Admission Requirements RN to BSN

COMPLETION OF 67 CREDIT HOURS OF PREREQUISITE COURSEWORK

• 30 credit hours must be completed prior to application.
• The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) is on a semester credit- hour system. Students transferring coursework from an institution on trimester or quarter-hour systems should contact an advisor to determine how the coursework will transfer.
• All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

LAST 60 HOURS GRADE POINT AVERAGE (L60GPA) OF A 2.5 ON A 4.0 SCALE

• OUHSC considers all coursework regardless of academic forgiveness granted by other institutions. Each attempt of any course taken will be calculated into the LGPA.

SCIENCE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (SGPA) OF A 2.5 ON A 4.0 SCALE

• At least one of the three laboratory science prerequisites must be completed prior to application.
• Three laboratory sciences required are: Microbiology, Human Anatomy and Hyman Physiology
• No additional sciences taken will be included in the SGPA

• Printable list of RN-BSN program prerequisite courses
• To confirm transferability of courses, please visit the Course Equivalency Tables.
• Transfer Petition Form (for out-of-state courses not previously equated).

PREREQUISITE GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

 

1. Western Civilization and Culture (WC) (listed as Gen Ed-Western Culture on the Equivalency Charts) (3 credit hours)
2. Non-Western Civilization and Culture (NWC) (listed as Gen Ed-Non Western Culture on the Equivalency Charts) (3 credit hours)
3. Understanding Art (listed as Gen Ed-Artistic Forms on the Equivalency Charts) (3 credit hours)
4. Foreign Language (see description below)
5. 3000-4000 General Education classified. (must be listed as "Gen. Ed." on the Equivalency Charts) (3 credit hours)

General Education courses required for all applicants, except:

• Take our online quiz to determine necessary general education courses, items 1-5 above.

• Items 1-4 may be waived for those with an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from a regionally accredited college in Oklahoma.
• Items 1-4 may be waived for those with a Bachelors from a regionally accredited college or university.

• Item 4 may be met by two semesters (6-10 credit hours) of the same language in college or two years of the same language in high school. A high school transcript may be required.

• Item 5 may only be waived for those with a Bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.

^Applicants are advised to complete a general-education approved statistics course. Approved courses can be found at: http://www.ou.edu/content/gened/courses.html. Statistics courses taken at other colleges and universities should have a general education notation on the OU Transfer Equivalencies Database at: https://www.ou.edu/content/admissions/transfer_equivalencies.html.

Sci GPA The ccience GPA will be calculated from each attempt at the laboratory, prerequisite sciences. This includes only Chemistry, Microbiology, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology.

Electives (must have 67 non-nursing transfer hours)

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

WESTERN CIVILIZATION

A course in American or Western-European studies other than US History. Examples include Social Problems, Ethics, History of Western Civilization, Philosophy, or many Humanities courses. The course must be a minimum three semester credit hours and be passed with a grade of C or better.
This course will be listed as Gen Ed-Western Culture on the OU Norman Equivalency Charts at OU Transfer Equivalencies Database.

Approved Western Civ courses at OU Norman campus

NON-WESTERN CIV & CULTURE

A course in non-American/ non-Western-European studies. Examples include History of Native Americans, Cultural Anthropology, or World Religions. Applicants are encouraged to take this course at a University instead of a community college and to take it as a 3000- 4000 level course to also meet the upper division requirement without having to take an additional course. Applicants may “double-dip” and apply credit toward the “Culture” requirement. The course must be a minimum three semester credit hours and be passed with a grade of C or better.
This course will be listed as Gen Ed-Non Western Culture on the OU Norman Equivalency Charts at OU Transfer Equivalencies Database.

Approved Non Western Civ courses at OU Norman campus

UNDERSTANDING ART FORMS

A course in the study of art; not a course in the practice of art. Examples include Music Appreciation, Art History, Intro to Literature, or Intro to Theater. The course must be a minimum three semester credit hours and be passed with a grade of C or better.
This course will be listed as Gen Ed-Artistic Forms on the OU Transfer Equivalencies Database.
Approved Art courses at OU Norman campus

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

All applicants must document completion of either 2-years of the same foreign language in high school (on a high school transcript), or 2-semesters of the same foreign language in college (for a total of 6-10 semester credit hours). Credit cannot be mixed between the high school and college level.

3000-4000 LEVEL GENERAL EDUCATION

All students must transfer one upper division General Education course taken outside of their major to document their ability to handle the rigors of upper division coursework prior to starting the nursing program. This course needs to be completed through a four-year university, not a community college or other two-year institution. Regardless of content equivalency, the course completed must be at the junior/senior level. Lower division courses from two-year institutions will not transfer to meet this specific upper division requirement. Students are advised to take one of the previously listed general education courses, such as Non-Western Culture, at the 3000-4000 level to double-dip on credit. For example, a junior-level Cultural Anthropology course will meet the Non Western Culture requirement and this upper division requirement. This course must be a minimum three semester credit hours and be passed with a grade of C or better.