Traditional BSN

Student Learning Outcomes  

Per CCNE accreditation standards, successful completion of the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Program prepares the graduate to:

1. Provide entry-level safe, competent, ethical care to culturally diverse individuals, families and populations across health care settings and across the lifespan. 

2. Function effectively as a member of the Nursing Profession and as a member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team. 

3. Practice professional nursing based on current evidence. 

4. Assume accountability for evaluation and improvement of nursing practice. 

5. Integrate the safe and confidential use of information technology and health care technology into one’s practice as a professional nurse. 

Program Outcomes  

FIRST-TIME NCLEX-RN CANDIDATE PASS RATE (Percent by Calendar Year) Click Here

• Printable list of TBSN prerequisite courses
• To confirm transferability of courses, please visit the Course Equivalency Tables
• Prior learning assessments, i.e. CLEP
• CLEP - College Level Examination Program 
• The science GPA will be calculated from each attempt of all sciences taken.

• Items 1-5 are waived for those with an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from a public regionally accredited college in Oklahoma.
  • Please note that general education requirements will NOT be waived for Associate of Applied Science or Associate of Applied Art degrees.
• Items 1-6 are waived for those with a Bachelor’s degree from a US 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 with a grade of "C" or higher. A high school transcript will be required if waived using high school coursework.

^Applicants are advised to complete a general-education approved statistics course. Approved courses can be found here.

Statistics courses taken at other colleges and universities should have a general education notation on the OU Transfer Equivalencies Database.

Electives (must have earned 61 transfer hours prior to enrollment)

JUNIOR YEAR - SPRING (14 CREDIT HOURS) 

SENIOR YEAR - FALL (15 CREDIT HOURS) 

SENIOR YEAR - SPRING (16 Credit Hours) 

Regular Admission Requirements

• Completion of 61 hours of prerequisite coursework
• 30 prerequisite hours must be completed prior to application
• All prerequisites must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale and
• Minimum science grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
• At least two of the four required sciences must be completed prior to application
• Each attempt of any science course taken will be calculated into the science GPA, along with the four required sciences
• Please Note: 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. OUHSC considers all coursework regardless of academic forgiveness granted by other institutions.