The University offers a degree program leading to the bachelor of
science in nursing for students with two or more years of selected
liberal arts and sciences courses and for registered nurses who meet a
specific set of requirements. Students are eligible for admission to
the College of Nursing upon successful completion of 60 semester hours
of liberal arts and sciences courses that meet graduation
requirements.
The program is made up of two phases: two preprofessional
years in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Urbana-Champaign
or at any other accredited college or university, and the professional
phase administered by the College of Nursing at the Health Sciences
Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago. (A baccalaureate
degree program for registered nurses is also offered on the
Urbana-Champaign campus by the College of Nursing.)
Two general education sequences are required for graduation
from the College of Nursing: one in the natural sciences, and one in
either the social sciences or the humanities. The two required
sequences allow students to become more thoroughly acquainted with two
selected disciplines.
A sequence in the natural sciences consists of four courses:
two lower-division courses and one upper-division course in one area
of choice (e.g., chemistry or biology) plus one course (lower- or
upper-division) in a different area.
A sequence in the social sciences or humanities consists of
three courses: two courses in one area of choice (e.g., psychology or
sociology), one of which must be upper-division, and an additional
course (either lower- or upper-division) in a different area of the
same discipline (e.g., in the social sciences if the other two courses
were also in the social sciences).
The nursing courses required for the R.N.-B.S.N. program
include thirteen required core courses (49 semester hours), one
long-term component course (3 semester hours) one selected focus
course (5 semester hours) and electives (3 semester hours) . For
registered nurse students, 28 semester hours of the nursing
requirements may be met through validation of previous learning using
National League for Nursing (NLN) examinations which must be completed
prior to enrollment in nursing courses.
Admission to the professional phase is on recommendation of
the admissions committee of the College of Nursing after completion of
the following requirements with an overall grade-point average of 3.5
For additional information about the programs in nursing,
call the admissions officer, College of Nursing, (217) 333-2507.
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