Undergraduate Program

The AUK Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program curriculum consists of 122 credit
hours, 66 of which are nursing core courses that incorporate didactic, simulation, and
clinical coursework. The remaining 56 credits comprise general education and nursing
cognates courses. The program is designed to be completed through full-time study within
eight (8) semesters.

BSN Curriculum Structure

Requirement	Type	No. of Courses	Credit Hours
General Education (G.E.)	Compulsory	13	41
Nursing Cognate Courses	Compulsory	3	15
General Education (G.E.)	Compulsory	13	41
Nursing Core Courses	Compulsory	27	66
Elective	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total		44	122

General Education (G.E.)

Note: Course(s) designated with an asterisk (*) fulfill the cultural diversity
requirement.

G.E. Category	Required Credits
1. English Oral and Written Communication Required courses are English courses in oral and written communication, critical thinking, and any courses under the G.E. Category of English Oral and Written Communication.	6
2. Quantitative Literacy Required courses are College Algebra and Statistics.	6
3. Social Sciences Required courses are Introduction of Psychology and Introduction to Sociology.	6
4. Natural Sciences Required courses are General Chemistry with Lab and Biology with Lab.	8
5. Humanities Acceptable courses are Kurdish Studies*, Ethics, and Social Responsibility, Middle East History, Intro to Philosophy, and any courses under the G.E. Category of Humanities.	6
6. Arts Acceptable courses are Kurdish Art*, Visual Communication I, and any courses under the G.E. Category of Arts.	3
7. I.T. Literacy Acceptable courses are Computer Literacy, Computer Ethics, and any courses under the G.E. Category of I.T. Literacy.	3
8. Interdisciplinary Seminar/Capstone Acceptable courses are any courses under the G.E. Category of Interdisciplinary Seminar/Capstone.	3
Total Credits.	41 Units

Nursing Cognate Courses

Course	Credit Hours
BIOL1402 Human Anatomy with Lab	4
BIOL1403 Microbiology with Lab	4
BIOL2404 Human Physiology with Lab	4
PSYC2310 Human Growth and Development	3
Total Credits.	15 Units

Nursing Core Courses

Course	Credit Hours
NURT2301 Concepts of Professional Nursing	3
NURT2302 Health Assessment	3
NURL2103 Health Assessment Lab	1
NURT2304 Alterations in Health and Wellness	3
NURT2305 Pharmacology	3
NURT2206 Nutrition and Health	2
NURT2307 Evidenced-Based Practice Nursing and Informatics	3
NURT2308 Foundations of Nursing Practice	3
NURL2309 Foundations of Nursing Practice Lab	3
NURT2110 Human Diversity	1
NURT3211 Mental Health Nursing	2
NURL3212 Mental Health Nursing Lab	2
NURT3313 Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult and Older Adult Clients	3
NURL3314 Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult and Older Adult Clients Lab	3
NURT3315 Reproductive Health Nursing	3
NURL3216 Reproductive Health Nursing Lab	2
NURT3217 Child Health Nursing	2
NURL3218 Child Health Nursing Lab	2
NURT4319 Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing	3
NURL4220 Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing Lab	2
NURT4321 Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations	3
NURT4322 Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations Lab	3
NURT4123 Interprofessional Collaboration and Outcome Management of Health Care	1
NURT4324 Community and Population Health Nursing	3
NURL4225 Community and Population Health Nursing Lab	2
NURT4126 Nursing Capstone	1
NURL4427 Nursing Capstone Clinical	4
Total Credits.	66 Units

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program is a traditional, full-time,
cohort-style program and is designed to be completed over a four-year course of study.

