Course Curriculum

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)                

Goals of the Program

The BSN Curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for entry into professional nursing practice. This foundation offers both academic and professional nursing courses that provide the base for clinical competence and informed judgments about health care situations and care of patients in both in and out-patient settings. The curriculum prepares nurses who:

• Synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, scientific and humanistic disciplines and make professional practice decisions.
• Provide professional nursing care that includes health promotion and maintenance, illness care, restoration, rehabilitation, health counseling, and education based on knowledge derived from theory and research.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently and/or collaboratively apply the problem-solving process in a variety of settings to facilitate client's adaptation to multiple and/or complex environmental variables for the purpose of achieving maximum health.
• Engage in critical inquiry and incorporate patient data into the practice of professional nursing.
• Collaborate with clients, health care providers, and members of the general public to promote the achievement of health care goals.
• Use leadership and managerial skills to provide quality nursing care in a variety of settings.
• Engage in professional role behaviors that serve to improve nursing and health care delivery systems, and meet the changing needs of society.
• Incorporate professional, ethical, legal, and institutional standards into nursing practice.
• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own and selected others' nursing practice decisions, interventions, and outcomes.

Getting Started

The nursing education at UAB begins with the pre-nursing curriculum. Courses in the arts, sciences, and humanities provide a base for the upper division courses in nursing during the junior and senior years. Foundation courses which are a part of the Pre-nursing curriculum are highlighted in yellow in the attached pdf document.

Transfer students applying to the upper division major in Nursing should pay close attention to the required foundation courses highlighted in yellow in the attahed pdf document:

Please click the link to view the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum

 * Student needs either a 6 hour sequence of literature or history

** Applies to students who take Microbiology at UAB. Students may otherwise take any additional science with lab (excluding Geology and Astronomy).

BSN-Upper Division Nursing Studies (5 semesters)

Total 62 credit hours; Honors Students 69 credit hours

Total 62 credit hours; Honors Students 69 credit hours

Where can I get more information?

Internet Website: http//www.uab.edu/son

Course Curriculum for BSN Studies (Download PDF file) 

Clinical Experiences

Clinical learning experiences for the BSN program are offered in a variety of agencies in the greater Birmingham Metropolitan Area. As students progress through the various clinical nursing courses offered in the upper division major, they will have clinical rotations through a variety of area hospitals including the UAB Hospital and Children's Health Care System. Each student will have clinical rotations in Adult Medical Surgical areas, Obstetrics, Psychiatric Mental Health facilitates, and Pediatrics. In the final semester, each student will have the opportunity to select an area of concentration for a directed clinical practicum.

BSN Honors Program
Students who desire to enrich their BSN program experience may elect to enroll in the Honor's program. This program assists admitted students to develop additional skills in research or clinical practice in preparation for a career as a professional nurse or develop a foundation for graduate study. (BSN Honor's Program).