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Bridge Competition   A Bluefield State College student team won the Virginia's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Conference "National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) regional championship at Howard University in Washington, D.C. As a result, the BSC ASCE Steel Bridge Team will advance to the 2013 National Student Steel Bridge Championship, May 31 in Seattle, WA.
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School of Nursing & Allied Health   The School of Nursing and Allied Health offers degrees in nursing and radiologic technology. Programs offered include: baccalaureate and associate degrees in nursing, baccalaureate in radiologic sciences, and the associate degree in radiologic technology.


 
The W. Paul Cole, Jr. School of Business The School of Business at Bluefield State College offers a variety of programs. Students in the four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration program must complete the requirements of two specializations chosen from: accounting, management, marketing, or computer science.


 
School of Education The School of Education offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Elementary Education (K-6) or Early/Middle Education. The program prepares graduates to teach at the Elementary (K-6) grade level and/or the Middle School (5-9) grade level in one of four required areas of specialization: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, General Science, and Social Studies.

School of Engineering Technology & Computer Science Students graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science are prepared for positions as systems analysts, software designers, network professionals, and webmasters depending on the education path taken.

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Bluefield State College Bluefield State College was established as a black teachers college by an act of the West Virginia Legislature in 1895 and was integrated after 1954. By the 1960's the College had a comprehensive four-year program of teacher education, arts and sciences, and engineering technology. Gradually a variety of two-year technical programs evolved in response to local needs.

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May 23 2013

(Bluefield)—In a celebration of Bluefield State College's past, present, and future, 377 BSC students graduated, three esteemed alumni were awarded honorary doctorates, and an audience of more than 4000 packed the Brushfork Armory for the College's 112th commencement exercises. Dr. Paul H...
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May 22 2013

(Bluefield)—When Kevin Neese walked across the stage to receive his diploma at Bluefield State College’s 2013 commencement exercises, the Bluefield resident was positioned for what truly is the “next adventure” in his life.  This July, he will take his first air flight and first trip abroad to begin...
May 20 2013

(Bluefield)--The Bluefield State College Jazz Ensemble will present its annual Spring Concert on Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. in the Basic Science Auditorium on the BSC campus. The Jazz Ensemble is a unique combination of area musicians dedicated to the performance of the finest arrangements featuring ...

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The courses required for the Associate Degree in Nursing are listed in the following recommended sequence. The pre-requisites and corequisites are listed with the course descriptions found elsewhere in the catalog. All support courses must be successfully completed prior to or concurrent with the curriculum course sequence as listed in the catalog. Once accepted into the program all nursing (NURS) coursework must be completed within a three (3) year period.

Third Semester 2nd Fall Term
BIOL 202 Microbiology  3
BIOL 204L Microbiology Lab  1
First Year Fall Term SOCI 210 Principles of Sociology  3
MATH Math (101 or higher)  3 NURS 207 Psychosocial Nursing  2
PSYC 103 General Psychology  3 NURS 209 Nursing Care of Adults II  2
BIOL 210 Human Anatomy & Physiology I  3 NURS 211L Practicum/Advanced  4
BIOL 211L Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab I  1  NURS  213 Pharmacology in Nursing II  1
NURS 107 Basic Concepts of Nursing  3 NURS 215 Maternity Nursing  1.5
NURS 109L Basic Concepts of Nursing Practicum  2 NURS 222  Intro to Management & Issues in Nursing II  0.5
NURS 113 Diagnostic Studies for NursingI  1
NURS 115 Nursing Care of Older Adults  1 18
NURS 117L Older Adult Practicum  1
18
First Year Spring Term Fourth Semester 2nd Spring Term
BIOL 212 Human Anatomy & Physiology II  3 _____ ___ Statistics or Computer Programming Application  3
BIOL 213L Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab II  1 ENGL 102  Composition II  3
PSYC 210 Life Span Human Development  3 NURS 206 Introduction to Community Health Nursing  1.5
ENGL 101 Composition I  3 NURS 208  Nursing Care of Adults III  2
NURS 110 Nursing Care of Children  2 NURS 210 Introduction to Critical Care Nursing  1.5
NURS 114 Nursing Care of Adults I  2 NURS 214 Synthesis of Nursing Concepts  1
NURS 118L Nursing Practicum  2 NURS 216 Pharmacology in Nursing III  1
NURS 120 Pharmacology in Nursing I  1 17
NURS 122 Intro to Management and Issues in Nursing I  1
18  Total Hours  71
 Note: The curriculum may be amended by the nursing faculty.

Math (101 or higher), PSYC 103, BIOL 210 and 211L are corequisites in the first semester, PSYC 210 and BIOL 212 and 213L are corequisites in the second semester.

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