NURS at Drexel University

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 221Concepts of Pathophysiology in Nursingopens 13 courses (2 directly)
• NURS 225Health Assessment for Nursing Practiceopens 13 courses (2 directly)
• NURS 226Fundamentals of Nursing Practiceopens 13 courses (2 directly)
• NURS 320Health and Illness Concepts Iopens 11 courses (8 directly)
• NURS 323Nursing Pharmacology Concepts Iopens 11 courses (8 directly)
• NURS 321Health and Illness Concepts IIopens 9 courses (8 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 36 NURS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 28 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 495

  1. BIO 226Microbiology for Health Professionals
  2. NURS 221Concepts of Pathophysiology in Nursing
  3. NURS 320Health and Illness Concepts I
  4. NURS 321Health and Illness Concepts II
  5. NURS 322Concepts of Mental Health Nursing
  6. NURS 328Pediatric Health Concepts
  7. NURS 421Holistic Gerontological Nursing
  8. NURS 495Comprehensive Nursing Concepts

• 7 courses deep, ending at NURS 420

  1. BIO 226Microbiology for Health Professionals
  2. NURS 221Concepts of Pathophysiology in Nursing
  3. NURS 320Health and Illness Concepts I

• 4 courses deep, ending at NURS 465

  1. HSCI 345Statistics for Health Sciences
  2. NURS 330[WI] Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
  3. NURS 407[WI] Issues in Aging and Longevity

• 3 courses deep, ending at NURS 312

  1. NURS 310Courageous Action: Leading Authentically
  2. NURS 311Group Dynamics and Leading Teams
  3. NURS 312Leadership in Action and Community Health

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for NURS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NURS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

NURS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Drexel campus feed.