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Course Title​

​Require​d or Elective

Pre-Requisite Courses​

Cre​dit Hours

Year 1
​​ ​​​​​​Level
1
​​ENHS 1​01​

English Academic Writing for Health Sciences I ​
​Required
​None
​​4
ENHS 102
​English Grammar I 
​Required
​No​ne
​3
​​ENHS 103
​English Reading and Vocabulary I
​Required
​None
​​4
​​ENHS 104
​English Communication Skills 
​Required
​None
​3
ARBC 101​
Arabic Language Skills I​Required
​None​
​​​2
ISLM 101​​​​
​​Islamic Culture​Required
​None
​​​​2
​​​​​​​​
​​

​​Lev​e​l 

2

ENHS 111

​English Academic Writing for Health Sciences II
Required
ENHS 1​01​ ​2

ENHS 112
​English Grammar II
​​Required
​2

ENHS 113​​
​English Reading & Vocabulary II 
Required
ENHS 1​01​​​2
​​CHEM 111​​
​Chemistry for Health Sciences 
Required
4 (3 + 1)
PHSH 111
Physics for Health Sciences Required​​
4 (4 + 0)
BIOL 111
Biology for Health Sciences​
Required
ENHS 1​01​​​2 (1 +1)
ARBC 102
​​Arabic Language Skills II
Required
None
2​​
​TOTAL​
36
​​​​​​​​
Year 2
​​​​ ​​​​​Level
3
TERM 201 ​
​Medical Terminology 
Required
None
2
ENHS 211 
​Advanced English Writing for Nursing ​
Required
​3
COMP 201
​Computer Science and Health Informatics 
Required
None
​​3
​​PNUR 211
​Anatomy & Physiology for Nursing I
Required
CHEM 111​​
PHSH 111
BIOL 111
3 (2 + 1)
BIOC 216

​Biochemistry for Nursing 
Required
4 (3 + 1)​

​​BNUR 211
​​Fundamentals of Nursing I​​
Required
CHEM 111​​
PHSH 111
BIOL 111
​​3 (3 + 0)
​​ ​​​​​​​​
​​ ​​​​ ​​Level 4
​​BIOS 201

​​Biostatistics
Required
None​​​​​2 (1 + 1)
BNUR 212
Fundamentals of Nursing II
Required
5 (2 + 3)
PNUR  214
​Microbiology for Nursing​
Required
BIOC 216
3 (2 + 1)
PNUR  213​
​Pathophysiology for Nursing
Required
​3 (3 + 0)
​​PNUR 212
Anatomy & Physiology for Nursing II
Required
PNUR 211​​
3 (2 + 1)
​TOTAL​
34
​​​​​​​​
Year 3
​​
​ ​​ ​​Level
5​
BNUR  312
Nutrition
Required
BIOC 216
​​PNUR 212
​​2 (2 + 0)
BNUR 310
​Health Assessment​
Required
5 (3 + 2)
BNUR 302
​Introduction to Pharmacology
Required
None
​​3 (3 + 0)
BNUR 303
Nursing Care of Adults I
Required
None
​6 (3 + 3)
BNUR 311
​Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Required
BIOS 201
​​3 (3 + 0)
​​​​​​​​
​​
Level
​6
​​​​​​BNUR 304
​​Introduction to psychology
​​R​equired
None​​
​​2 (2 + 0)
​​​BNUR 308
​Normal Growth and Development​
Required
None
​2 (2 + 0)
BNUR 306
Nursing Care of Adults II
Required
None
​​6 (3 + 3)
​​​BNUR 305
​​​Introduction to Epidemiology​
Required None ​2 (2 + 0)
BNUR 313
Applied Nursing Research I
RequiredBNUR 311
​​2 (2 + 0)
​​ Elective courses to choose from​​​​​
​​EL​EC 301
Lifestyle Modification for Chronic Illness


​​
Elective ​​​


None​​​​​ ​ ​ ​
​​​​ ​ ​​

​2 (2 + 0)
ELEC 3​02
​Palliative Care​
EL​EC 303
Family Health and Child Protection
​​ELEC 3​04
​Introduction to Nursing Informatics
​TOTAL​
35
​​​​​​​​
Year 4
​​
​​​​ ​Level
7​​
​​BNUR 415
Pediatric Nursing
Required
BNUR 310
BNUR 306
BNUR 308
6 (3 + 3)
BNUR 414
Maternity Nursing
Required
BNUR 303
BNUR 306
6 (3 + 3)
​​BNUR 412
Critical Care Nursing​
Required
BNUR 303
BNUR 306
6 (3 + 3)
​​​​​​​​
​​​​ ​Level
8​
​​​BNUR 411
​Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Required
BNUR 303
BNUR 306
​​5 (3 + 2)
BNUR 416
Community Health Nursing and Health Education
Required
BNUR 414
​​BNUR 415
​​5 (3 + 2)
BNUR 401
Nursing Management and Leadership​
Required
​​None
4 (2 + 2)
BNUR 418
Applied Nursing Research II
Required
​​BNUR 313
​3 (3 + 0)
​TOTAL​
35
​​​​​​​​
Total Credit Hours ​
140
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