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May 05, 2024
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2019-2020 USC Lancaster Bulletin
Nursing-Generic, BSN
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Learning Outcomes
- Provide evidence-based clinically competent care across the continuum of care.
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- Demonstrate cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competency in providing nursing care to individuals’ families and groups within a diverse society.
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- Make clinical judgments using reflection, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
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- Use information and health care technologies for effective health care delivery.
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- Exhibit personal professional behavior in all professional activities.
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- Perform health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention care activities for individuals, groups, and populations.
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- Work effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team.
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- Assume leadership roles within the scope of professional practice.
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- Perform the professional roles of care provider, coordinator of care, member of a profession, and life-long learner.
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Major Map
A major map is a layout of required courses in a given program of study, including critical courses and suggested course sequences to ensure a clear path to graduation.
Major maps are only a suggested or recommended sequence of courses required in a program of study. Please contact your academic advisor for assistance in the application of specific coursework to a program of study and course selection and planning for upcoming semesters.
Nursing-Generic, BSN
Degree Requirements (120 hours)
See College of Nursing for entrance requirements, progression requirements, and other regulations.
Program of Study
all degree requirements must be passed with a grade of C or higher
- Carolina Core (31-37 hours)
- College Requirements (7 hours)
- Program Requirements (11-15 hours)
- Major Requirements (67 hours)
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1. Carolina Core (31-37 hours)
Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Written — CMW (6 hours)
Analytical Reasoning and Problem Solving — ARP (6 hours)
Scientific Literacy — SCI (7 hours)
*Note: CHEM 102 is a pre-requisite course for nursing courses.
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language — GFL (0-6 hours)
Demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language by achieving a score of two or higher on the Foreign Language Placement Test or by completing one Foreign Language through 110 or 121.
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking — GHS (3 hours)
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences — GSS (3 hours)
Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding — AIU (3 hours)
Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component — CMS (0-3 hours)
- PHIL 213 - Communicating Moral Issues
Information Literacy* — INF (0-3 hours)
Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility* — VSR (0-3 hours)
- Fulfilled through PHIL 213 , an overlay course with CMS
*Carolina Core Stand Alone or Overlay Eligible Requirements — Overlay-approved courses offer students the option of meeting two Carolina Core components in a single course. A maximum of two overlays is allowed. The total Carolina Core credit hours must add up to a minimum of 31 hours. Some programs may have a higher number of minimum Carolina Core hours due to specified requirements.
2. College Requirements (7 hours)
3. Program Requirements (11-15 hours)
Supporting courses (11 hours)
Electives (0-4 hours)
As needed to meet minimum 120 hours required for graduation.
4. Major Requirements (67 hours)
Major Courses (67 hours)
Lower Division Courses (9 hours)
All lower division courses must be completed before progression to the upper division.
Upper Division Courses (58 hours)
- NURS 311 - Introduction to Health Assessment
- NURS 312 - Foundations of Nursing Practice
- NURS 313 - Nursing Care of the Older Adult
- NURS 314 - Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Practice
- NURS 324 - Chemical Therapeutics
- NURS 400 - Evidence Based Practice
- NURS 411 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- NURS 412 - Acute Care Nursing of Adults I
- NURS 422 - Acute Care Nursing of Adults II
- NURS 424 - Maternal/Newborn Nursing
- NURS 425 - Nursing of Children and Families
- NURS 428 - Nursing Leadership and Management
- NURS 431 - Population Health Nursing (4 hours required for BSN-Generic)
- NURS 435 - Senior Nursing Capstone Practicum
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