California Edition 2013-2014 > Addenda and Errata > RN to BSN Admission Requirements Addendum

RN to BSN Admission Requirements Addendum

This RN to BSN Admissions Requirements Addendum includes updated language.  Please see below.

Applicants for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, RN to BSN program must:

1. Provide proof of current unobstructed professional licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) from the state of California;
2. Official transcripts from a Board of Nursing licensed accredited Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing program;
   1. Official transcripts submitted must document 70 semester credits or the equivalent completed in a BRN approved Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing program with at least 24 transferable credits in general education and 31 transferable credits in nursing core courses.   There is no science recency requirement for RN-BSN students.  If the pre-licensure nursing program did not require one of the science pre-requisites, a substitute course may be considered. 

Please Note: Applicants who do not have 70 completed credits, or 36 credits in general education, or 27 in nurisng core courses from their Associate Degree or Diploma program in Nursing, but who otherwise meet the admission requirements, may be admitted and complete additional course work while enrolled in the program in order to meet the 120 credits required for graduation.  This would include RNs in California who completed the 30 Unit Option for LVNs and sat for licensure.

RN to BSN Transfer Credit Evaluation

RN to BSN applicants requesting transfer credit evaluation must provide official transcripts no later than the first day of the first semester in which the student commences their education at West Coast University.  General education, pre-requisites, and core nursing coursework taken from a national or regionally accredited institution will be considered and evaluated for transfer credit.  All general education, pre-requisite, and core nursing coursework must have been taken at an appropriately accredited institution. For nursing credits to be considered for transfer credit under any circumstances there can be only one year between the end of the last nursing course taken at a previous institution and the beginning of the first course at West Coast University. The student must be listed in good standing with the prior institution.  Science courses must be taken within the last five years to be accepted for transfer credit.  The RN to BSN program will accept transfer credits for nursing core courses as specified for applicant requirements.