Core Curriculum & Undergraduate Nursing

General Information

• For in depth information about the USM Core Curriculum see the Core Website.

• If the USM Core is waived for as student it will show as such in their Mainestreet Degree Progress Report.

• If the student has a prior bachelors degree the USM Core is waived.  

• Occasionally core may be waived for a student with an associates degree.  See the above core website for details.
  
  

Undergraduate Nursing Majors in Traditional Program who do not have prior Bachelors Degrees or Core Waived due to a Spicific Associates Degree

• If a nursing major needs to meet the USM Core Curriculum some nursing coursework will overlap with and satisfy the core as follows.

  • Writing, Reading, and Inquiry I  (WRI1)

    • ENG 100 - required by the nursing major

  • Writing, Reading, and Inquiry II (WRI2)

    • Not met by nursing degree - student must complete outside of the nursing major (typically ENG 102 or HON 215)

  • Writing, Reading, and Inquiry III (WRI3)

    • NUR 321 - required by the major

  • Quantitative Reasoning (QR)

    • MAT 120 (or LOS 120) - required by the nursing major

  • Creative Expression (CE)

    • Not met by nursing degree - student must complete outside of the nursing major 

  • Cultural Interpretation (CI)

    • Not met by nursing degree - student must complete outside of the nursing major 

  • Science Exploration (SE)

    • BIO 111 & BIO 112 - required by the nursing major

  • Sociocultural Analysis (SA)

    • SOC 100 or HRD 200 - required by the nursing major

  • Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship (EISRC)

    • Satisfied in the major through the following combination of NUR courses required by the nursing major:  270 (or 100, or 200 in older catalog years), 306, 321, 356, 325, 331, 341, 422 or 428, 425, 429 (or 424 in older catalog years), 470.

    • If any course is waived by the School of Nursing the requirement will still be met

  • Culture, Power, and Equity (CPE)

    • NUR 341 - required by the nursing major

  • International (Int)

    • NUR 200 and NUR 356 - required by the nursing major, both must be taken to meet the requirement

      • NUR 100 or NUR 200, if taken before the department moved to NUR 270 may be substituted for NUR 270, CON 356 if taken before the department moved to NUR 356 may be substituted

  • Engaged Learning (EL)

    • Met in the major by all clinical courses

  • Capstone

    • NUR 480 - required by the nursing major