Requirements for Graduation
To graduate from Eastern Mennonite University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, you must meet the requirements for general education and nursing major requirements. The general education courses can be completed before, during, or after you complete your nursing courses, but you will not receive your diploma until you are finished all coursework.
General education requirements
- Communications: two courses (total 6 semester hours)
Writing – college-level writing, including a research paper
Speech – learning and practicing a variety of speech forms
- Cross-Cultural Studies: one course (total 3 semester hours)
Courses which satisfy this requirement include the following: foreign language study, non-Western history or literature, cultural anthropology or geography, and courses which analyze issues such as discrimination and social problems within the United States.
- Humanities: two courses (total 6 semester hours)
History or literature
Fine arts (music, art, theater)
- Social Science: one course (total 3 semester hours)
One course in psychology, sociology, political science or economics is recommended.
- Natural Science (total 11 semester hours)
Sciences of the human organism include any of the following courses: anatomy and physiology, microbiology, chemistry (organic, inorganic), biochemistry, nutrition, genetics, immunology, advanced (mammalian) physiology, pathophysiology, neuroimmunology and pharmacology. Other courses may be approved upon request. Science courses may be embedded in an approved nursing diploma program.
Requirements for major
You must successfully complete the curriculum for the nursing major – 43 semester hours.
EMU requirements
- You must successfully complete a total of 124 semester hours (including the credits transferred into the program).
- You must enter the Adult Degree Completion Program with a 2.0 cumulative grade point average and maintain a GPA of 2.0 or a “C.”
Individualized academic plan
You will transfer at least 60 semester hours of credit from accredited community colleges or four-year institutions or transfer 45 credits from an approved nursing diploma program/RN licensure. Forty-three credits are earned through EMU’s program. You must complete 124 semester hours of credit (including general education requirements, the nursing courses, and all transferred credits) to graduate. Your assessment counselor will help you to develop an individualized academic plan that considers the number of credits and types of courses you transferred into the program, your educational interests and goals, and events from which you have experienced college-level learning. A portfolio that documents professional schools and training (continuing education) in addition to life-learning experiences may be submitted to EMU faculty for evaluation and awarding of credit.
Some students choose to take additional course work. Courses may be taken at EMU or other educational institutions. Telecourses and independent study courses or correspondence courses may be transferred, if you received prior approval for the course. College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) or Defense Activity for Nontraditional Students (DSST) testing is also an alternative to obtain credit.
Disclaimer: Eastern Mennonite University reserves the right to change this program without prior notice in accordance with established procedures. This information is descriptive and is not to be construed as a legal contract.