Our Current Nursing Programs
Currently we offer the following BSN Program options:
- Full(-time) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program, for entry-level (‘direct-entry’) students. This program takes four full-time academic years to complete.
Ready to change your life and save others? Start your Application and Admission here! - Transfers, for students from any (accredited) healthcare or healthcare related educational institution, to CUN. This is a tailor-made program. Duration of the program and courses to be taken, at CUN, depend on the courses already completed and passed and the number of credits already earned. Please be referred to our Transfer and Upgrade Policy for more details.
Interested? Drop us a line at admission@cunursing.com and find out what your program would look like. - Upgrades for (nursing) professionals at LPN-level / EU level 5 (or similar) to a BSN-degree, at CUN. This is a tailor-made program. Duration of the program and courses to be taken, at CUN, depend on the courses already completed and passed and the number of credits already earned. Please be referred to our Transfer and Upgrade Policy for more details.
Interested? Drop us a line at admission@cunursing.com and find out what your program would look like.
Our BSN Curriculum
Below, you will find our complete, full-time, 4-year BSN curriculum. CUN’s curriculum is ‘concept based’. This means, that content is not (only) offered in a traditional way, plenary in-class (online and on-premises), using textbooks. Instead, different phenomena, health related issues, nursing related issues and patient-related issues, are analyzed in a ‘top-down’ fashion, starting with a concept as the ‘greatest common divisor’, the ‘main theme’, so to speak. That means, that program-items and courses are not necessarily offered in a ‘one course at the time’ method. The emphasis is on the (inter)relationships between and within concepts, touching different topics and analyzing healthcare scenarios.
Therefore, the structure you find in the overview below does not necessarily reflect course-plans and the way in which or the order in which courses and subject matter will actually be followed by you.
One European Credit Transfer System (ECTS – non UK) credit represent an average of 28 hours, per semester. One US credit represents an average of 45 hours, per semester. One US credit is calculated as the equivalent of two ECTS credits. |
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Year 1 |
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Semester 1 | |||
ECTS | US | ||
BN1STUD11 | Study Skills | 6 | 3 |
BN1COM11 | Communication Skills | 6 | 3 |
BN1PSY11 | Psychology | 6 | 3 |
BN1SOC11 | Sociology | 6 | 3 |
BN1MICRO11 | Microbiology | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 1 | 30 | 15 | |
Semester 2 | |||
ECTS | US | ||
BN1CHEM21 | Chemistry | 6 | 3 |
BN1PHY21 | Anatomy & Physiology 1 | 6 | 3 |
BN1PATHO21 | Pathophysiology 1 | 6 | 3 |
BN1NURS21 | Introduction to Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1Write21 | Academic Writing | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 2 |
30 | 15 | |
Total Credits Year 1 | 60 | 30 |
Year 2 |
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Semester 3 |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1PHY32 | Anatomy & Physiology 2 | 6 | 3 |
BN1PATHO32 | Pathophysiology 2 | 6 | 3 |
BN1NUT31 | Nutrition 1 | 6 | 3 |
BN1CLIN31 | Clinical Skills 1 | 6 | 3 |
BN1ACOM31 | Advanced Communication Skills | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 3 | 30 | 15 | |
Semester 4 |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1PATHO43 | Pathophysiology 3 | 6 | 3 |
BN1NUT42 | Nutrition 2 | 6 | 3 |
BN1CLIN42 | Clinical Skills 2 | 6 | 3 |
BN1PLAN41 | Nursing Care Plans 1 | 6 | 3 |
BN1PROAS41 | Health Promotion | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 4 | 30 | 15 | |
Total Credits Year 2 | 60 | 30 |
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Year 3 |
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Semester 5 |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1CLIN53 | Clinical Skills 3 | 6 | 3 |
BN1PHARMA51 | Pharmacology | 6 | 3 |
BN1CAM51 | Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine (CAM) | 6 | 3 |
BN1PLAN52 | Nursing Care Plans 2 | 6 | 3 |
BN1RES51 | Nursing Research | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 5 | 30 | 15 | |
Semester 6 – 7 (Dissertation) |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1DISS | Nursing Dissertation (3 US credits are paid credits, to be completed Semester 7) | 30 | 15 |
Semester 6 (regular courses) |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1SURG61 | Medical Surgical Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1INFO61 | Nursing Informatics | 6 | 3 |
BN1EPI61 | Epidemiology | 6 | 3 |
BN1PED61 | Maternal, Newborn and Pediatric Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1MENT61 | Psychiatry & Mental Health Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1CHRON61 | Nursing for the Chronically Ill | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 6 (not including Dissertation credits) | 36 | 18 | |
Total Credits Year 3 (not including Dissertation Credits) |
66 | 33 |
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Year 4 |
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Semester 7 |
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ECTS | US | ||
BN1GERIA71 | Geriatrics & Gerontological Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1EMER71 | Medical Emergencies | 6 | 3 |
BN1GLOB71 | Global Health & Disaster Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1CULT71 | Transcultural Nursing | 6 | 3 |
BN1ORG71 | Healthcare Organizations & Leadership | 6 | 3 |
Total Semester 7 (including Dissertation credits) | 60 | 30 | |
Semester 8 |
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BN1INTERN | Nursing Internships (20 weeks) |
30 |
15 |
Total Credits BSN complete program | 276 | 138 |