The traditional undergraduate program is designed for beginning students of nursing, including high school graduates and change-of-major students. The School of Nursing is known across the nation as a highly rigorous, academically demanding, and clinically excellent program for the preparation of new nurses.

The curriculum's format maintains high educational standards while focusing on integrating didactic instruction, simulation, and clinical experience to prepare graduates to enter their nursing careers a step ahead of many other nursing graduates. 

The BSN requires 121 credits for completion and is set up as follows:

Freshman Experience: Introduction to the profession and population health with essential science and liberal arts courses.

Sophomore Experience: Development of core knowledge, clinical skills, and decision making in nursing through simulation and laboratory experiences.

Junior Experience: Expansion of nursing knowledge into essential and specialty clinical nursing, including pharmacology, with associated field experiences.

Senior Experience: Focus on public and global health, leadership, and clinical reasoning courses as well as practical experiences in women's health, care of adults, and a capstone preceptorship to prepare student entry into the nursing profession.  

This sequential curricular development will allow students to build a solid foundation for nursing practice. To support the student experience, a state-of-the-art clinical simulation laboratory and resource center allow students to pursue independent and collaborative coursework.

The faculty is committed to providing the highest caliber of nursing education possible. The innovative curricular design, laboratory resources, and dynamic faculty provide students with the best educational program.