Prerequisites Courses for UMSON RN-to-BSN Program

MC Course / Credits / MC degree General Education and AS courses / UMSON equivalent / Date Taken or Projected Date / Grade
BIOL 150 / 4 / Prereq. for BIOL 212 / General Elective (4 credit)
BIOL 210 / 4 / Nursing req. / Microbiology w/lab
BIOL 212 / 4 / Nursing req.; NSLD / Anatomy & Physiology I w/lab
BIOL 213 / 4 / Nursing req.; NSLD / Anatomy & Physiology II w/lab
BIOL 226 (or NUTR101) / 3 / Nutrition
*CHEM 131 / 4 / General Chemistry w/lab
ENGL 101 / 3 / Prereq. for ENGL102 / General Elective (3 credit)
ENGL 102 / 3 / English Foundation / English I
ENGL 103 / 3 / English II
MATH 110 / 3 / Mathematics Foundation / College Algebra, Calculus, or Pre-calculus
MATH117/117A / 3 / Statistics
PSYC 102 / 3 / BSSD / Intro to Psychology
PSYC 203 / 3 / Human Growth and Development
SOCY 100 / 3 / BSSD / Intro to Sociology
MC Distribution Courses / UMSON / Date / Grade
Humanities Dist.
HUMD / 3 / (MC Courses below meet both MC and UMSON Humanities reqs)
PHIL- 101; 140; 143; 190; 201; 205; 212; 218
ENGL- 122; 190; 201;202; 205; 208; 211;212;213;214; 220; 223; 226; 227; 230; 231;233;241;245;248
Language Course
Women’s Studies Course / Humanities Electives
Theory courses taken from at
least two different departments – Art, Music, Theatre, Dance, Communications, Philosophy, Literature, Religion (if completed at a non-religiously affiliated school), Language, Speech, Math, Women’s Studies.
Arts Dist.
ARTD / 3 / Any course under the MC General Education Arts Distribution Requirement / Humanities Elective
(See above)
Additional UMSON Electives / Date / Grade
Humanities Elective / 3 / Course: / Humanities Elective
(See above)
Social Sciences Elective / 3 / Course: / Social Science Electives: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Criminal Justice, Women’s Studies, additional Psychology, or Sociology.

Montgomery College NURSING CURRICULUM

MC Course / Date Taken / Grade
NURS 113- Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 114- Professionalism and Communication in Nursing
NURS 121- Basic Health Assessment
NURS 125- Nursing in Health and Illness I
NURS 126- Nursing Care of Special Populations I: Geriatric and Psychiatric Nursing
NURS 129- Pathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing
NURS 225- Nursing in Health and Illness II
NURS 226- Nursing Care of Special Populations II: Maternal/Child Nursing
NURS 205- Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NURS 240- Nursing in Health and Illness II

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – SCHOOL OF NURSING

UMSON Course / Date Taken / Grade
NURS 450- RN to BSN Transition
NURS 452- Nursing Research and Evidence Based Care for the RN
NURS 454 –Pathophysiologic Implications to Patient Assessment
NURS 418- Nursing Elective
NURS 460- Health Informatics for the RN
NURS 462- Nursing Leadership and Management for the RN
NURS 467- Public Health Nursing Essentials for the RN
NURS 418- Nursing Elective
NURS 418- Nursing Elective

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