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The Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing was part of the independent Esslingen University of Social Sciences until 30.9.2006. On 1.10.2006 the Esslingen University of Social Sciences and the Esslingen University of Engineering were merged.

The former Esslingen University of Social Sciences, and thus the faculty, has its roots in Stuttgart. In 1917, the Social Women’s School of the Swabian Women’s Union was founded in Stuttgart on the basis of a trust instituted by Queen Charlotte of Württemberg. A second institution supported by this trust was the Seminar for Female Youth Leaders, founded in 1930. After their transformation into higher vocational schools in the 1960s, both institutions merged to form the University of Social Sciences in 1972. For many decades, the University, in addition to the Mannheim University for Social Sciences and the Alice Salomon University in Berlin, was one of the three independent, state-run universities with a specific focus on social and health sciences. At Esslingen University as well, the faculty sees its particular responsibility in playing an exemplary role in representing the field of social care and health care as a university subject in Baden-Württemberg. Within the faculties it has an exceptional position, since, according to the founding law of Esslingen University, a vice president has to be appointed from amongst the professors for a certain transitional period.

Study Programmes
By the 1st September 2004 the former Esslingen University of Social Sciences had adapted its whole course programme in accordance with the Bologna Declaration of the European Ministers of Education to conform to the so-called two-level system offering the “Bachelor” and “Master” degrees. It offers the following study programmes:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social Work (accredited until 31st March 2011)

2011) - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Nursing / Nursing Management (accredited until 31st March 2011)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Nursing Education (accredited until 31st March 2011)

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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Childhood Education (accredited until 30 th September 2012)
Master of Arts (M.A.) Social Work (accredited until 31st March 2011)
Master of Arts (M.A.) Nursing Sciences (accredited until 31st March 2011).

The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is committed to producing graduates who embrace the nursing discipline and the privilege of serving others. Our graduates become leaders in advancing the nursing profession and serve as role models, both nationally and internationally, for excellence in nursing practice.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is consistent with the Emory University philosophy that students be broadly educated. The BSN program extends through four academic years and occurs in two parts:
Part One: Prerequisites
The first two years of general education coursework (including prerequisites) are taken at Emory College, Oxford College, or any accredited college or university. The prerequisite courses consist of Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Elective courses that must total 60 semester hours.
Part Two: Nursing
The second two years are taken at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. The nursing program is designed to be completed in four semesters of full-time enrollment once students enroll in the School of Nursing.
Graduates of the School of Nursing are eligible to take the NCLEX examination in any of the United States. Graduates develop innovative roles, advance nursing as a field, and serve as exemplary role models for excellence in nursing practice throughout the world.