Degree plan for Bachelors degree in nursing?

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Typically Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) programs are 4 semesters long and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs are 4 semesters long although they can be as short as 3 semesters (bad idea, high attrition rates) or as long as 5 semesters. After obtaining an ADN, you'll need to eventually obtain your BSN to improve your employability. This is another 30 hours and requires additional prerequisites (statistics and maybe other courses). You need to consider the total cost and time to complete a BSN.

You will need two semesters of anatomy and physiology and one semester of microbiology, possibly chemistry. Some schools specifically state that these courses must be taken in person, not online.

Nursing programs have high attrition rates of at least 10% and going higher. At least 15% of students take longer to graduate than the official length of the degree program. If you ask a school how many finish on time, the school considers 6 semesters in a 4 semester long program to be on time. NCLEX pass rates are often not useful for assessing the quality of a program. Schools typically offer exit exams. If a student is not likely to pass the NCLEX as evidenced by poor performance on the exit exam, the student is not allowed to graduate. Only students likely to pass the NCLEX are allowed to graduate at many or most schools.

This site is not the best place for nursing school advice. There are only a few nurses here. http://allnurses.com/ has hundreds of thousands of nurses. You need the opinions of the many, not of the few.