BSN PROGRAM

Prerequisite Courses
[Reduced University Core]
Students who attended UT-PA prior to 1999 or those who have a baccalaureate in another field have the option of using different prerequisites. They are urged to contact the department to discuss these alternatives.

NATURAL SCIENCE 16 semester credit hours
(Must include the following courses or their equivalents)
BIOL 2403 Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 2404 Anatomy and Physiology
CHEM 1301 General Chemistry I and
CHEM 1101 General Chemistry Lab I
CLSC 2429 Clinical Microbiology

MATH 3 Semester credit hours
MATH 2330/87 Survey of Elementary Statistics
(Math 2330/87 meets the UTPA math requirement for graduation and the BSN statistics requirement. Students may take a different college level math course and a non-math statistics course)

SOCIAL SCIENCE 21 Semester credit hours
HIST 2313/87 American Heritage
HIST 2314/88 American Heritage
POLS 2313/87 U.S. and Texas Government
POLS 2314/88 U.S. and Texas Government
PSY 1310 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 3337 Psychology of Life Span
And either:
SOC 1313 Principles of Sociology or
ANTH 1323 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

NUTRITION 3 Semester credit hours from either
DIET 2351 Introduction to Clinical Nutrition
HLTH 2372 Nutrition and Health

ENGLISH 9 Semester credit hours
ENG 1301/87 Composition
ENG 1302/88 Rhetoric
And any one of the following:
ENG 2300 Introduction to Literature
ENG 2303 Readings in American Literature
ENG 2305 Readings in English Literature
ENG 2307 Readings in World Literature
ENG 2308 Readings in Special Topics
ENG 2313 Readings in Dramatic Literature
ENG 2387 Readings in World Literature (Honors Plan)
ENG 2388 Readings in World Literature (Honors Plan)

MODERN LANGUAGE 6 Semester credit hours
These hours must be in the same language including Sign Language

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS 3 Semester credit hours
from any of the following courses
ART 1301 Art Appreciation
ART 3381 Perception and Expression
COMM 2312 Theatre Appreciation
KIN 2323 Dance Appreciation
MUS 1307 Music Appreciation
MUS 1308 Mexican Folk Music
MUS 2301 Music Literature I
MUS 2302 Music Literature II
MUS 3311 Essentials of Music I

PHILOSOPHY or MCLL* 3 Semester credit hours
from any of the following courses
HONR 2387 Humanities I
HONR 2388 Humanities II
MCLL 2301 Special Topics
PHIL 1310 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 1320 Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2330 Ethics
PHIL 2340 Philosophy of the Person
PHIL 2350 Social Philosophy
PHIL 2370 Eastern Thought
PHIL 2390 Professional Ethics
ANTH 1354 Expressive Culture

KINESIOLOGY or ROTC 4 Semester credit hours
These courses must be activity courses.
The following courses are will not be counted toward this requirement:
Folkloric Dance
ROTC 1201, 3201, 3202
NURS 2301, 3311
KIN 2301

COMPUTER LITERACY 2 Semester credit hours
Any 2 semester credit hour computer course

WELLNESS 3 Semester credit hours
NURS 2301 Wellness (RN students do not need to take this course)

Prerequisite Total 73 semester credit hours non-RN Students/70 semester credit hours for students with RN licensure.

Please refer to current UTPA Catalog UTPA Catalog

BSN applicants are responsible for seeking BSN advisement EVERY semester.

Students requesting substitutions for any of the above prerequisites need to contact the department.

*MCLL = Modern/Classical Language Literature