Online RN-BS Curriculum

The Online RN-BS Program consists of five 6 credit Online Nursing courses.

Nursing Courses Year I

Nursing 360 - Professional Issues in Nursing 6 credits

Nursing 361 - Health Assessment and Promotion 6 credits

Nursing 362 - Nursing Research and Informatics 6 credits

Upon successful completion of NU 360 Professional Issues in Nursing, students are awarded 41 transfer credits for nursing courses taken in their previous nursing program.

Nursing Courses Year II

Nursing 461 - Community Health Nursing for RN's 6 credits

Nursing 462 - Legal, Ethical and Health Policy 6 credits

Additional Required Courses:

Statistics	3 credits
Pharmacology*	3 credits
Nutrition*	3 credits

*The Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Nutrition and Pharmacology course requirements may be met by scoring 50% or higher on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Exam. These exams are offered at UMass Boston. Please visit the College of Nursing and Health Sciences website at NLN Application for an application. If you have additional questions regarding the NLN Examination, please email them to Kristen.Carlson@umb.edu.

A course in statistics must be completed prior to entering NU 362, Nursing Research and Informatics.

UMass Boston Elective Requirements:

In addition to the five (5) nursing courses, UMass Boston has General Education Requirements. Those requirements are:

World Culture and World Language 6 credits
Arts and Humanities 6 credits
Electives 7 credits

A listing of courses that fufill the World Culture, World Language, Art and Humanities elective credit can be found by clicking on Distribution Courses.

If you are unsure if a course from another college/university would count for a world culture, world language, art or humanities credit, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 617-287-6100.

Writing Proficiency Requirement

All undergraduate students must pass the Writing Proficiency Requirement (WPR). Information on the WPR can be found at The Writing Proficiency Requirement at UMB.