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RN-BSN Program Curriculum
The UIU nursing program requires the successful completion of 11 courses (36 credit hours). The BSN degree requires the successful completion of a total of 120 semester hours, including transfer credit and credit for coursework completed at UIU.
- MATH 220 Elementary Statistics**
- BA 474 Organizational Behavior
- NUR 300 Health Assessment
- NUR 310 Nursing Informatics
- NUR 320 Pathophysiology
- NUR 330 Education Concepts for Nurses
- NUR 340 Community Health Nursing*
- NUR 360 Professional Seminar
- NUR 370 Nursing Leadership & Management*
- NUR 400 Nursing Research
- NUR 410 Preceptorship*
*course includes a clinical component
**MATH 220 Faculty assume you are prepared to take college level math. After a math assessment, we may recommend additional preparatory math before beginning MATH 220.
CURRICULUM PLANS:
To view the curriculum plans, please click on the link for the center and start date of your choice below:
The Fayette Campus offers one nursing program start date each year - Fall:
The Des Moines Center offers two nursing program start dates each year -
Fall and Spring:
Des Moines Center Full-Time Fall
Des Moines Center Part-Time Fall
Des Moines Center Full-Time Spring
Des Moines Center Part-Time Spring
The Cedar Rapids Center offers two nursing program start dates each year -
Fall and Spring:
Cedar Rapids Center Full-Time Fall
Cedar Rapids Center Part-Time Fall
Cedar Rapids Center Full-Time Spring
Cedar Rapids Center Part-Time Spring
The Mary Greeley Medical Center offers one nursing program start date each year - Fall:
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames) Full-Time Fall
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames) Part-Time Fall
The Mesa, AZ Center offers two nursing program start dates each year - Fall and Spring:
Transfer Credit
Upper Iowa University accepts transfer credit from accredited community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Not all credits for coursework completed at other institutions may be eligible for acceptance; each student’s transcript will be evaluated on an individual basis.
