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• Degree Requirements

The RN-BSN online completion program, designed for the registered nurse, facilitates educational mobility, personal growth, and lifelong learning, providing a foundation for graduate study.

The National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) serves as the accrediting agency for the RN-BSN online completion program. On an annual basis, the School of Nursing provides the NLNAC with information regarding tuition, fees, and the length of the program. The NLNAC may be contacted at 61 Broadway-33rd floor, New York, NY, 10006, telephone (212) 363-5555.

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Degree Requirements

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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

Pre-Program Requirements:
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
6	English Composition Requirement	1
3	Speech	1
6	Mathematics	1
8	Science	1
3	Fine Arts	1
3	Humanities	1
3	History/Government	1
12	Social Sciences	1
8	Support Program Requirements	2
30	Nursing Credit for RN Licensure
Total Pre-Program Hours - 82
REQUIREMENTS AFTER ADMISSION INTO THE BACHELOR RN-BSN ONLINE COMPLETION DEGREE PROGRAM. For upper-level NURS courses and HLTH 4103, students must be accepted into the RN-BSN online completion program, or have approval of the program director.
FALL SEMESTER: 13 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
4	NURS 3164 Health Assessment
3	HLTH 3103 Pathophysiology
3	NURS 4133 Professional Perspectives
3	HLTH 4103 Research in the Health Sciences
SPRING SEMESTER: 17 hours
3	NURS 4203 Nursing Information Systems
6	NURS 4656 Community as a Client
3	RHET 3603 Writing for the Workplace
5	NURS 4705 Healthcare Systems Management
SUMMER I SEMESTER: 4 hours (10 weeks)
4	NURS 4234 Nursing Concentration
SUMMER II SEMESTER: 2 hours
2	NURS 4102 Healthy Aging
FALL SEMESTER: 9 hours
3	NURS 4603 Health Promotion and Teaching
3	NURS 4303 Leadership and Management
3	NURS 4903 Dimensions in Professional Practice
Total Hours: 127—At least 45 hours must be upper level

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog: Follow requirements with these stipulations: composition- select option ENGL 1203/1213 or ENGL 1203/1223; mathematics: MATH 1403 or mathematics with MATH 1403 as a prerequisite and MATH 2503; science- must take BIOL 1524 and select one from CHEM 1304, PHSC 2754, GEOL 1254, PHSC 2654, or PHYS 2803/2811 or higher; social sciences- must take PSYC 2963 and select three from PSYC 1163 (prerequisite to PSYC 2963), ANTH 2803, ECON 2803 or 2813, GEOG 2753, HIST 1123 or 1133, HIST 2753 or 2763, POLS 2753 or SOCI 2753.
2: Support Program Requirements, 8 hours: Must take BIOL 1534 and BIOL 1464.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.