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
- Applicants who meet admissions criteria will be admitted during the fall, spring, and summer semesters to the registered nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing online completion program (RN to BSN) following admission to the University.
- Admission to the RN to BSN online completion program requires admission to the university and admission to the program. For more information visit: https://online.txst.edu/degrees/healthcare/rn-to-bsn/
- Students must hold a current, unencumbered registered nurse license in a state or region approved through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. In states where the Board of Nursing governs distance education, must also have approval from the state's Board of Nursing for distance education.
- All applicants must have a nursing school GPA of 2.5 and an overall GPA of 2.5 to apply.
- Completion of 42 hours of general education core curriculum requirements. including the following major-specific core requirements or field of study complete:
- Completion of 18 hours of support coursework or field of study complete:
- Students who earned an associate degree that led to a registered nursing license (i.e., ADN, ASN, AASN) from a regionally accredited college of higher education will be awarded 30 semester credit hours toward the BSN online completion.
General Requirements
- Students have three years to complete the degree requirements.
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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 - 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
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| BIO 1330 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1306]) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| MATH 1315, 1319, or 1329 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 1314, 1324, or 1325]) | 3 | Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 |
| PSY 1300 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN PSYC 2301] ) | 3 | Component Area Option 090 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BIO 2451 (TCCN BIOL 2401) | 4 | BIO 2452 (TCCN BIOL 2402) | 4 |
| Component Area Option 090 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 [TCCN HUMA 1315] | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | NUTR 2360 (TCCN BIOL 1322) | 3 |
| BIO 2440 (TCCN BIOL 2420) | 4 | HDFS 1351 or PSY 3300 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Junior Year – 30 credit hours applied to RN-BSN degree from AASN (ADN) Program | 15 | Junior Year – 30 credit hours applied to RN-BSN degree from AASN (ADN) Program | 15 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| NURS 3230 (Must be taken at the start of the program [Part of term 1 or 2]) | 2 | NURS 4303 (Part of term 2) | 3 |
| NURS 3110 (Must be taken in conjunction with NURS 3250 [Part of term 1]) | 1 | NURS 4204 (Part of term 2) | 2 |
| NURS 3250 (Must be taken in conjunction with NURS 3110 [Part of term 1]) | 2 | NURS 4205 (Part of term 2) | 2 |
| NURS 3430 (Part of term 1) | 4 | NURS 4351 (Part of term 2) | 3 |
| NURS 3302 (Must be taken immediately following NURS 3230 [Part of term 1 or 2]) | 3 | NURS 4380 (Must be taken after completion of all program courses in conjunction with NURS 4280 [Part of term 1 or 2]) | 3 |
| NURS 4302 (Part of term 1) | 3 | NURS 4280 (Must be taken after completion of all program courses in conjunction with NURS 4380 [Part of term 1 or 2]) | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
