Pre-Nursing

Arts and Sciences Degree/A.A.

Potomac State College offers programs of study that prepare the student to seek admission to an Associate Degree R.N. program or to apply for admission to West Virginia University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N) degree program. ‘

Students who plan to enter an Associate Degree R.N. program should complete the following requirements:

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

CHEM

111

Survey of Chemistry

4

ENGL

101

Composition and Rhetoric

3

HN&F

171

Introduction to Human Nutrition

3

MATH

126

College Algebra

3

PSYC

101

Introduction to Psychology

3

WVUe

191*

First-Year Seminar

(1)

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

CHEM

112

Survey of Chemistry

4

PSYC

241

Introduction to Human Development

3

BIOL

102

General Biology

3

BIOL

104

General Biology Laboratory

1

NSG

100

Introduction to Nursing

2

SOCA

101

Introduction to Sociology or

 

SOCA

105

Introduction to Anthropology

3

ORIN

270

Introduction to Health Careers

1

Total

 

 

17

 

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

BIOL

230

Human Anatomy and Physiology 1

4

GEC Electives

 

9

Total

 

 

13

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

AEM

341

General Microbiology

4

BIOL

231

Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

4

ENGL

102

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Electives

 

 

6

Total

 

 

17

Total Hours: 63

*Required of first-time, first-semester students; not required for graduation.

Students seeking admission to the B.S.N. program at the West Virginia University School of Nursing must apply for admission to that school by February 1 of their freshman year.

Students, whether at West Virginia University or at Potomac State College, are selectively admitted to the nursing program when all pre-nursing requirements have been satisfactorily completed. Minimum requirements include a 3.00 cumulative G.P.A. and at least a 3.00 in all science courses.

By agreement between Potomac State College the WVU School of Nursing, seats have been reserved for a limited number of Potomac State students who meet the minimum requirements for admission to the B.S.N. program and wish to enter that program as sophomores.

Potomac State College students who are accepted into the B.S.N. program at the West Virginia School of Nursing will complete their second, third, and fourth years of instruction at West Virginia University in Morgantown.

Students seeking admission to the B.S.N program should complete the following course of study in their freshman year:

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

CHEM

111

Survey of Chemistry

4

ENGL

101

Composition and Rhetoric

3

BIOL

102

General Biology

3

BIOL

104

General Biology Laboratory

1

MATH

126

College Algebra

3

PSYC

101

Introduction to Psychology

3

WVUe

191

First-Year Seminar

(1)

Total

 

 

17

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

BIOL

230

Anatomy and Physiology 1

4

CHEM

112

Survey of Chemistry

4

NSG

100

Introduction to Nursing

2

ORIN

270

Introduction to Health Careers

1

STAT

211

Elementary Statistical Inference

3

SOCA

101

Introduction to Sociology or

 

SOCA

105

Introduction to Anthropology

3

Total

 

 

17

 

Although some second year courses can be completed at Potomac State College, all clinical courses (NSG 221, 225, 361, 241, and 245) are taught at the Morgantown campus. Registration in these courses is restricted to students who have been admitted to the B.S.N. program.

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

BIOL

231

Anatomy and Physiology 2

4

NSG

221

@ Morgantown

3

NSG

225

@ Morgantown

3

NSG

361

@ Morgantown

3

PSYC

241

Introduction to Human Development

3

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

AEM

341

General Microbiology

4

ENGL

102

Composition and Rhetoric

3

NSG

241

@ Morgantown

3

NSG

245

@ Morgantown

3

HN&F

171

Introduction to Human Nutrition

3

Total

 

 

16

Total Hours: 66