Curriculum & Courses
Designed for active registered nurses with an associate degree in
nursing, the RN to BSN online program is built on 35 core credits*
of nursing major courses. The program is offered in an accelerated
eight-week format to allow for multiple starts each year.
*Please note that the total credit hours required may vary based on
your individual official transcript evaluations and professional
portfolio credit worksheet. Students may be required to take
prerequisite math and English coursework as determined by TU
placement assessments.
Online RN to BSN Courses
TU core curriculum courses are waived for any students who have a
previous conferred bachelor’s degree or associate degree of arts or
sciences from a regionally accredited institution.
TU Core Curriculum (25 credit hours)
FYE 1001 First Year Experience
ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation
MATH 1143 Mathematical Functions
BLOCK 1: Aesthetic Inquiry & Creative Exp (3 Hours)
BLOCK 1: Aesthetic Inquiry & Creative Exp (3 Hours)
BLOCK 2: Historical & Social Interpretation (3 Hours)
BLOCK 2: Historical & Social Interpretation (3 Hours)
BLOCK 2: Historical & Social Interpretation (3 Hours)
BLOCK 2: Historical & Social Interpretation (3 Hours)
Pre-Requisites and Nursing Foundation Courses (23 hours)
AHS 2122 Normal Nutrition
AHS 2223 Microbiology for Health Professionals
AHS 2133 Life Span Processes or PSY 3063 DEV PSYC
NSG 2233 Pharmacology and Metrology
CHEM 1004 Chemistry for Medicine (w/lab)
BIOL 2173 Human Physiology
BIOL 2171 Human Physiology Laboratory
BIOL 2153 Human Anatomy
BIOL 2151 Human Anatomy Laboratory
Nursing Electives (37 hours)
Nursing electives may consist of nursing courses completed at another regionally accredited institution and/or completion of a professional portfolio.
Nursing Core (35 hours)
AHS 4045 Intro to Applied Health Care Research
HCDS 2013 In Sickness and In Health
ENGL 3003 Writing for the Professions
NSG 3063 Theoretical Frameworks of Nursing
NSG 3073 Population Health
NSG 4013 Nursing Care of the Family
NSG 4023 Healthcare Informatics
NSG 4263 Nursing Science V
NSG 4543 Quality Across Health Care Systems
NSG 4643 Capstone
All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
View full course details in
The University of Tulsa course
catalog.