Department of Nursing
Generic Program

The William Paterson University Nursing program is a 4 year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. It requires 129 college credits. There are 5 pre-requisite courses that must be completed prior to taking NUR 212 and NUR 214 in the fall of your sophomore year. They are:

• BIO 112 - Anatomy & Physiology I
• BIO 113 - Anatomy & Physiology II
• BIO 170 - Microbiology
• PSY 110 - General Psychology
• PSY 210 - Developmental Psychology

Nursing courses begin in the Fall of the Sophomore year and continue for 3 years. Part-time options are available. Students who wish to complete the program on a part- time basis are encouraged to take all pre and co­requisite courses and general education courses prior to beginning nursing courses. A Nursing advisor will be assigned to help sequence the courses appropriately. Many general education courses are available with day, evening, week-end and on-line options. Nursing courses usually must be taken during the daytime. Most evening nursing course sections are reserved for Registered Nurses earning a BSN.

Clinical laboratory courses during the Sophomore year are one day a week on campus and one day at the clinical agency. Junior and Senior clinical lab courses are held in the clinical agency two days a week.

We contract with over 20 agencies in a 25 mile radius of William Paterson University. The agencies used most frequently include:

• Greystone Psychiatric Hospital
• Hackensack University Medical Center
• Morristown Memorial Hospital
• St. Joseph 's Hospital and Medical Center
• Valley Home Care
• Valley Hospital
• Visiting Health Services of New Jersey

Click here to view the suggested sequence of courses.

For an application and further information contact the Admissions Office at (973) 720-2125. The catalog and application is available online. Other information may be obtained via e-mail from Dr. Kalb or (973) 720-3938.