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Nursing at BSC
Nursing at BSC
BSC offers an accelerated Master’s of Nursing in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After attending BSC for seven semesters – and with acceptance to the program – you will begin at the UAB School of Nursing in the spring of your senior year. You’ll still graduate with your friends from BSC after completing that first term at UAB.
Launched in 2018, the dual degree program gives you a direct path to a graduate degree in nursing and the opportunity to explore other passions. With BSC’s new Health Sciences major, which is geared toward students planning a career in nursing and other allied health degrees, you’ll experience learning hands-on through internships, travel, mentoring, and service-learning. BSC’s Health Professions Advisory Committee is also here to support you on the pathway to your degree.
MSN degree programs usually require a full bachelor’s degree plus three years of coursework. According to Nurse Journal, MSN holders have better job opportunities, earn higher pay, and are more likely to take on management roles than RNs with only bachelor’s degrees. Accelerated programs are rarely available at small, nationally ranked residential liberal arts colleges like Birmingham-Southern. BSC is one of the top 130 private colleges in the country and is known for its strong pre-health program; UAB is the 13th-ranked nursing school, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Requirements:
Completion of the Health Sciences Major (without the Senior Capstone), a minimum 3.0 GPA, a minimum of “C” in all required coursework, the GRE (exempt if GPA is 3.2), and completion of BSC’s General Education requirements. Students must also have completed 29 units at BSC by the time they start at UAB.
You may apply to the AMNP program your junior or senior fall. Either way, you’ll start the January of your senior year. An additional 3.75 units will be transferred from UAB to BSC at the completion of the UAB spring term. Financial aid awarded by BSC will not be transferred to UAB. UAB aid can be applied for through that institution.
Here are the required courses you are likely to take at BSC with this program, in addition to other courses required by the Explorations Curriculum, plus electives. Please note this schedule is just an example and not set in stone.
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Year 1 Fall: BI 110 (Cell & Molecular Biology) Year 2 Fall: BI 215 (Genetics) Year 3 Fall: HS 203 (Human Physiology) Year 4 Fall: PY 313 (Psychological Disorders) |
Year 1 Spring: BI 115 (Organismal Biology) Year 2 Spring: BI 225 (Evolutionary Ecology) |