Curriculum
Required General Education courses for nursing students
Students may not begin 3000-level nursing courses with more than 6 credit hours of these courses remaining. General Education courses are not required of students who already have an approved bachelor's degree in another field.
English Composition I (3 credit hours)
English Composition II (3)
Liberal Arts Seminar (3)*
United States History (3)
Methods of Scientific Inquiry (3)
Philosophy/Ethics (3) (must be one on a list of specified courses)
Introduction to Biblical Literature or World Religions (3)
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, College Algebra, or higher math (3) (statistics recommended)
American Government (3)
Arts course (3)
World Literature or Western Literature (3)
Foreign language (6 in the same language)
Enough electives to bring the grand total to at least 124 credit hours. Recommended electives:
Introduction to Sociology (3)
Principles of Microeconomics (3)
A second math course from the list above (3)
Public Speaking (3)
*Freshmen and transfer students who have fewer than 29 credit hours are required to take LAS 1063 within the first 12 months of attending OKCU. Transfer students with more than 29 credit hours must transfer in a three hour course or take an additional three hour course from OKCU to meet this requirement.
Other Courses Required of All Students
Other courses required of all students (with or without prior bachelor's degrees) that are prerequisites before starting 3000-level nursing courses:
Human Anatomy with a lab (3-5)*
Human Physiology (3-5)*
Microbiology with a lab (3-4)
Introduction to Psychology (3)
A college chemistry course with a lab, preferably introductory, general, or organic chemistry (4-5)
*A full semester of Human Anatomy with a lab and a full semester of Human Physiology may be substituted for Anatomy and Physiology I and and Anatomy and Physiology II. This option requires the substitution of both courses, not just one course. All science courses must be conducted in a live classroom and laboratory environment. No online courses will be accepted for science prerequisites.
Nursing Courses Required of all Undergraduate Students (56 credit hours)
Nutrition (3)
Health Assessment (3)
Foundations of Nursing (6)
Nursing Pharmacology (3)
Mental Health Nursing (4)
Adult Health Nursing I (6)
Community Health Nursing (4)
Adult Health Nursing II (6)
Nursing Research (3)
Family Health Nursing (4)
Critical Care Nursing (4)
Child Health Nursing (4)
Nursing Leadership (6)