UTHSCSA Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

The UTHSCSA nursing degree program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The program is composed of two phases. In Phase I students complete a minimum of 62 semester credit hours (two years) of prenursing course requirements available at UTSA. Phase I coursework plan at UTSA should be pre-approved by the UTSA Health Professions Advisor. Phase II requires students to complete 62 semester credit hours of courses in the nursing major through either the Generic Process or Flexible Process track at the UTHSCSA School of Nursing. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is 120.

Admission into Phase I must be made through UTSA. Admission into Phase II must be made through UTHSCSA. Students who have completed 40 to 45 semester credit hours of Phase I courses may request an application for admission from the Office of Nursing Admissions at UTHSCSA. Questions about Phase I prenursing course requirements and requests for admission applications should be addressed to:

Nursing Admissions
Office of Student Services
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78284-7702
(210) 567-2670

Information is available on the Internet at http://www.uthscsa.edu/.

Application for admission to Phase II must be made by February 1 for Fall Semester admission and September 1 for Spring Semester admission. Applicants must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 and a grade point average of 2.5 in prenursing course requirements in order to be considered for admission. Students with higher grade point averages will be more competitive.

Applicants must have passed all sections of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) and must meet minimum standards before they may enroll in upper-division (Phase II) coursework. Students may not enroll in the upper-division nursing courses until they have completed the 62 semester credit hours of prerequisite courses and have been formally accepted by UTHSCSA.

Students admitted to the School of Nursing must be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before registration. Students must pass a Criminal Background Check prior to admission.

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Phase I: 62 semester credit hours at UTSA. All courses are subject to approval by the School of Nursing when the student applies for Phase II.

A. 23 semester credit hours of natural and physical sciences:

AHS 2043 Nutrition
AHS 2083, 2091 Human Biology: Anatomy and Laboratory*
AHS 2103, 2111 Human Biology: Physiology and Laboratory*
AHS 1053, 1061 Introductory Microbiology and Laboratory
CHE 1003, 1011 Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences and Laboratory*
CHE 1203, 1211 Elementary Organic and Biochemistry and Laboratory
*BIO 1113 Biology I and BIO 1122 Laboratory Investigations in Biology are prerequisites to the above Allied Health Sciences courses.

B. 15 semester credit hours in the behavioral sciences, visual and performing arts, and humanities:

1. Behavioral Sciences (9 semester credit hours)

PSY 1013 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 2503 Developmental Psychology
SOC 1013 Introduction to the Study of Society

2. Visual and Performing Arts (3 semester credit hours)

Courses with prefixes ART, AHC, MUS, or equivalent

3.Humanities (3 semester credit hours)
Literature, cultural studies, philosophy, modern or classical languages/literature

C. 24 semester credit hours in other basic requirements:

1. 6 semester credit hours required:

MTC 1023 College Algebra with Applications (or higher)
STA 1053 Basic Statistics

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2. 18 semester credit hours of UTSA Core Curriculum requirements (for a listing of the courses that fulfill these requirements, see pages 9-13 of this catalog):

Phase II: One of the following plans, completed at UTHSCSA:

A. Generic Plan*

The following lists the courses in the Generic Process Program Plan. This plan may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis but must be completed within four years of initial enrollment in Phase II of the nursing program.

*Note: 3 semester credit hours in a nursing elective and 6 semester credit hours in nonnursing electives are also required for graduation. Students have the option of taking these Fall, Spring, or Summer Semesters. Nonnursing elective requirements may be satisfied with junior and senior level courses taken at UTSA.

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B. Flexible Process*

Students must meet the 62 semester hour Pre-Nursing admission course requirements in Phase I. Only students with previous nursing experience are eligible for this plan. Although this program can be completed on a part-time basis, all work toward the degree must be completed within four years of the date of initial enrollment in Phase II of the nursing program. Some courses are offered by examination only. Credit for much of the program can be completed by examination also. For a complete list of these courses, contact the UTHSCSA School of Nursing.

*Note: 3 semester credit hours in a nursing elective and 6 semester credit hours in nonnursing electives are also required for graduation. Students have the option of taking these in the Fall, Spring, or Summer Semesters. Nonnursing elective requirements may be satisfied with junior and senior level courses taken at UTSA.

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