Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Hood College offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing designed to educate students to assume the role of a Registered Nurse and to prepare them to take the NCLEX examination. The program provides generalist nursing education along with the required competencies for nursing in today’s health care environment. With a curriculum grounded in the liberal arts, natural sciences, and nursing courses focusing on leadership, research and evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and nursing theory and communication, students are well prepared to enter the field of nursing. Nursing students must also meet all requirements of the Hood College Core Curriculum.
Nursing Required Courses:
Prior to beginning the nursing courses, students must complete 24 credits of core courses or courses required for the nursing major. A cumulative grade point average of 2.75 and a grade of C or higher in all required courses must be maintained. BIOL 104, Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses I, BIOL 204, Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses II, CHEM 100, The Chemical World or CHEM 101, General Chemistry I, and PSY 101, Introduction to Psychology must be completed prior to beginning the nursing courses.
Students who extend their program, for academic or other reasons, will be required to validate basic skills and assessment competencies, complete any required remediation, and submit a written action plan for success to the BSN Program Director, all prior to resuming coursework. Students who have more than 1 semester of leave from the program may be required to complete a standardized written assessment to determine if the minimum knowledge competency has been maintained. If the student does not meet the benchmark on the written assessment, a course/courses may need to be repeated to achieve the minimum competency needed to progress in the program.
Students who need to repeat a nursing course which necessitates them waiting until the course is offered after the next semester, will resume their program of study under the most current curriculum.
The requirement for PHIL 221 can also be satisfied by an approved substitute. Please see the department chair for more information.
Nursing Requirements
First-year students entering Hood in Fall 2025 or after will follow these requirements.
Transfer students entering Hood between Fall 2025 and Fall 2026 will follow the requirements from the 2024-2025 catalog.