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About the Nursing Program

The Health Science major is available as a dual degree program that must include both degrees in Nursing (ASN & BSN) from the Springfield Campus of Southwest Baptist University (SBU). Students earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Health Science from Drury will simultaneously earn an Associate of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SBU. The BS–Health Science major requires completion of all graduation requirements at both institutions, including the major requirements listed below, the Drury Fusion programD, the SBU DISCOVER programS, and any additional graduation requirements from both institutions (e.g., minimum number of 300- or 400-level credit hours).

To complete all three degrees in four years, you must work closely with the nursing advisor at Drury and the nursing advisor at SBU– Springfield to schedule courses each semester. Documentation of your progress is required for legal reasons, so you must complete all your paperwork each semester for both Drury and SBU. Enrollment in nursing courses at SBU requires general acceptance to SBU’s College of Health, so you should complete that process once you have completed or are officially enrolled in all three prerequisites (Biol 205/6/8). Once at Drury, courses must be completed at the Drury Main Campus (Day School) or the SBU Springfield Campus.

You will register for each course at its respective home (i.e., SBU for NUR and Drury for all others) throughout your tenure in the program, but you will pay all your tuition for both institutions at Drury. Your Drury fees and most SBU fees will be paid to Drury as well, but some fees will be paid to and professional items purchased from SBU (see SBU for details). Transfer/equivalency credits for Drury’s curriculum must be declared during your admissions process, and all course equivalencies must be approved at that time.



Bachelor of Arts in Health Science

Required Drury Coursework

Required SBU ASN Coursework*

  • NUR 1012 Health Promotion in Nursing I (2)
  • NUR 1017 Foundations of Nursing Practice (7)
  • NUR 1023 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice (3)
  • NUR 1026 Patient Centered Care (6)
  • NUR 2032 Health Promotion in Nursing II (2)
  • NUR 2037 Advanced Patient Centered Care (7)
  • NUR 2047 Nursing Role Integration (7)
  • NUR 2052 NCLEX Preparation (2)
  • NUR 3453 Spirituality in Health Care (3)S

Bachelor of Science in Health Science

Required Drury Coursework

Required SBU ASN Coursework*

  • NUR 1012 Health Promotion in Nursing I (2) – online
  • NUR 1017 Foundations of Nursing Practice (7)
  • NUR 1023 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice (3)
  • NUR 1026 Patient Centered Care (6)
  • NUR 2032 Health Promotion in Nursing II (2) – online
  • NUR 2037 Advanced Patient Centered Care (7)
  • NUR 2047 Nursing Role Integration (7)
  • NUR 2052 NCLEX Preparation (2)
  • NUR 3453 Spirituality in Health Care (3)SV – online

Required SBU BSN Coursework*

  • NUR 3213 Essentials of Health Care (3) – online
  • NUR 3303 Health Assessment (3) – online
  • NUR 3563 Health Care Informatics (3) – online
  • NUR 4013 Healthcare in Culturally Diverse Comm. (3)SV – online
  • NUR 4333 Research & EBP (3) – online
  • NUR 4404 Community Health (4)^ – online
  • NUR 4434 Administration & Leadership (4) – online
  • NUR 4443 Capstone (3)^ – online

D: Course counts as a Drury Fusion Exploration requirement (Fusion Exploration Category # follows “D” when relevant)
S: Course counts as an SBU DISCOVER requirement (DISCOVER Category Letter follows “S” – e.g., “V” for Values)
*: Courses to be completed at SBU and transferred back to Drury in order to complete the BS–Health Science at Drury
^: Must be taken after RN completed; all other BSN courses may be completed concurrently with ASN courses
Underlined courses are pre-requisites to beginning the nursing program at SBU

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