2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Nursing, RN-BSN Track, B.S.


Admission Requirements for RN-BSN

All applicants must meet the following criteria:

  1. Admission to Fayetteville State University.
  2. Applications are accepted July 1 for August admission and December 1 for January admission.
  3. Active and unencumbered RN license.
  4. Evidence of an earned Associates Degree in Nursing or a Hospital Diploma in Nursing from an accredited program.

Online Degree Completion

This degree program is available for online degree completion. 

Program Requirements

Core Requirements: Minimum of 38 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.

Program Admission Requirements: See Admission Requirements above.

Other Major Requirements: Grade of C or higher in upper division courses.

Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.

University College Core Curriculum: 39 Credits


Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits


- required for all first time students;  required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.  may be required based on academic performance.

Select one option from the following:

Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits


Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits


Select one from the following:

Information Literacy: 3 Credits


Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits


Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits


 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.

Select one from the following:

Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits


Select one from the following:

Program Requirements: 81 Credits


Total Credit Hours: 120