Accelerated BSN Program Requirements  

Pre-professional requirements

You must take the following 27 hours of prerequisite courses, or equivalents, before being admitted to the Accelerated BSN Program:

  • BIO 201, 202, 205, and 320 (15 hours)
  • PSY 101 and 240 (6 hours)
  • NTS 256 or NTS 135 (3 hours)
  • STA 270 or PSY 230 (3-4 hours)

Note: All prerequisite courses not taken at NAU need to be approved. Course descriptions and/or course syllabi must be provided to the curriculum committee for approval.

Professional curriculum requirements

After meeting the pre-professional requirements and being admitted to the nursing program, you will take 52 hours of sequenced nursing courses over three semesters (12 months):

Semester I (Summer) 17credit hours

  • NUR 330  Nursing as a Discipline and Profession (3 credit hours)
  • NUR 331  Applied Pharmacology and Pathophysiology (4 credit hours)
  • NUR 332  Nursing Assessment and Process (3 credit hours)
  • NUR 333* Communication and Mental Health Nursing (5 credit hours)
  • NUR 319* Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (2 credit hours)

Semester II (Fall) 17 credit hours

  • NUR 334* Adult Health Nursing (14 credit hours)
  • NUR 390 Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research (3 credit hours)  

Semester III (Spring) 18 credit hours

  • NUR 335* Nursing Care of Child-Bearing Child-Rearing Families (7 credit hours)
  • NUR 441*  Health Policy and Public Health Nursing (6 credit hours)
  • NUR 450C  Advanced Applied Nursing (3 credit hours)
  • NUR 408 Fieldwork (2 credit hours)

* has clinical