BSN students begin as college-level juniors, having already completed 90 quarter/60 semester college-level credits or a previous bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field. A solid foundation of science and humanities prerequisite coursework sets you up for success in our program.

The BSN is a full-time program, including:

• academic coursework focused on critical thinking, care and therapeutics, and healthcare resources
• in-class lecture with experienced nurses and researchers
• clinical simulation exercises in our Learning Lab, and
• supervised direct patient care in the field

Many of our BSN graduates continue on to graduate nursing study and careers in research, administration, and education.

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The BSN program prepares graduates to:

1. Integrate concepts from the arts and sciences in promoting health and managing complex nursing care situations.
2. Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision-making in the provision and oversight of nursing practice in a variety of settings.
3. Translate principles of patient safety and quality improvement into the delivery of high-quality care.
4. Appraise, critically summarize, and translate current evidence into nursing practice.
5. Integrate knowledge, processes, and skills from nursing science, information and patient care technologies, and communication tools to facilitate clinical decision-making and the delivery of safe and effective nursing care.
6. Describe the effects of health policy, economic, legal, political, and socio-cultural factors on the delivery of and advocacy for equitable health care.
7. Demonstrate effective professional communication and collaboration to optimize health outcomes.
8. Deliver and advocate for health promotion and disease prevention strategies at the individual, family, community, and population levels.
9. Demonstrate value-based professional behaviors that integrate altruism, autonomy, integrity, social justice, and respect for diversity and human dignity.
10. Demonstrate critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and psychomotor skills necessary for the delivery of competent, evidence-based, holistic, and compassionate care to patients across the lifespan.
11. Demonstrate critical interrogation of positionality, recognition of implicit biases, as well as knowledge and application of anti-racism principles to promote health equity.

• A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 for all completed college-level coursework
• Completed 90 quarter-hour credits by the time you begin the BSN program, including:
  • At the time you submit your application, at least three of the Natural Sciences prerequisite courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for those courses, or four Natural Sciences courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 for those courses
• A minimum grade of 2.0 (“C”) in each BSN prerequisite course, including all Natural Sciences courses, Lifespan Growth & Development, and Statistics
• At the time you submit your application, completion of a minimum of 100 hours of paid or volunteer health care experience in one setting within a three-month span, completed within 12 months before applying
• A clear understanding of the Registered Nurse (RN) role
• Proof of English language proficiency

If you have completed some or all of your coursework outside of the United States, visit our International Applicants page for additional application guidelines.

• BSN prerequisite worksheet
• BSN Natural Sciences GPA worksheet
• Evaluate your transcripts
• Healthcare experience