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RN-BSN Program Curriculum
The UIU nursing program requires the successful completion of 11 courses (36 credit hours). The BSN degree requires the successful completion of a total of 120 semester hours, including transfer credit and credit for coursework completed at UIU.
- MATH 220 Elementary Statistics**
- BA 474 Organizational Behavior
- NUR 300 Health Assessment*
- NUR 310 Nursing Informatics
- NUR 320 Pathophysiology
- NUR 330 Education Concepts for Nurses
- NUR 340 Community Health Nursing*
- NUR 360 Professional Seminar
- NUR 370 Nursing Leadership & Management*
- NUR 400 Nursing Research
- NUR 410 Preceptorship*
*course includes a clinical component
**MATH 220 Faculty assume you are prepared to take college level math. After a math assessment, we may recommend additional preparatory math before beginning MATH 220.
Curriculum Plans
To view the curriculum plans, please click on the link for the center of your choice below:
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames)
Transfer Credit
Upper Iowa University accepts transfer credit from accredited community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Not all credits for coursework completed at other institutions may be eligible for acceptance; each student’s transcript will be evaluated on an individual basis.
