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The BSN program at the college of Nursing Al Ahsa, KSAU-HS is adopting the university mission that provides high quality health sciences education, health-related research, and community services that promote the health of society.

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Year	Level	Course Code	Course Title	Required or Elective	Pre-Requisite Courses	Credit Hours	Type of requirements (Institution, College or Department)
Year 1	Level 1	ENHS 101	English Academic Writing for Health Sciences I	Required	None	4	Program
		ENHS 102	English Grammar I	Required	None	3	Institution
		ENHS 103	English Reading and Vocabulary I	Required	None	4	Institution
		ENHS 104	English communication Skills	Required	None	3	Institution
		ARBC 101	Arabic Language Skills I	Required	None	2	Institution
		ISLM 101	Islamic Culture	Required	None	2	Institution
	Level 2	ENHS 111	English Academic Writing for Health Sciences II	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	2	Program
		ENHS 112	English Grammar II	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	2	Institution
		ENHS 113	English Reading & Vocabulary II	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	2	Institution
		CHEM 111	Chemistry for Health Sciences	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	4 (3+1)	Program
		PHSH 111	Physics for Health Sciences	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	4 (4+0)	Program
		BIOL 111	Biology for Health Sciences	Required	ENHS 101 ENHS 102 ENHS 103 ENHS 104	2 (1+1)	Program
		ARBC 102	Arabic Language Skills II	Required	None	2	Institution
Total Credit Hours						36
Year 2	Level 3	TERM 201	Medical Terminology	Required	None	2	Program
		ENHS 211	Advanced English Writing for Nursing	Required	ENHS 111 ENHS 113	3	Program
		COMP 201	Computer Science & Health Informatics	Required	None	3	Program
		PNUR 211	Anatomy & Physiology for Nursing I	Required	CHEM 111 PHSH 111 BIOL 111	3 (2+1)	Program
		BIOC 216	Biochemistry for Nursing	Required	CHEM 111 PHSH 111 BIOL 111	4 (3+1)	Program
		BNUR 211	Fundamentals of Nursing I	Required	CHEM 111 PHSH 111 BIOL 111	3 (3+0)	Program
	Level 4	BIOS 201	Biostatistics	Required	None	2 (1+1)	Program
		BNUR 212	Fundamentals of Nursing II	Required	BNUR 211	5 (2+3)	Program
		PNUR 214	Microbiology for Nursing	Required	BIOC 216	3 (2+1)	Program
		PNUR 213	Pathophysiology for Nursing	Required	PNUR 211	3 (3+0)	Program
		PNUR 212	Anatomy & Physiology for Nursing II	Required	PNUR 211	3 (2+1)	Program
Total Credit Hours						34

Year 3	Level 5	BNUR 312	Nutrition	Required	BIOC 216 PNUR 212	2 (2+0)	Program
		BNUR 310	Health Assessment	Required	PNUR 211	5 (3+2)	Program
		BNUR 302	Introduction to Pharmacology	Required	None	3 (3+0)	Program
		BNUR 303	Nursing Care of Adults I	Required	None	6 (3+3)	Program
		BNUR 311	Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice	Required	BIOS 201	3 (3+0)	Program
	Level 6	BNUR 304	Introduction to psychology	Required	None	2 (2+0)	Program
		BNUR 308	Normal Growth and Development	Required	None	2 (2+0)	Program
		BNUR 306	Nursing Care of Adults II	Required	None	6 (3+3)	Program
		BNUR 305	Introduction to Epidemiology	Required	None	2 (2+0)	Program
		BNUR 313	Applied Nursing Research I	Required	BNUR 311	2 (2+0)	Program
		ELEC: ELEC 301 ELEC 302 ELEC 303 ELEC 304	Elective to choose from: Lifestyle Modification in Chronic Illness Palliative Care Family Health and Child Protection Introduction to Nursing Informatics	Elective	None	2 (2+0)	Program
Total Credit Hours						35
Year 4	Level 7	BNUR 415	Pediatric Nursing	Required	BNUR 310 BNUR 306 BNUR 308	6 (3+3)	Program
		BNUR 414	Maternity Nursing	Required	BNUR 303 BNUR 306	6 (3+3)	Program
		BNUR 412	Critical Care Nursing	Required	BNUR 303 BNUR 306	6 (3+3)	Program
	Level 8	BNUR 411	Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing	Required	BNUR 303 BNUR 306	5 (3+2)	Program
		BNUR 416	Community Health Nursing and Health Education	Required	BNUR 414 BNUR 415	5 (3+2)	Program
		BNUR 401	Nursing Management and Leadership	Required	None	4 (2+2)	Program
		BNUR 418	Applied Nursing Research II	Required	BNUR 313	3 (3+0)	Program
Total Credit Hours						35
Program Total Credit Hours						140

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