To qualify for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, a student must have completed
all Ohio University graduation requirements. You may have met many of these requirements during
your previous nursing education program.
The requirements consist of four parts. Click each part to show or hide the course listings.
Under Part II – BSN Major Courses, you will find a mini-syllabus that lists a course description,
prerequisites, textbooks and outcomes of the BSN major courses.
Part I consists of Nursing Support Courses, many or all of which will have been completed
during your associate degree and can be transferred to Ohio University. These courses are
offered online by Ohio University unless otherwise noted, or you may take them in traditional
face-to-face delivery at one of Ohio's six campuses, or you may complete a course at another
college and transfer the credit to Ohio. Click the course titles to show or hide the course descriptions.
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
