Acceptance into the Nursing Major

Students seeking admission to the baccalaureate program in nursing for registered nurses must satisfy the following requirements:

1. Graduation from an accredited or a state-approved associate degree or diploma program in nursing with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
2. Current licensure as a registered nurse in New York State and professional liability coverage. (Applicants awaiting the results of the licensing examination, who meet all other admission requirements, may be offered provisional admission to the nursing major. Failure to achieve licensure by the end of the first semester will result in the student being limited to non-nursing courses until licensure is granted).
3. Ability to meet both college and clinical agency health requirements.
4. Three letters of reference from individuals who can attest to the applicant's potential for upper-division nursing education.
5. Completion of the following lower-division prerequisite course work with a grade of "C" or better in each course:
   - English Composition I and II - 6 credits
   - Introductory Sociology - 3 credits
   - General Psychology - 3 credits
   - Developmental Psychology - 3 credits
   - Elementary Statistics* - 3 credits
   - Anatomy & Physiology  - 7-8 credits
   - Microbiology - 3-4 credits
   * NOTE: Statistics is a prerequisite for senior year courses. It may be taken prior to entry into the program, but must be taken prior to entry into NUR400, Research in Nursing.
6. For graduates of diploma programs, the National League for Nursing ACI II exam is used to validate 30 semester hours of lower division nursing credits.  Students must achieve the 40th percentile or above in all sections of the exam within 3 attempts.  Liberal Arts and Sciences pre-requisite courses can be challenged through CLEP.  Students are advised on an individual basis.

Major in Nursing - 45 credits

Required Nursing Courses..............................36 credits

NUR300 Perspectives in Professional Socialization (2)
NUR310 Leadership & Management (3)
NUR315 Business Environment of Nursing (3)
NUR320 Professional Nursing Practice in Individual Health (4)
NUR340 Contemporary Health Education Issues (3)
NUR400 Research in Nursing (3)
NUR421 Professional Nursing Practice in Family Health (6)
NUR422 Professional Nursing Practice in Community Health (6)
NUR430 Professional Nursing Practice in Societal Health (6)
NUR443 Pharmacology (3)
NUR445 Pathophysiology (3)
ANT481 Transcultural Health (3) OR
NUR394 Non-Western Health Beliefs and Practices (3)

General Education Requirements

Students graduating from the State University of New York at New Paltz must fulfill General Education requirements. These requirements are designed to encourage students to develop an appreciation of the value of learning for its own sake and to pursue the broader goals of self-understanding and comprehension of their world. Nursing students are allowed to waive certain requirements in General Education and to substitute specified nursing courses for certain General Education III requirements. Consequently nursing majors will meet General Education III requirements by completing the nursing prerequisites and the nursing major together with Freshman Composition I and II, and two of the three categories:  Art, Western Civilization or United States Studies.  Students will be assigned a nursing advisor as pre-majors the initial semester of matriculation.

One hundred and twenty academic credits are required for graduation. All prerequisite and required upper-division course work must be successfully completed with a grade of "C" or higher for progression in the curriculum and graduation from the major.