Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) Major in Nursing

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

Admission Requirements

1. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree with a major in Nursing requires admission to Texas State University prior to submitting the St. David's School of Nursing application. For more information visit: http://www.nursing.txstate.edu/
2. Texas State students interested in pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree will be enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences pre-nursing concentration upon entry into Texas State University.  A separate admission application for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is required.   
3. The priority admission application period for the Nursing program begins September 15 and closes December 15. The general application period begins September 15 and closes January 15.
4. Admission to the undergraduate major in nursing is competitive and selective. One hundred (100) highly qualified students are admitted each fall.
5. Applicants must have a nursing prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or higher. A minimum grade of "C" is required for NUTR 2360 and HDFS 1351 or PSY 3300. The nursing prerequisite GPA is calculated based on grades in the following courses: 

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   MATH 1315	College Algebra	3
   or MATH 1319	Mathematics for Business and Economics I
   or MATH 1329	Mathematics for Business and Economics II
   or MATH 2417	Pre-Calculus Mathematics
   or MATH 2471	Calculus I
   HIST 1310	History of the United States to 1877	3
   HIST 1320	History of the United States, 1877 to Date	3
   POSI 2310	Principles of American Government	3
   POSI 2320	Functions of American Government	3
   NUTR 2360	Nutrition Science	3
   PSY 3300	Lifespan Development	3
   or HDFS 1351	Lifespan Development
   PSY 1300	Introduction to Psychology	3

6. Applicants must also have a Science GPA for 3.0 or higher.  Science courses require a minimum grade of “C” for admission. Applicants may have "CR" for BIO 1330 or CHEM 1341, but not both courses. A maximum of 8 attempts (including W) on the 5 science courses listed below, with no more than 2 attempts on any one science course, is permitted. There can be a maximum of 18 remaining prerequisite credit hours, (including no more than 2 of the 5 science courses) left to complete in the spring and summer semesters before final admission to the St. David’s School of Nursing. At least 3 science courses must be completed with a minimum grade of "C" prior to applying to the program and cannot be included in the 18 remaining prerequisite hours. The science GPA is calculated based on grades in the following courses:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   BIO 1330	Functional Biology	3
   BIO 2440	Principles of Microbiology	4
   or BIO 2400	Microbiology
   BIO 2451	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
   BIO 2452	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
   CHEM 1341	General Chemistry I	3

7. 
   An application fee must accompany the St. David’s School of Nursing application.
8. Additional criteria include a personal persuasive essay, scores from the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) test version 7, pre-nursing entrance assessment, and an interview of selected candidates with the admissions committee.

General Requirements

1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.

2. For transfer students, 34 semester credit hours may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Nursing Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree with a major in Nursing at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   BIO 2440	Principles of Microbiology	4
   TCCN: BIOL 2421 or 2420
   CHEM 1341	General Chemistry I	3
   TCCN: CHEM 1311
   NUTR 2360	Nutrition Science	3
   TCCN: BIOL 1322
   BIO 2451	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
   TCCN: BIOL 2401
   BIO 2452	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
   TCCN: BIOL 2402
   PSY 1300	Introduction to Psychology	3
   TCCN: PSYC 2301
   PSY 3300	Lifespan Development	3
   TCCN: PSYC 2314
   MATH 2328	Elementary Statistics	3
   TCCN: MATH 1342
   ENG 1310	College Writing I	3
   TCCN: ENGL 1301
   ENG 1320	College Writing II	3
   TCCN: ENGL 1302
   Total hours		34

3. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
4. Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
5. Any student who did not complete at least two years of the same foreign language in high school is required to take 6-8 hours of the same foreign language.
6. To graduate with a B.S.N., a student must successfully complete all nursing courses with a “C” or better in addition to completing all prerequisite courses.
7. All students must have attained a 2.0 or higher Texas State University GPA with a minimum of a 2.50 GPA in the Nursing major to graduate.
8. All students must complete the B.S.N. program in three years from the time of first admission.
9. Each nursing course is offered only once each academic year; therefore, progress in the program is delayed if the student fails a course. A student may repeat a nursing course only once. A second nursing course failure or withdrawal from nursing courses will result in the student being dismissed from the nursing program. However, the student is not dismissed from Texas State University.

Course Requirements 

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If US 1100 is waived, the student must have 120 hours to graduate. See College Advising Center.