B.S. Nursing: Accelerated Option (extended major)

You are eligible for this option if you already have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

For this option, you take:

• at least 27 units of preprofessional requirements

• at least 67 units of professional requirements

Please note that because you already have a bachelor’s degree, you are not required to meet NAU’s 35 units of liberal studies requirements.

Be aware that some courses required for your degree may have prerequisites that you must also take.  Check the courses in the appropriate subject.

Please note that you must complete NAU’s diversity requirements by taking two 3-unit courses, one in ethnic diversity and one in global awareness. These courses may be used to meet other requirements within your academic plan if you choose them carefully. Click here for a list of the available diversity courses.

Also be aware that NAU requires at least 30 units of the courses you take for your degree must be upper-division courses (those numbered 300 and above).

After completing this plan, you are eligible to take the State Board of Nursing licensure exam for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN).

Preprofessional Requirements

You take at least 27 units of prerequisite courses before being admitted to the nursing program:

• BIO 201, 202, 205, and 320 (15 units)

• PSY 101 and 240 (6 units)

• NTS 135 or256 (3 units)

• STA 270 or PSY 230 (3-4 units)

Professional Requirements

After being admitted to the nursing program, you take 67 units of sequenced nursing coursework in five terms:

• NUR 205, 214, 215 and 321 (12 units)

• NUR 208, 212 and 390 (19 units)

• NUR 211, 320, 324, 325 and 350 (18 units)

• NUR 216 and 444* (5-8 units)

(*NUR 444 is an elective course.)

• NUR 329, 427, 450C and 451 (13 units)

(Please note that NUR 450C meets NAU’s senior capstone requirement.)

Click here for more information about nursing undergraduate courses and faculty.