BSN Curriculum Structure

AUK Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Plan of Study

First-Year: Semester 1 – Fall
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	COMM1301	Freshman English I	3	GE-Oral and Written Communication
2	CSIT1301	Computer Literacy	3	GE-IT Literacy
3	MATH1301	College Algebra	3	GE-Quantitative Literacy
4	CHEM1401	General Chemistry & Lab	4	GE-Natural Science
5	BIOL1401	Biology & Lab	4	GE-Natural Science
			17 CH

First Year: Semester 2 – Spring
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	COMM2301	Freshman English II	3	GE-Oral and Written Communication	Prereq: COMM1301
2	PSYC1301	Introduction to Psychology	3	GE-Social Sciences
3	MATH1311	Statistics and Probability	3	GE-Quantitative Literacy	Prereq: MATH1301
4	BIOL1402	Human Anatomy with Lab	4	Cognate	Prereq: BIOL1401
5	BIOL1403	Microbiology with Lab	4	Cognate	Prereq: BIOL1401; CHEM1401
			17 CH

Second Year: Semester 3 – Fall
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	SOCI1301	Introduction to Sociology	3	GE-Social Sciences
2	BIOL2404	Human Physiology with Lab	4	Cognate	Prereq: BIOL1402; CHEM1401
3	NURT2301	Concepts of Professional Nursing	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: Department permission required
4	NURT2302	Health Assessment	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: Department permission required Coreq: NURL2103
5	NURL2103	Health Assessment Lab	1	Nursing Core	Prereq: Department permission required Coreq: NURT2302
6	NURT2304	Alterations in Health and Wellness	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: Department permission required
			17 CH

Second Year: Semester 4 – Spring
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	NURT2305	Pharmacology	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2304 Coreq: NURT2308; NURL2309
2	NURT2206	Nutrition and Health	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2304
3	NURT2307	Evidence Based Practice Nursing and Informatics	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2301
4	NURT2308	Foundations of Nursing Practice	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2301; NURT2302; NURL2103; NURT2304 Coreq: NURT2305; NURL2309
5	NURL2309	Foundations of Nursing Practice Lab	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2301; NURT2302; NURL2103; NURT2304 Coreq: NURT2305; NURT2308
6	NURT2110	Human Diversity	1	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2301
			15 CH

Third Year: Semester 5 – Fall
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	PSYC2310	Human Growth and Development	3	Cognate	Prereq: PSYC1301
2	NURT3211	Mental Health Nursing	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: PSYC1301; NURT2308; NURL2309 Coreq: NURL3212
3	NURL3212	Mental Health Nursing Lab	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: PSYC1301; NURT2308; NURL2309 Coreq: NURT3211
4	NURT3313	Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult and Older Adult Client	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2308; NURL2309 Coreq: NURL3314
5	NURL3314	Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult and Older Adult Client Lab	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT2308; NURL2309 Coreq: NURT3313
			13 CH

Third Year: Semester 6 – Spring
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	**	Humanities Course	3	GE-Humanities
2	INDS3301	Interdisciplinary Seminar	3	GE-Interdisciplinary	Prereq: PSYC1301; NURT2308; NURL2309 Coreq: NURL3212
3	NURT3315	Reproductive Health Nursing	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314 Coreq: NURL3216
4	NURL3216	Reproductive Health Nursing Lab	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314 Coreq: NURT3315
5	NURT3217	Child Health Nursing	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314 Coreq: NURL3218
6	NURL3218	Child Health Nursing Lab	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314 Coreq: NURT3217
			15 CH

Fourth Year: Semester 7 – Fall
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	**	Arts Course	3	GE-Arts
2	NURT4319	Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218 Coreq: NURL4220
3	NURL4220	Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing Lab	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218 Coreq: NURT4319
4	NURT4321	Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218 Coreq: NURL4322
5	NURL4322	Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations Lab	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218 Coreq: NURT4321
			14 CH

Fourth Year: Semester 8 – Spring
No	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours	Requirement	Prerequisite/Corequisite
1	**	Humanities Course	3	GE-Humanities
2	NURT4123	Interprofessional Collaboration and Outcome Management of Health Care	1	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT4319; NURL4220
3	NURT4324	Community and Population Health Nursing	3	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT4319; NURL4220; NURT4321; NURL4322 Coreq: NURL4225
4	NURL4225	Community and Population Health Nursing Lab	2	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT4319; NURL4220; NURT4321; NURL4322 Coreq: NURT4324
5	NURT4126	Nursing Capstone	1	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT4321; NURL4322Coreq: NURL4427
6	NURL4427	Nursing Capstone Clinical	1	Nursing Core	Prereq: NURT4321; NURL4322 Coreq: NURT4126
			14 CH

**Refer to the General Education (GE) section for the list of applicable courses.

NURT2301 Concepts of Professional Nursing

Designed to introduce and transition the freshman nursing student to the language of
nursing. Provides an overview of professional nursing role within the health care
environment, including historical and theoretical aspects of nursing, critical thinking,
clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, patient-centered care,
professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration and interpersonal communication.
Highlights the influence of culture and professional values on the role of the
professional nurse. This course provides students with the opportunity to expand their
knowledge, values, and meaning in areas of nursing practice by utilizing the model of
QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) and developing their own nursing
framework. Prerequisite: Department permission is required. Fall semester.

