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Core Requirements for the Chronic Illness Minor
- NSG 390: Impact of Chronic Illness (3 credit hours)
Students planning on taking NSG 390: Impact of Chronic Illness this Fall will find it on e-campus listed as NSG 490 0004 Special Topics. - NSG 391: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness (3 credit hours)
Additional required credits:
Select 12 credits from the following courses. Students completing the Nursing Major should select 6 credits.
- EXED 306: Lifespan Issues for Individuals with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- GERN SOCI 280: Social Gerontology (3 credit hours)
- GERN 305: Programs and Services for the Elderly (3 credit hours)
- NSG 310: Helping Persons in Pain (2 credit hours)
- NSG 311: End of Life Care (1 credit hour)
- NSG 313: Issues and Applications of Family Caregiving (1-2 credit hours)
- NSG 320: Innovative Diabetes Health Education (1 credit hour)
- NSG 321: Introduction to Client Education (2 credit hours)
- NSG 490: Special Topics * (1-2 credit hours)
- PSYC 304: Death and Dying: Thanatology (3 credit hours)
- SOWK 332: Community Mental Health Practice (3 credit hours)
- SOWK 442: Social Work in Health Care (3 credit hours)
*Special topic courses or other courses not listed can be applied to the minor with the approval of the minor coordinator. Courses must have a strong correlation with chronic illness.
