Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) Major in Nursing (R.N. to B.S.N. Online Completion Program)

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

Admission Requirements

1. Application for admission to the registered nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing online completion program (R.N. to B.S.N.) must be made to the St. David's School of Nursing in addition to the university admission procedures. Students will be admitted each fall.  Admission to the R.N. to B.S.N. online completion program requires admission to the university and admission to the program. For more information visit: http://www.nursing.txstate.edu/
2. Students must hold unencumbered registered nurse license in a state or region that is approved through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. 
3. All applicants must have a nursing school GPA of 2.5 and an overall GPA of 2.5 to apply.
4. Completion of 42 hours of general education core curriculum requirements. including the following major-specific core requirements or field of study complete: 
   • PSY 1300 or SOCI 1310
   • MATH 1315
   • CHEM 1341
5. Completion of 18 hours of support coursework or field of study complete: 
   • BIO 2400 or BIO 2440
   • BIO 2451
   • BIO 2452
   • NUTR 2360
   • PSY 3300 or HDFS 1351 
6. Students who earned an Associate in Applied Science Nursing degree (A.D.N.) from a regionally accredited community college will be awarded 30 semester credit hours toward the B.S.N. online completion. 
7. 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.

 General Requirements

1. Students have three years to complete the degree requirements.

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: Any 4 SCH course including lab (CHEM 1341 + 1 hour ELNA)
   NUTR 2360	Nutrition Science	3
   TCCN: BIOL 1322/HECO 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 or ENGL 2311
   Total hours		34

3. All upper division courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better to progress. Students must complete prerequisite courses prior to enrolling in upper division nursing courses.

Course Requirements