Curriculum Then and Now
At its inception, the School of Nursing offered a two-fold curriculum: a three-year program that led to a Certificate of Graduate in Nursing and a five-year curriculum in Arts and Nursing leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. An excerpt from the 1928 Saint Louis University Bulletin reads that the nursing curriculum “kept in mind the broadest possible training of the students for the increasingly exacting demands of the nursing profession."
Today, the school grants degrees through various program offerings including Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing. According to the school’s website, students will be “challenged to learn more about the human body than you might have thought possible." Today’s curriculum consists of science and nursing courses, as well as a core of courses that provide students with a well-rounded liberal arts education. "In the end," as the SON website notes, "what you learn about most just might be yourself."
Current Course Offerings for the Traditional Four-Year Baccalaureate Program:
- Introduction to Philosophy
- General Psychology
- Microbiology
- Human Development Through the Lifespan
- Human Anatomy
- Theological Foundations
- Ethics
- Statistics
- Introduction to Interprofessional Health Care
- Clinical Concepts in Nursing Practice
- Health Assessment
- Human Physiology
- Health Promotion Across the Lifespan
- Health Care Systems and Health Promotion
- Critical Issues in Evidence Based Nursing
- Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing Care
- Pathophysiology
- Sociology
- Literature
- Applied Decision Making in Interprofessional Practice
- Nursing Care of Childbearing Family
- Community/Public Health Nursing
- Health Care Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments
- Nursing Care of the Adult
- Nursing Care of the Older Adult
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- Essentials of Therapeutic Nutrition: A Nursing Approach
- Leadership and Management
- Nursing Immersion Practicum
- Integrative Seminar on Issues in Nursing Practice
- Synthesis of Nursing Concepts
- Complex Multi-System Theory
- Complex Multi-System Practicum
Founded in 1928, Saint Louis University School of Nursing has achieved a national reputation for its innovative and pioneering programs. Offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral nursing programs, its faculty members are nationally recognized for their teaching, research and clinical expertise.