BS Nursing

The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing includes liberal arts, natural, and social sciences, and nursing courses. The curriculum is designed to develop a student's diagnostic, therapeutic, and ethical reasoning in nursing practice. The graduate is prepared as a generalist able to care for individuals and groups at each developmental level and in varied health care settings. Many undergraduate nursing students enroll for one semester during their junior year in any number of studyabroad programs sponsored by Boston College or by other U.S. colleges and universities. They may also begin master s level courses during their undergraduate nursing program.