NURS at California State University, Bakersfield

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NURS coursework.

• NURS 2110Health Assessment and Physical Examination (Theory)opens 17 courses (2 directly)
• NURS 2121Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (Clinical)opens 16 courses (3 directly)
• NURS 2160Pharmacology Iopens 16 courses (3 directly)
• NURS 2130Medical-Surgical Nursing (Theory)opens 13 courses (9.5 directly)
• NURS 2131Medical Surgical Nursing (Clinical)opens 13 courses (7.5 directly)
• NURS 5200Advanced Health Assessment (Theory)opens 10 courses (4 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NURS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 56 NURS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 64 more NURS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NURS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at NURS 4901

  1. NURS 2131Medical Surgical Nursing (Clinical)
  2. NURS 2130Medical-Surgical Nursing (Theory)
  3. NURS 3110Nursing Care of Women and the Childbearing Family (Theory)
  4. NURS 4908Leadership in Nursing Traditional BSN
  5. NURS 4901Professional Nursing Practicum

• 7 courses deep, ending at NURS 6290

  1. NURS 5201Advanced Health Assessment (Clinical)
  2. NURS 5200Advanced Health Assessment (Theory)
  3. NURS 6320Advanced Practice Nursing Care for Individuals and Families Across the Lifespan I

• 5 courses deep, ending at NURS 4190

  1. NURS 2111Health Assessment and Physical Examination (Clinical)
  2. NURS 2110Health Assessment and Physical Examination (Theory)
  3. NURS 2160Pharmacology I

• 3 courses deep, ending at NURS 2020

  1. NURS 2120Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (Theory)
  2. NURS 2121Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (Clinical)
  3. NURS 2020Labs and Electrolytes for Nursing Practice

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NURS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NURS yet.

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Department events

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