
- NURS 326 Child Health Nursing (5 credit hours)
- NURS 414 Community Health Nursing (5 credit hours)
- NURS 485 Nursing Research (2 credit hours)
- NURS 330 Nursing Care of the Adult - Chronic (5 credit hours)
- NURS 407 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (5 credit hours)
- NURS 415 Nursing Leadership - Lecture and Clinicals (5 credit hours)
- NURS 410 Nursing Care of the Adult - Advanced (5 credit hours)
