Hey everyone,
I will be a full-time student in the BSN program at USC Upstate in January. This is a public, state university in South Carolina. I was wondering what the workload is like--during the first semester and semesters after that? I have a part-time job (working between 20-30 hours/week) and an 8 month old baby boy so I would just like to prepare myself for the workload ahead and make any necessary arrangements before school starts. I know that different nursing programs will vary in workload and difficulty, but I'd just like to gain a general idea of how hard the nursing programs are at state schools. I posted the same thread in 'SC Nursing Programs', but I doubt I'll get much response there so I figured I would try here too. How many hours a week do you need to study/review outside of class to make straight A's? I'm planning to go to grad school, and I need scholarships to finance any advanced education so I really, really need to make straight As.
Just to give you a better idea of what our courseload is like...:
Junior year, first semester:
Junior year, Second semester:
Senior year, First semester:
Senior year, Second semester:
I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks for your time!