COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 3. In addition to the official transcripts sent to the office of admissions and records, separate official transcripts (includ ing high school, school of nursing and any other college or Bible school) must be sent directly to: Biola University, Department of Nursing, 13800 Biola Avenue, la Mirada, CA 90639-0001. Transcnpts sent to the office af admissions and records are not foiwarded to the nursing department. 4. Ta be considered for acceptance into the nursing program, all applicants must hove a minimum cumulative grade point overage of 2.5.
Option I: Thirty Un it Curriculum 1. This option permits the l.V.N. to take nursing and related science courses in order to qualify for the California regis tered nurse licensing exominotion. Transfer into the degree program is possible. 2. The applicant's portfolio will be evaluated on on individual basis. Academic credit earned in regionally accredited insitutions of higher education for comparable prelicensure courses will be accepted for transfer. 3. Nursing 301 and 302 (first year professional nursing courses prerequisite to second year courses) may be challenged. 4. The following courses must be completed pnor to toking the R.N. licensure examination: 'BIO 272 Physiology 4 units 'BIO 221 Microbiology 4 units NUR 320 Directed Individual Studies (Geriatrics) 3 units NUR 400 Mental Health Nursing 4 units NUR 420 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing 5 units NUR 450 leadership/Management in Nursing 7 units 27 units Option II: Transfer-Challenge 1. Nursing 301 and 302 must be challenged in sequence. level II courses may be challenged based on individual portfolio evaluation. All level Ill courses must be taken. 2. All LVN's or LPN's will participate in o transition seminar course (NUR 300) designed ta facilitate socialization into boccoloureote nursing. 'Transfer credit wiil be granted.
202 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (3) The problems, methods, concepts, ourlook and divisions of philosophy. Either semester. 205 LOGIC (3) Deductive ond inductive inference and the analysis of lan guage.
301 GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY (3) The history of philosophy through Neo-Plotonism.
5. Transfer-challenge students who hove met prerequisites comparable to the genenc students will have equal access for open spaces in all nursing courses. 6. The department of nursing health form required of oll nursing majors must be submitted prior to clinical challenge and admission to clinical nursing courses. Evidence of current C.P.R. certification is olso required. 7. The applicant must complete the required non-nursing pre requisites as ourlined in the standard curriculum chart for the nursing major before entering clinical nursing courses (except 30 unit option). Transfer credit for non-nursing courses will be granted by the office of admissions ond records as indicated in the university catalog. If a given nursing course from a regionally accredited nursing program is comparable in content and level to a given course offered by the department of baccalaureate nursing, transfer credit will be granted. 8. All tmnsfer-challenge students must successfully challenge ar complete NUR 310: Behavioral Concepts for Nursing Pract ice. Comparable courses will be evaluated for transfer credit. 9. Challenge students may need to toke 12 units in addition to the challenge courses to qualify for financial assistance. 10. Following notification of acceptance into the department of nursing, the candidate may begin the challenge process: This process consists of an examination with theory and clinical components. NLN Profile II ond teacher-made exams are utilized. Math exams are alsa included. Adetailed ourline of the challenge process may be obtained by contacting the Department of Nursing direcrly. 11. Candidates for the challenge process have the option of scheduling the examinations in such a way that if unsuc· cessful, subsequent enrollment in the course is possible. 12. The challenge fee is $50.00 per exam. Candidates must register for the challenge exam(s) to be accomplished each semester. 13. Course credit will be granted upon successful completion of the challenge exom. Courses moy be challenged one time only. 14. Specific policies related to R.N.'s, l.V.N.'s or l.P.N.'s follow. Transfer challenge students from other nursing programs or other health profession backgrounds will be evaluated indi vidually. 15. Transfer students choosing to take the basic generic nursing program should apply as any other student for the program, meeting all prerequisites as ourlined in the university catalog and standard curriculum chart for the nursing major. (C') denotes that a class con be challenged for the units listed. In addition to the general policies, the following policies apply to the registered nurse : 1. The applicant must hald current registration in the United States. Graduates of regionally accredited nursing programs in the process of obtaining licensure will be admi tted on provisional status. 2. All RN's will participate in otransition seminar course (NUR 300) designed to focilitote socialization into boccoloureote professional nursing. 3. All level Ill courses must be token. Admission into level Ill classes is contingent on successful completion of all level I and II challenges. The following courses moy be challenged: 301, 302, 400, 410, 420. In addition to the general policies, the following policies apply to the licensed vocational nurse: 1. The opplicont must hold current registration in the United States. Graduates of regionally accredited nursing programs in the process of obtaining licensure will be admitted on provisional status. 2. The opplicont moy take the 30 unit cuniculum or the transfer-challenge curriculum.
302 MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3) The history of philosophy from Augustine to William of Occam with special emphasis upon Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. 303 MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3) The history of philosophy from the Renaissance through the schools of the nineteenth century. · 305 ETHICS (3) Pnncipal ethical theones ond thinkers; basic problems and biblical teaching. 307 AESTHETICS (3) Pnncipal problems ond theones of art creation, appreciation ond criticism. 310 PHILOSOPHY Of RELIGION (3) Acritical examination of the relationship of philosophy to religion, of crucial religious concepts ond of problems of religious belief. Alternate years. 311 THEORIES Of KNOWLEDGE (3) Ahistoncol and critical examination of the nature, validity and scope of human thought and knowledge. Alternate years. 313 THEORIES Of REALITY (3) Ahistaricol ond critical examination of selected metaphysical systems ond topics. Alternate years. 402 PHILOSOPHY Of SCIENCE (3) Ahistorical ond critical examination of the methodology, theory and limits of science ond its relationship to other fields. Alternate years. 404 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY (3) Recent American philosophy and the analytic and speculat ive traditions. 440 PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS (2-3) Special studies in the history, or problems, of philosophy. Prerequisite: 202 or consent. Offered on sufficient demand. 458 PHILOSOPHY Of WORLD RELIGIONS (3) The philosophies andbeliefs of the \\llrld's leading religions. 480 DIRECTED RESEARCH (1-2) Guided reading and research in philosophers or philosophical topics. Prerequisite: consent.
Department ofPhilosophy
Virginia Doland, Ph.D., Chair Faculty Professor: Hanson Assistant Professor: Ciocchi
Objective: The obiective of this department is to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues of philosophy; historical and contempo rary. The courses of philosophy are designed to contribute to the general education of the student, to aid him in reflective thinking, to contribute to an understanding of the persistent problems of our culture and to compare, contrast and integrate philo sophical answers with those of the Christian philo sophical orientation. Department Minor: 18 units, of which 12 must be upper division. The student must select 301 ond I\\IJ courses from 302, 303 or 404. Humanities Major: Philosophy Concentration. Philosophy may be used as the area of concentration for the humanities major (poge 36). This concentration is basically a minar in philosophy, but more flexibility is possible through deportment advisement.
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