Deicke Center for Nursing Education
Baccalaureate Degree Completion Option
for Registered Nurses
The Deicke Center of Nursing Education baccalaureate program offers an option leading to the bachelor of science degree with a major in nursing for registered nurses who are graduates of associate degree nursing programs or hospital schools of nursing.
Requirements for Admission to the Major
RN/BS Nursing Sequence
Required Support Courses
Requirements for Admission to the Major
The RN/BS student must meet the following criteria for admission to the nursing program:
- 12 courses completed, including courses in six general education categories and college-level mathematics
- A combined grade-point average of 2.75 or above
- Completion of all prerequisite courses, except CHM 103
- A grade of C or better in all prerequisite courses
- Current unencumbered R.N. licensure in the State of Illinois
RN/BS Nursing Sequence
The nursing sequence consists of six required NRS course units that incorporate didactic and/or clinical practice: NRS 300, 303, 403, 405, 410, 411, 412, and 414.
Required Support Courses
RN/BS students must complete the following:
- BIO 419 Pathophysiology
- MTH 345 Elmentary Statistics (does not count as one of the two required units in mathematics) or MTH 346 Statistics for Scientists (does not count as one of the two required units in mathematics) or PSY 355 Statistics for Scientific Research (does not count as one of the two required units in mathematics)
- COM 315 Intercultural Communication or SOC 212 Cultural Anthropology or two (2) terms of a foreign language
