Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

working with the Writing II committee to redesign a nursing course N 152W: Health Promotion, to meetthe requirements for Writing II.The faculty also streamlined the curriculum by reducing the number of required units from 196 to 186.This was accomplished by deleting courses and/or exchanging courses which were more relevant to themajor. For example, Microbiology 10 replaced Microbiology, Immunology, Genetics (MIMG) 101 asthis course focused solely upon mathematical computations. This had an added benefit as the deletion ofMicrobiology 101 from the curriculum also led to the deletion of Life Sciences 4; a former prerequisitefor MIMG 101, which was not needed in the curriculum since nursing focused genetic content is coveredin pathophysiology and other courses throughout the curriculum. For the Western Association of Schoolsand Colleges (WASC) and other accrediting agencies, we are developing a plan for a Capstone experiencefor students. This experience will provide students with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in aspecific area of research which would culminate in a product of their choosing.An analysis of concepts across the curriculum enabled us to further streamline our generic BScurriculum. For example, health policy and informatics were deleted as this content was adequatelythroughout the curriculum. After conducting an analysis of concepts across the curriculum, we identifiedtwo courses, Health Policy and Informatics, which were deleted as these concepts are threaded throughoutthe curriculum. We have also learned from student and faculty feedback that Fundamentals of Nursing,and Pathophysiology require more teaching/learning time. Therefore, we have increased units for thesecourses. The concept mapping exercise also revealed that nutrition, which is required by the BRN, wasnot well integrated in the curriculum. Thus, we now have integrated Nutrition, into N152W HealthPromotion and added a unit to this course.For students transferring from community colleges, the current curriculum sequence is such that thetime to degree will take three years. This is due to the fact that transfer students must take the first andsecond year courses of the generic program as prerequisite to the third year courses. The first cohort oftransfer students will be admitted Fall 08; therefore, it is too soon to evaluate the impact of coursesequencing upon them. A total of 11 transfer students have been admitted and 6 are enrolling as of thistime.3. Student Enrollment and Recruitment. For 2006, there were 156 applicants for the GenericBS program; 59 were admitted and 53 enrolled. For 2007 there were 1172 applicants; 57 were admittedand 52 enrolled. For 2008, there were 1128 applicants, 58 were admitted and 57 students were enrolled.The recruitment process is ongoing at all levels. Potential applicants are invited to the SON’s AdmissionsInformation meetings held on Saturdays in the fall prior to the application deadline.4. Student Advisement and Career Planning. Student advisement and career planning for theGeneric BS students are essential components of this undergraduate program. In their junior year, eachstudent is assigned an Academic/Faculty Advisor who receives instruction in assisting students to plantheir course of study to meet the degree requirements and progress to graduation. Advisors addressacademic issues facing students, as well as assist students in their social, psychological, and clinicaldevelopment as professional nurses. Career planning begins in the first year of the program with thedevelopment of a professional portfolio in N 20 Introduction to Social Justice II. The plan is for studentsto update their personal portfolios in subsequent courses throughout the curriculum; thus at the end of theprogram, their plans for the future should be fairly well developed.B. Baccalaureate RN-BS-MSN Bridge1. Goals, Rationale and Structure. The goals for the RN-BS-MSN Bridge Program are thesame as for the Generic BS Program. The rationale differs in that the curriculum focuses upon12