NURT2302 Health Assessment

This course presents a systematic, holistic approach to in-depth health history taking
and physical assessment of clients of all ages. The course emphasizes developmental and
culturally competent assessment skills and the ability to recognize deviations from
normal. Concepts learned in the lecture will be practiced in the laboratory. Students
will practice these techniques on their peers and designated volunteers during
supervised campus laboratory sessions. Students will apply lecture concepts to improve
their skills and the techniques necessary to intervene and reduce patients’ risks and
promote patients’ health. Prerequisite: Department permission is required. Corequisite:
NURL2103. Fall semester.

NURL2103 Health Assessment Lab

Practice history taking, physical examination techniques, and risk identification on
peers during supervised campus laboratory sessions. Application of skills and techniques
acquired to intervene and reduce risks and/or promote health with individual clients
during the clinical laboratory. Prerequisite: Department permission is required.
Corequisite: NURT2302. Fall semester.

NURT2304 Alterations in Health and Wellness

This course focuses on the pathophysiological basis for alterations in health. Theories
of disease causation will be explored. Issues of genetics and biochemical alterations in
health will be presented with an emphasis on etiology, health disparities, systemic
pathophysiological responses, and clinical manifestations. Issues of wellness will also
be explored. Prerequisite: Department permission is required. Fall semester.

NURT2305 Pharmacology

This course focuses on the basic drug classification, concepts, and principles of
pharmacology. Emphasis is on the principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and
pharmacogenetics in the treatment of illnesses, with special consideration for the
nursing role in developing a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of drug
therapy using the nursing process. Nursing implications relative to the utilization of
drug therapy are examined. Safe administration and monitoring of the effects of
pharmacotherapeutic agents are discussed. Dosage calculations are evaluated for
competency. Prerequisite: NURT2304. Corequisite: NURT2308; NURL2309 Spring semester.

NURT2206 Nutrition and Health

This course focuses on the foundations of nutrition in the prevention of chronic disease.
Evidence-based nutrition care for gastrointestinal diseases, cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes, metabolic syndrome, energy balance, weight control, bone disease, and renal
disease are addressed. Pathophysiology of various disease states and appropriate medical
nutrition therapy is understood. Nursing's role in nutrition assessment is appreciated
with respect to patient weight change, intake adequacy, gastrointestinal symptoms
affecting nutrient absorption, and activities of daily living. Coverage of alternate
feeding methods and issues surrounding drug-nutrient interactions are included.
Opportunities to present prevention of disease through nutrition education in the
community are offered. Prerequisite: NURT2304. Spring semester.

NURT2307 Evidence Based Practice Nursing and Informatics

This course explores assessing evidence-based nursing into professional nursing practice.
Scientific methodologies of research are used as a focus. Utilization of evidence and
informatics will be used to implement and evaluate current nursing practice.
Identification and collaboration with the healthcare team will lead to a final project
that implements practice change. Prerequisite: NURT2301. Spring semester.

NURT2308 Foundations of Nursing Practice

Concepts of physiological integrity, psychosocial integrity, safe, effective care
environments, and health promotion/maintenance are examined. Focuses on beginning
competencies required for the care of adult and older adult clients with acute and
chronic health problems across a variety of practice settings. Prerequisite: NURT2301;
NURT2302; NURL2103; NURT2304. Corequisite: NURT2305; NURL2309. Spring semester.

NURL2309 Foundations of Nursing Practice Lab

Clinical experiences provide opportunities to acquire basic nursing skills in simulated
and actual clinical settings. Emphasis is on interpersonal communication, safety,
documentation, and selected basic nursing interventions required for clients with acute
and chronic health problems. Prerequisite: NURT2301; NURT2302; NURL2103; NURT2304.
Corequisite: NURT2305; NURT2308. Spring semester.

