Programs and Curriculum

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.

Year 1

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

Semester 3
  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
  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
 

Year 3

Semester 5
  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)
    ECTS US
BN1DISS Nursing Dissertation (3 US credits are paid credits, to be completed Semester 7) 30 15
 
Semester 6 (regular courses)
    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
 

Year 4

Semester 7
  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
       
BN1INTERN Nursing Internships (20 weeks)
30
15
 
  Total Credits BSN complete program  276 138