Department of (Traditional) Undergraduate Baccalaureate Program
The Department of (Traditional) Undergraduate Baccalaureate Program is highly respected in the Los Angeles and surrounding communities, with graduates sought after and regarded as equipped and ready to serve with competitive healthcare teams in the industry. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program—considered a prominent program in California—prepares you for a meaningful nursing career. Taught by accomplished, committed faculty who genuinely care, you’ll gain mastery of knowledge, specific skills, and cutting-edge patient care technology that enable you to provide high-quality nursing care confidently, in ways that model Jesus’ passion for serving an underserved, underrepresented, and suffering world with unconditional love.
Our program is based on a cohort model in which classes are offered in person on the Azusa campus. Nursing courses are assigned sequentially and completed in the fall and spring semesters over 4-4.5 years. In addition, we offer unique opportunities that position you for professional success:
- Rigorous curriculum addressing physical, mental, psychosocial, and spiritual needs
- Clinical placement in a wide variety of acute and ambulatory Southern California settings
- Clinical experiences that occur each semester over the entire program
- State-of-the-art simulation centers
- Competency-validated skills training
- Global health/study-away opportunities of varying duration in different countries
- Two academic minor options
- Interprofessional Education (IPE) activities engaging premed, physical therapy, kinesiology, social work, child life, practical theology, and nursing program participation