Admission Under Impaction
Refer to the following website for additional impaction criteria: http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/admissions/impacted_major.html.
In order to be considered for transfer admission to the Nursing major, students must complete a series of prerequisite courses: written communication, oral communication, critical thinking, HDEV 190 or PSY 110 or SOC 170 or STAT 108 or STAT 118 , BIOL 207 , BIOL 208 , BIOL 201 , and CHEM 140 . Each course must be completed with a “C” or better grade; when all prerequisites are completed the GPA for the prerequisite courses must be “B” or better (3.0 or better). Applicants to the nursing major are normally admitted by the time they reach junior standing.
Degree Progress for Pre-Nursing Majors
Pre-Nursing majors must complete the following requirements within four semesters of being admitted as a Pre-Nursing major or declaring a Pre-Nursing major. Some students may need to take courses during Summer Session to meet these requirements. At the end of the four semesters
after Declaration of a Pre-Nursing major, students who have not met the requirements must either declare another major or meet with an Academic Advisor to determine if the student’s performance in the courses merits an additional semester to complete.
At the end of the second semester, pre-nursing students must have a grade of “C” or better in general education certified written communication, oral communication, and critical thinking courses, HDEV 190 or PSY 110 or SOC 170 or STAT 108 or STAT 118 , and CHEM 140 as well as a combined GPA of 3.0 or better in these
prerequisite courses.
Pre-Nursing students with an ELM score that places them in MAPB 1 or MAPB 7 or MAPB 11 may petition for an additional semester.
At the end of the fourth semester, pre-nursing students must have a “C” grade or better in BIOL 201 , BIOL 207 , and BIOL 208 as well as a combined GPA of 3.0 or better in these prerequisite courses.
The following suite of courses must be completed with a minimum GPA of a 3.0: BIOL 201, BIOL 207 , BIOL 208 , CHEM 140 , and HDEV 190 or PSY 110 or SOC 170 or STAT 108 or STAT 118 .
Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.25.
Requirements
Criminal background check, health insurance, immunizations, medical clearance, and malpractice insurance are required for clinical coursework.
To be recommended to the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) to take the licensure exam as a Registered Nurse, students must successfully complete the RN Prelicensure Exit Assessment. The results of this assessment will not impact the conferring of the bachelor’s degree.
