Pictured | Mikayla Mason | Nursing | Bristol, Indiana (hometown)
Volunteer activities and affiliations | Volunteer, Church Community Services; Student Nurses Association

School of Nursing

General Education and Common Degree Requirements

Fundamental Literacies

Writing | ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing, and Inquiry I

Critical Thinking

Select one of the following:

• PHIL-P 102 Critical Thinking and Applied Ethics
• PHIL-P 140 Introduction to Ethics

Oral Communication | SPCH-S 121 Public Speaking

Visual Literacy

Quantitative Reasoning

Must include one of the following:

• HSC-H 322 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• MATH-K 300 Statistical Techniques for Health Professions
• NURS-H 355 Data Analysis/Practice and Research
• PSY-P 354 Statistical Analysis in Psychology
• SOC-S 351 Social Statistics

Information Literacy

• HSC-L 230 Health Care Delivery Systems

Computer Literacy

Common Core Courses

Students must take three courses from three different categories; one must be at the 390/399 level

• Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
• Human Behavior and Social Institutions
• Literary and Intellectual Traditions
• Natural World

Contemporary Social Values

• Non-Western Cultures
• Diversity in United States Society | SOC-S 161 Principles of Sociology
• Health and Wellness | NURS-B 108 Personal Health and Wellness

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