Required Courses — First Year (semester hours)*
- BIOL-141 Cell Biology and Genetics for the Health Sciences (4)
- BIOL-207 Medical Microbiology (4)
- CHEM-115 Chemistry for the Health Sciences (4)
- PSYC-151 Introductory Psychology: Perspectives on the Self (3)
- SOC-151 Sociological Principles and Perspectives(3)
- ENGL-101 Written Rhetoric (3)
- IDIS-110 Foundations of information technology (1)
- IDIS-150 Developing a Christian mind (interim, 3)
- MATH-143 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (4)
- Arts core (3)
- Physical education core (1)
Required Courses — Second year (semester hours)*
- BIOL-205 Human Anatomy (4)
- BIOL-206 Human Physiology (4)
- PSYC-201 Developmental Psychology: Lifespan (3)
- HE-254 Nutrition (3)
- Philosophical foundations core (3)
- Literature core(3)
- Biblical/theological foundations core (3)
- History of the west and the world core (4)
- Rhetoric in culture core (3)
- Physical education core (1)
- Interim elective (3)
*Note: Students are required to have either two years of high school foreign language with grades of C or better or one year of college level foreign language. If a student needs to take a foreign language at Calvin, it should be taken during the first or second year.
Nursing Courses — Third Year (semester hours)
- NURS-307 Theory: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4)
- NURS-308 Strategies: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4)
- NURS-309 Practicum: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4)
- NURS-327 Theory: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4)
- NURS-328 Strategies: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4)
- NURS-329 Practicum: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4)
- Electives (0-8)
- Interim elective (3)
Nursing Courses — Fourth Year (semester hours)
- NURS-357 Theory: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4)
- NURS-358 Strategies: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4)
- NURS-359 Practicum: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4)
- NURS-377 Theory: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management (4)
- NURS-378 Strategies: Synthesis of Nursing Care across the Lifespan (1)
- NURS-379 Practicum: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management (4)
- NURS-380 Critical Reflections (3)
- Electives (0-8)
Note: The formal requirements for a Calvin bachelor's degree include the following: Successful completion of 124 semester hours, completion of three interim courses of three credit hours or more, completion of the designated program of study and the designated core, and a minimum grade point average of 2.0 both overall and in the program of concentration.