NURT2110 Human Diversity

This course is designed as a role development course. Students will examine the skills
used to be culturally competent and sensitive to human diversity. Nursing students will
begin by gaining an understanding of the principles of delivering culturally sensitive
care. The course requires that students open their minds and examine their own cultural
and humanistic beliefs and values and explore the impact of those beliefs and values on
clinical practice as a health care professional. Students will also explore strategies
for successful patient-nurse relationships when the patients' culture, race/ethnicity,
prejudice, and lifestyle beliefs conflict with the health models used in nursing
science. Prerequisite: NURT2301. Spring semester.

NURT3211 Mental Health Nursing

Integrates theory from nursing, related fields, communication, and critical thinking in
providing nursing care for multicultural individuals, families, groups, and specific
populations with mental illness and focuses on providing professional nursing care that
promotes mental health and adaptation to mental illness. Prerequisite: PSYC1301;
NURT2308; NURL2309. Corequisite: NURL3212. Fall Semester.

NURL3212 Mental Health Nursing Lab

Experiences provide opportunities to develop interpersonal communication skills and
therapeutic use of self. Emphasis on the development of the role of the nurse as a
provider, designer, and coordinator of care for individuals, families, and community
groups with mental health care needs. Prerequisite: PSYC1301; NURT2308; NURL2309.
Corequisite: NURT3211. Fall Semester.

NURT3313 Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult & Older Adult Clients

Provides nursing theory for the care of adult and older adult clients with
medical-surgical health alterations. The course includes diagnostic and therapeutic
nursing interventions relevant to medical-surgical health alterations. The course
emphasizes the nursing process and critical thinking to manage acute and chronic
medical-surgical problems. Prerequisite: NURT2308; NURL2309. Corequisite: NURL3314. Fall
Semester.

NURL3314 Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult & Older Adult Clients Lab

Clinical experiences provide opportunities to practice advanced nursing skills in
simulated and actual clinical settings. This course emphasizes further development of
the nursing role in providing and coordinating care for adult and older adult clients
with acute and chronic medical-surgical health alterations. Prerequisite: NURT2308;
NURL2309. Corequisite: NURT3313. Fall Semester.

NURT3315 Reproductive Health Nursing

Focuses on integration and application of the nursing process in providing care for
multicultural women, neonates, and their families. Emphasis on the development of the
role of the nurse as a provider, designer, and coordinator of care for women across the
lifespan. Prerequisite: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314. Corequisite: NURT3315.
Spring Semester

NURT3217 Child Health Nursing

Integrating and applying the nursing process in providing age-appropriate care and
advocating for infants, children, and adolescents. Collaboration with the child, family,
and other members of the health care team to promote health and adapt to illness.
Prerequisite: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314. Corequisite: NURL3218. Spring
Semester.

NURL3218 Child Health Nursing Lab

Applies the dimensions of health, health care, and nursing in addressing the health care
needs of infants, children, and adolescents with a focus on health promotion, risk
reduction, and disease prevention. Clinical experiences occur in pediatric and community
health settings. Prerequisite: NURT3211; NURL3212; NURT3313; NURL3314. Corequisite:
NURT3217. Spring Semester.

NURT4319 Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing

The theory in this course is designed to analyze leadership and management principles and
illustrate how these concepts reflect professional nursing practice for the practicing
professional nurse. The healthcare delivery environment will be discussed with an
emphasis on the current and future trends in the management of nursing resources and
personnel. In addition, health care policy and change theory will be further introduced
as it relates to system analysis today, which will be used to evaluate individuals,
policies, and organizations. Emphasis will be placed on how one makes decisions,
collaborates, and works within the new healthcare team of the future. Prerequisite:
NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218. Corequisite: NURL4220. Fall Semester

NURL4220 Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing Lab

Theories and principles of leadership and management are synthesized in a selected
clinical area within the health care system. Emphasizes decision-making, critical
thinking, client advocacy, collaboration, leadership, and functioning as a team member
within the health care setting. Prerequisite: NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218.
Corequisite: NURT4319. Fall Semester

NURT4321 Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations

Provides nursing theory for the care of adult and older adult clients with complex health
alterations; includes diagnostic and therapeutic nursing interventions relevant to
advanced medical-surgical health alterations. Emphasizes the nursing process and
critical thinking in managing and coordinating care. Prerequisite: NURT3315; NURL3216;
NURT3217; NURL3218. Corequisite: NURL4322. Fall Semester.

