BSN Admission Requirements

BSN Admission Policy

BSN completion students are awarded 71 semester hours of credit upon acceptance into the program as recognition of the previous education achievement that prepared the student to practice professional nursing.  Courses taken to meet initial RN program requirements cannot be used to fulfill BSN curriculum requirements. 

Applicants must provide the following to be considered for admission:

• Proof of licensure from a state board of nursing
• Application, application fee, clinical performance standards form and all college and high school transcripts
• Confirmation of fluency in the English language

Field Study Policy

In some courses, BSN students apply concepts from the course in a professional setting by interviewing people (who determine what hours they will be available to the student), observing and discussing certain activities (which may occur at a time not controlled by the student), or developing, planning and/or implementing projects in the real work-world (which necessitate student's presence at certain times in certain places).  Field study assignments are described by faculty but they differ from clinical/lab assignments in that students:

• determine how & where they will meet the course requirements
• may be doing independent work without the direct supervision of a nurse
• are not providing direct patient care

See also:

• Admission Requirements
• Program Goals
• Curriculum Plan
• Grading Scale
• Graduation Requirements