Completion of all Ohio University graduation requirements is necessary to receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Course requirements for the BSN include 12 nursing courses plus additional general education and nursing support courses.
You may have met many of these requirements during your previous nursing education program.
An official transcript review is required to know exactly what courses you will need to take to complete requirements.
When you apply to the Academic Outreach Initiative Program and your transcripts are received by Ohio University,
the information will be reviewed and an academic advisor will create a course map that is customized based on your specific needs.
The course map will be created to help you complete the program in the most efficient way possible.
ENG 151 - Writing and Rhetoric I*
Practice in composing and revising expository essays that are well-organized, logically coherent, and effective for their purpose and audience. Topics from personal experience or nonfiction reading.
Credit Hours: 5
BIOS 201 - Elementary Microbiology (not available online)*
Medical microbiology; topics include microbial and fungal growth, metabolism, and genetics; antimicrobial chemotherapy; principles of immunology, microorganisms, and infectious diseases. 3 lec, 2 lab.
Credit Hours: 4
PSY 101 - General Psychology*
Introduction to psychology. Survey of topics in experimental and clinical psychology including physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, human development, social processes, personality, and abnormal behavior.
Credit Hours: 5
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology*
Nature of human society and factors affecting its development. Fundamental concepts of sociology: culture, personality, socialization, social organization, groups, institutions.
Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 121 - Principles of Chemistry I (not available online)*
Introduction to chemistry through study of atomic and molecular structure, periodic table, and states of matter.
Credit Hours: 4
BIOS 130 - Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology I*
Introduction to the structure and function of the human body in the study of cells, tissues, and the integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems.
Credit Hours: 5
BIOS 131 - Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology II*
Introduction to the structure and function of the human body in the study of the digestive, urinary, reproductive, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, endocrine, and nervous systems.
Credit Hours: 5
HCFN 128 - Introduction to Nutrition*
Nutrients, their food sources and functions in body, application to planning adequate diet through life cycle.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 250 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics I*
Organization of data, central tendency and dispersion, probability, concept of random variables, binomial and normal probability distributions.
Credit Hours: 4
PSY 120 - Elementary Statistical Reasoning*
Introduction to research methodology and descriptive and inferential statistics, emphasizing the development of practical reasoning skills necessary for the comprehension and critical evaluation of statistical information typically encountered in everyday life.
Credit Hours: 4
PSY 221 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences*
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on inferential statistics.
Credit Hours: 5
QBA 201 - Introduction to Business Statistics
Sampling plans, sampling distribution, decision analysis, estimation and hypothesis testing (one and two population tests), simple linear regression analysis, nonparametric statistical tests.
Credit Hours: 4
* This course meets both a support course and a general education requirement.
Additional General Education Courses Required
Some of the general education requirements will be met by courses listed above.
For the following additional course requirements, you can choose the specific courses from an approved list.
You may have already met some of these requirements during your prior study.
If you need additional general education course credit, you may earn it in three ways:
complete a course at Ohio University through traditional face-to-face delivery at one of our six campuses,
complete a course online from OHIO,
or complete a course at another college and transfer the credit to Ohio University.
- Junior Level Composition
- Applied Science and Mathematics
- Cross-cultural Perspectives
- Fine Arts
- Humanities and Literature
For more information about General Education requirements, including a list of courses that meet the above listed requirements,
please visit the Ohio University catalog.
A total of 192 credits with a 2.0 grade point average is required.
Many of these hours you may have already completed, and they can be transferred to Ohio University;
some will be earned while taking nursing courses and support courses.
After you apply to the program and submit transcripts, a review of your records of previous coursework will help us provide a course map
illustrating the most expeditious way to complete your BSN.
