Accelerated Program - Curriculum
Students who already have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college are able to complete a second major in nursing in only 4 consecutive semesters including 12 weeks in the summer. The nursing major consists of 63 credits and is identical to the Basic Program, only compressed. This ambitious accelerated program is intended to attract people with strong academic backgrounds and rich life experience.
The nursing curriculum is designed to provide opportunities for the student to develop a sound theoretical and clinical foundation for the practice of professional nursing. The graduate is prepared for a variety of roles in the community, including the responsibility for health promotion; prevention of disease; and caring for the sick in the community, the hospital and the home. An understanding of people and how they adapt to the environment is essential to the provision of these health-care services.
Schedule of Courses Required for the Nursing Major
First Semester
- 110 Nursing Perspectives (1) (waived for ANP students)
- 220 Foundations in Nursing Science (4)
- 252 Altered Human Functioning (3)
- 253 Psychomotor Strategies in Nursing I (4)
- 260 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice (2)
- 353 Psychomotor Strategies in Nursing II (1)
Second Semester
- 340 Gerontological Nursing (2)
- 341 Gerontological Clinical (3)
- 350 Altered Physiologic Mode Nursing I (3)
- 351 Altered Physiologic Mode Clinical I (3)
- 440 Mental Health Nursing (2)
- 441 Mental Health Clinical (3)
Third Semester (Summer Session)
- 360 Childbearing Family Nursing (2)
- 361 Childbearing Family Clinical (3)
- 380 Child Health Nursing (2)
- 381 Child Health Clinical (3)
- 460 Community Health Nursing (2) (web-enhanced)
- 461 Community Health Clinical (4)
Fourth Semester
- 410 Nursing Perspectives of Leadership and Management (2) (web-enhanced course)
- 430 Nursing Research (2) (online course)
- 450 Altered Physiologic Mode Nursing II (3)
- 451 Altered Physiologic Mode Clinical II (4)
- 470 Nursing Synthesis Seminar (1)
- 471 Nursing Synthesis Clinical (4)
Note: Course numbers are based on those used at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Please refer to the University's Undergraduate Bulletin for the most current information each academic year.
