Nursing

Academic Plan

Academic Planner – Integrations Curriculum

(beginning Fall 2020)

Academic Planner – Common Curriculum

(students enrolled prior to Fall 2020)

Sample Academic 4-year Plan:
Fall Semester
  • INTG 105 College Success (1 credit)
  • INTG 100 Culture and Social Difference: Identity or Learning Foundations (4 credits)
  • *BIOL 101 Foundations of Biology (+ lab) NW WOT (4 credits)
  • 2 courses from list of options below (8 credits)

Total: 17 credits

Spring Semester
  • INTG 100 Culture and Social Difference: Identity or Learning Foundations (4 credits)
  • *BIOL 212 Microbiology (+ lab) (4 credits)
  • 2 courses from list of options below (4 credits)

Total 16 credits

The following courses are also completed in either fall or spring of the first year:
  • *PSYC 111 Introductory Psychology, SW WOT Truth/Encounter (T1) (4 credits)
  • *NUTR 125 Concepts of Nutrition Science (+ lab) NW WOT (4 credits)
  • *CHEM 125 Introduction to Chemical Structure and Properties (4 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Theological Explorations (TE)** (4 credits)

*Five required prerequisite courses for the Nursing major, used to calculate the prerequisite GPA for admission to the major.

**Theological Explorations (TE) must be completed in the first three semesters.

Students Accepted to the Major

Fall Semester
  • BIOL 325 Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
  • Abstract Structures (AS) designated course (4 credits)
  • PSYC 360 Developmental Psychology SW WOT (4 credits)
  • NRSG 220: Conversations in Culture, Culture and Social Difference (CS) Systems (2 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Language 111 (4 credits)

Total: 18 credits

Spring Semester
  • BIOL 326 Anatomy and Physiology II, NW WOT Truth/Encounter (T3) (4 credits)
  • NRSG 201 Clinical Nursing I: Imp Primary Prevention (5 credits)
  • NRSG 240 Core Concepts I: Primary Prevention (2 credits)
  • NRSG 255 Leadership I: Intro to Trans Leadership (2 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Language 112 (4 credits)

Total: 17 credits

Fall Semester:
  • NRSG 301 Clinical Nursing II: Implementing Secondary Prevention (8 credits)
  • NRSG 341 Core Concepts II: Secondary Prevention (2 credits)
  • NRSG 314 Integ. Pathophysiology/Pharmacology I (4 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Language 211 (4 credits)

Total: 18 credits

Spring Semester:
  • NRSG 302 Clinical Nursing III: Imp Tertiary Prevention (8 credits)
  • NRSG 342 Core Concepts III: Tertiary Prevention (2 credits)
  • NRSG 315 Integ. Pathophysiology/Pharmacology II (2 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Theological Integrations (TI) (4 credits)

Total: 16 credits

Fall Semester:
  • NRSG 303 Clinical Nursing IV: Community-based Care, Culture and Social Difference (CS) Sys (8 credits)
  • NRSG 343 Core Concepts IV: Integration of Levels of Prevention in Nursing Care of Populations (2 credits)
  • NRSG 355 Leadership II: Leading Transformational Systems (2 credits)
  • ETHS 390A Healthcare Ethics HE WOT/Truth/Focus (4 credits)

Total: 16 credits

Spring Semester:
  • NRSG 395 Nursing Capstone (5 credits)
  • NRSG 356 Leadership III: Design/Mgr/Coordinator (4 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: INTG 300 Learning Integrations (4 credits)
  • Integrations Curriculum Course: Artistic Expression (AE) (4 credits)

Total: 17 credits

College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University

Dr. Julie Strelow
Chair, Nursing Department Undergraduate Program
CSB Main 441
320-363-5404

[email protected]