Spring 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN

NURSING DEPARTMENT BSN PROGRAM

UTPA Prerequisite Course Numbers

(43 SCH Core)

NATURAL SCIENCE 16 SCH BIOL 2403 Anatomy and Physiology BIOL 2404 Anatomy and Physiology CHEM 1301 General Chemistry I AND CHEM 1101 General Chemistry Lab I CLSC 2429 Clinical Microbiology

SOCIAL SCIENCE 21 SCH HIST 2313/87 American Heritage HIST 2314/88 American Heritage POLS 2313/87 U.S. and Texas Government POLS 2314/88 U.S. and Texas Government PSY 1310 Introduction to Psychology PSY 3337 Psychology of Life Span SOC 1313 Principles of Sociology OR ANTH 1323 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

MATH* 3 SCH MATH 2330/87* Survey of Elementary Statistics MATH 2335* Biostatistics

NUTRITION 3 SCH

DIET 2351 Introduction to Clinical Nutrition HLTH 3372 Nutrition and Health

ENGLISH 9 SCH

ENG 1301/87 Composition ENG 1302/88 Rhetoric ENG 23_____ Literature

KINESIOLOGY 2 SCH

must be activity course(s)

WELLNESS 3 SCH NURS 2301 Wellness (generics only)

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS 3 SCH ART 1301 Art Appreciation ART 1302 Art of Our Times COMM 1301 Cinema Appreciation COMM 2312 Theatre Appreciation DANC 2323 Dance Appreciation LAMS 2301 Inter-American Studies MUS 1307 Music Appreciation MUS 1308 Mexican Folk Music MUS 1309 World Music

PHILOSOPHY or MCLL** 3 SCH ANTH 1354 Expressive Culture MCLL 2301 Special Topics PHIL 1305 Introduction to Critical Thinking PHIL 1310/87 Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 2330 Ethics PHIL 2350 Social Philosophy PHIL 2370 Eastern Thought PHIL 2380 Latin American Philosophy PHIL 2390 Professional Ethics PHIL 2391 Biomedical Ethics PHIL 2392 Business Ethics PHIL 2393 Engineering Ethics PHIL 2395 Environmental Ethics

HEALTH LANGUAGE 3 SCH HRP 2303 Medical Terminology OR SPAN 2317 Spanish for Health Providers

COMPUTER LITERACY 2 SCH

CIS 1201 Information Systems & Technology CSCI 1201 Computer Information Technology MECE 1221 Engineering Graphics

Prerequisite Total 68 SCH generics/65 SCH alternate pathway (RN) *Math 2330 and *MATH 2335 meet UTPA’S math requirement for graduation and the BSN statistics requirement

**MCLL = Modern or Classical Language Literature

Proficiency in a language other than English will be required for graduation at the Undergraduate level. The language (non-English)

proficiency equivalent will be 6 SCH. This requirement may be met via high school AP exam scores; 2 years high school course credit

in the same language (IF started college before Fall 2010); CLEP credit; dual/concurrent enrollment credit; International

Baccalaureate exam; placement test (e.g., WebCAPE); or required college coursework (including dual/concurrent enrollment).

Please refer to current UTPA Catalog or Website (www.utpa.edu)

BSN applicants are responsible for seeking BSN advisement EVERY semester.