NURL4322 Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations Lab

Experiences provide opportunities to design and coordinate advanced medical-surgical
nursing care for adult and older adult clients with complex health alterations; apply
concepts of advanced medical-surgical and critical care nursing. Critical thinking,
organization, leadership, and time management skills are emphasized. Prerequisite:
NURT3315; NURL3216; NURT3217; NURL3218. Corequisite: NURT4321. Fall Semester.

NURT4123 Interprofessional Collaboration and Outcome Management of Health Care

This course focuses on a collaborative approach to patient-centered care. The emphasis is
on the values and ethics of interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities,
interprofessional communication skills, and teamwork to manage outcomes to improve
quality. This course incorporates the Core Competencies for Interprofessional
Collaboration for Health Care into principles and concepts of continuous quality
improvement in health care for outcomes management. Prerequisite: NURT4319; NURL4220.
Spring Semester.

NURT4324 Community and Population Health Nursing

This course introduces theories of public health nursing practice related to assessing
the health of a population and applying nursing interventions to improve population
health at the individual, family, community, and systems levels. Content stresses
community health nursing roles in prevention and health promotion with culturally
diverse families and populations in a variety of community settings. Emphasis is given
to identifying risk and to using the nursing process with populations at risk. Morbidity
and mortality data will also be analyzed along with relevant socio-environmental factors
to prepare students to practice evidence-based nursing care. Prerequisite: NURT4319;
NURL4220; NURT4321; NURL4322. Corequisite: NURL4225. Spring Semester.

NURL4225 Community and Population Health Nursing Lab

This course is designed to provide a synthesis of community/population nursing
experiences that allow the student to apply the knowledge and skills from professional
nursing practice and public health concepts. The clinical venues will provide students
with opportunities to expand their understanding of community health nursing practice
and the activities that focus upon health care promotion and disease prevention in
culturally/socially diverse populations at the level of whole or aggregate communities
both domestically and internationally. Prerequisite: NURT4319; NURL4220; NURT4321;
NURL4322. Corequisite: NURT4324. Spring Semester.

NURT4126 Nursing Capstone

Synthesis of knowledge acquired in the BSN curriculum toward the development of the
Professional Nursing role. Focus on the application of theory and nursing process for
the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery for patients, both
as individuals and cohorts. Integrated content expectations are evolving issues,
lifelong learning, the impact of cultural issues, and promotion of the nursing
profession. Prerequisite: NURT4321; NURL4322. Corequisite: NURL4427. Spring Semester.

NURL4427 Nursing Capstone Clinical

Supervised practicum experience with a focus on the application of theory and nursing
process for the purpose of planning, implementing and evaluating care delivery for
patients, both as individuals and cohorts. This practicum course will build on the
concepts and knowledge gained from previous nursing courses allowing for the application
of theories and concepts associated with nursing leadership, nursing research, and
management of care. Prerequisite: NURT4321; NURL4322. Corequisite: NURT4126. Spring
Semester.

Clinical Practicum Rotations

Sophomore – Semester 2

• NURL 2309 – Foundations of Nursing Practice Lab

Junior – Semester 1

• NURL 3212 – Mental Health Nursing Lab
• NURL3314 – Management of the Medical-Surgical Adult & Older Adult Client Lab

Junior – Semester 2

• NURL 3216 – Reproductive Health Nursing Lab
• NURL3218 – Child Health Nursing Lab

Senior – Semester 1

• NURL4220 – Leadership/Management in Professional Nursing Lab
• NURL4322 – Management of the Adult with Complex Health Alterations Lab

Senior – Semester 2

• NURL4225 – Community and Population Health Nursing Lab
• NURL4427 – Nursing Capstone Clinical

Admission & Registration

English Language Requirements

Tuition and Fees