Program Requirements

To earn a BSN Degree at Saint Anselm College, RN to BSN students must complete 120 credits with a minimum of 42 credits taken at Saint Anselm College; other credits may be from transfer courses or CLEP exams. .

The following prerequisites may be transferred or challenged through CLEP exam. 

• Anatomy and Physiology I and II, with lab (8 credits)
• Psychology (3 credits)
• Sociology (3 credits)
• Microbiology (4 credits)
• English Composition I and II, or equivalent (6 credits)

Core Requirements

• Philosophy Elective (3 credits) 
• Social Statistics - (3 credits) 
• Theology Elective (3 credits) 
• Humanities (3 credits) - may transfer from any course in the humanities including language, literature, art (including music), philosophy, religion, and history
• Ethics (3 credits) - PHRN 107   
• Medical Ethics (3 credits) - THRN 425  (must be taken at Saint Anselm College)

Major Requirements

• NURN 451 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing (4 credits)
• NURN 452 - Health Assessment (4 credits)
• NURN 375 - ST: Healthcare Economics and Policy (4 credits)
• NURN 454 - Community Health (4 credits)
• NURN 455 - Evidence-Based Nursing Research (4 credits)
• NURN 456 - Nursing Informatics (4 credits)
• NURN 457 - Nursing Capstone Practicum (6 credits)

One Elective Nursing Course (3 credits):

• NURN 360 - Understanding Suffering
• NURN 362 - ST: PTSD and Implications for Nursing Practice
• NURN 363 -ST: Transcultural Nursing

• (Nursing courses must be taken at Saint Anselm College. They may be taken in any order except for NURN 456 which is the first nursing course and NURN 457, which is the final nursing course).