Weekend Evening Option
For busy individuals or those who want to complete college on a part-time basis, our Weekend Evening Option is ideal for students balancing school with work or family responsibilities.
Summer application deadline: April 10
Fall application deadline: July 31
Overview
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing offers the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Weekend Evening Option (WEO), a part-time program option for undergraduate transfer students who have completed their first two years of education at an accredited institution of higher learning.
Program length 8 terms, part-time | Start Spring, Summer, or Fall terms | Time commitment 20–24 hours per week |
Admission requirements
Applicants with a prior bachelor’s degree are only required to complete core prerequisites. Applicants without a prior bachelor’s degree must complete all listed courses.
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on core prerequisites
- Minimum of 54 credit hours in the following prerequisites (Note: Anatomy and Physiology I & II and Microbiology must have been taken within the last seven years. Core prerequisites may not have been taken more than twice within the last five years.)
- Anatomy and Physiology I with lab**
- Anatomy and Physiology II with lab**
- Microbiology with lab**
- Nutrition*
- General Psychology*
- Human Growth and Development*
- Statistics*
- English Composition I*
- English Composition II
- Speech or Oral Communications
- One social science elective of three credit hours
- Three humanities electives of nine credit hours
- Three electives of any three credit-hour college level course
*Core prerequisite.
**Core science prerequisites completed through StraighterLine must be finished before Jan. 1, 2026 to be eligible.
Curriculum
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice & Theory | 3 |
| Pathophysiology | 4 |
| Student Success Workshop | 1 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Health Assessment and Promotion | 3 |
| Selfcare & Resiliency Seminar I | 1 |
| Pharmacology | 4 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Nursing Practice | 6 |
| Ethics, Legal Issues, and Healthcare Policy | 2 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Nursing Management of Adult Health I | 6 |
| Evidence-Based Practice & Research | 3 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing | 4 |
| Population Health Nursing | 4 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Nursing Management of Adult Health II | 6 |
| Leadership & Management | 3 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Pediatric Nursing | 4 |
| Self-Care & Resiliency Seminar II | 1 |
| Nursing of the Childbearing Family | 4 |
| Course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
| Nursing Synthesis | 4 |
| Complex Care | 3 |
| Total credit hours | 66 |
|---|
Tuition and fees
For detailed tuition and fee information, visit our Tuition and Fees page.
For more information, please contact our Business Office by email at [email protected].
Program director
Christopher Guelbert, RN, MHSA, MSN, DNP, CCRN, CNML
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