RN to BSN

Requirements (180 units)

Admission requirements:

1. California Registered Nurse License
2. Prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or higher
3. A.D.N. GPA of 3.0 or higher
4. Submit RN screening form and all transcripts
5. Application to CSUSB admissions with second set of transcripts
   (Students who are close to these standards may be admissible upon remediation)

Lower Division General Education Requirements

This program assumes all lower division general education requirements have been met. The IGETC is valuable, but not required. Some lower division General Education requirements can be completed while the BSN program is in progress, but this will extend time to graduation.

Pre-requisites

Lower division support courses required for the Nursing major:
1. BIOL 220 Principles of Microbiology (5)
2. BIOL 223 Human Physiology & Anatomy (5)
3. BIOL 224 Human Physiology & Anatomy (5)
4. CHEM 205 General Chemistry (5)
5. CHEM 208 Biochemistry (3)
6. COMM 120 Oral Communication (4)
7. One critical thinking course (4)
8. ENG 107 Freshman Composition (4)
9. One math course that satisfies the mathematics basic skills in the GE program (4)
10. PSYC 201 Developmental Psychology (4)

Upper-division General Ed courses required for the Nursing major:
1. Natural Sciences Capstone (4)
2. Social Sciences Capstone (4)
3. Humanities Capstone (4)
4. Upper division writing requirement (4) OR exam (WREE)

Upper-division support courses for Nursing major:
1. MATH 305 Statistics: Hypothesis Testing & Estimation (4)
2. One integrative capstone course that meets the multicultural/gender requirement in the GE program (4)

NURSING MAJOR COURSES

Junior Nursing Courses:

1. NURS 310 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Ed (2)
2. NURS 316 Health Assessment (4)
3. NURS 340 Theories of Nursing (2)
4. NURS 380 Pathophysiology or HSCI 367 Human Disease Mechanisms (4)

Senior Nursing Courses:

1. NURS 404 Nursing Management (4)
2. NURS 405 Nursing Management: Laboratory (4)
3. NURS 406 Community Health (4)
4. NURS 407 Community Health: Laboratory (4)
5. NURS 410 RN to BSN Bridge course (2)
6. NURS 411 RN to BSN Bridge course: Laboratory (4)
7. NURS 422 Nursing Research (4)
8. NURS 425 Issues and Trends in Nursing and Health (2)

Please contact the Department of Nursing RN to BSN advisor for further information.

RN to BSN Progression Sheet