Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing

• Minimum GPA for Admission
  • 3.0 GPA
• Program Start
  • Fall Semester – August
    Spring Semester – January
• Program Duration
  • 12 to 15 months
• Approximate Tuition Cost
  • $13,000
• Nursing Course Units
  • 26 units
• Required General Education Units
  • 9 Units
• Course Format
  
  • Hybrid, mostly online
• Clinical Experience
  • Assigned clinical sites

(NOTE: Everyone must apply during the Fall, even if you are applying for Spring Admission)

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Diploma from a regionally accredited school
• A Current California RN License – Required for progression through clinical courses.
• Cumulative GPA: Minimum of 3.0
• Completion of the Following Courses, or their equivalents, by the end of the Spring semester with the minimum grades shown:
  • BIOLOGY: Human Anatomy with Lab, 4 semester units, minimum grade of B
  • BIOLOGY: Human Physiology with Lab, 4 semester units, minimum grade of B
  • BIOLOGY: Microbiology with Lab, 4 semester units, minimum grade of B
  • CHEMISTRY (General Chem or-Organic Chem -or-Integrated Chem or- Inorganic Chem), minimum grade of C
  • Oral Communication (Any course that satisfies CSU GE Breadth Area A1)
  • Written Communication (Any course that satisfies CSU GE Breadth Area A2)
  • Critical Thinking (Any course that satisfies CSU GE Breadth Area A3)
  • Statistics, 3 semester units, minimum grade of C
  • General Education Requirements
    (See SDSU General Catalog or consult the SDSU Prospective Student Center at 619-594-6336 for General Education Requirement information)

Contact advisor for course equivalencies. 

San Diego State University Enrollment Services and the School of Nursing have streamlined the application for admission to the University and the Nursing major. Under the new application process, students will be required to submit an application to the University via Cal State Apply and complete SDSU’s Supplemental Application. The School of Nursing no longer has a separate application process. The University will accept Fall and Spring admission applications from October 1 – November 30.
See SDSU’s Transfer Admission website for additional information: https://www.sdsu.edu/admissions.

IMPORTANT
If you are interested in applying for spring admissions, please email [email protected]

If you are an RN with a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field, you may be eligible for our Master’s degree program in the Leadership specialty. Please see our Graduate Program website. 

For further questions, please contact the School of Nursing Graduate Program Advisor at [email protected]

Cross enrollment is offered to current community college students who are interested in attending SDSU. To be eligible to enroll in SDSU cross enrollment, the following requirements:

• Current community college students that are taking a minimum of 6 units during the semester of cross enrollment.
• Completed cross enrollment form must be completed online and submitted before the first day of class.
• Cross enrollment applies to first bachelor’s degree students

If you have a bachelor’s degree in another discipline, you may take courses at SDSU with enrollment through the open university.

Follow this link for program details and application.

Contact SDSU Registrar’s Office OR the school of nursing ([email protected]) for additional details on Cross Enrollment.

The School of Nursing offers cross enrollment into the following three nursing courses:

• NURS 307: Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice (3 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
• NURS 312: Nursing Professionalism (3 units – offered Fall and Spring Semester)
• NURS 320: Health Assessment and Health Promotion for RN to BS (4 units - offered Fall and Spring Semester)
• NURS 350: Women’s Health Across Life (3 units – offered Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester) 

NURS 307 and NURS 312 are part of the RN-BSN core curriculum, while NURS 350 can be taken to satisfy a GE requirement.

RN to BSN Students first meet all requirements for completion of the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing program from a regionally accredited program.  Upon RN licensure, students then enter the SDSU RN to BS program.

The RN to BSN program curriculum is conveniently offered at both of SDSU’s campuses, the San Diego campus, and the Imperial Valley campus.

For RN to BSN students, the nursing courses taken upon entering the SDSU School of Nursing include:
(schedule of courses subject to change)

• NUR 307: Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice (3 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
• NUR 312: Nursing Professionalism (3 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
• NUR 320: Health Assessment and Health Promotion for RN to BS (4 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
• NUR 415/415L: Community Health (5 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
• NUR 458/458L: Leadership (5 units – offered Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters)
• NUR 400/400L: Nursing Care of the Complex, High Acuity or Critically Ill Patients (6 units – offered Fall and Spring Semesters)
  -OR-
• NUR 437: Transitional Care of Populations (6 units – offered Fall, Spring, and Summer 2020)

Program length may vary.  Most RN to BSN students can complete the Bachelor of Science degree at SDSU within fifteen months.

The general education requirements do not apply to second baccalaureate students.

In addition to the nursing-specific coursework, all candidates for a degree in applied arts and sciences must complete the requirements listed in the “Graduation Requirements” section of the SDSU General Catalog. For additional information on general education and graduation requirements, students must meet with an academic advisor in The Office of Advising and Evaluations

Please note: SDSU requires students to enroll in a minimum 6 units their first semester at SDSU.

You must complete Section IV, Explorations of Human Experience to satisfy your General Education requirements at SDSU. Complete one course from categories A, B, and C (9 units).

• • Select one course from Category A. (3 units)
  • Suggested course from Category B – HHS 350: Applied International Health and Human Services (3 units) or  PSY 351: Psychology of Personality (3 units)
  • Required course from Category C – PHIL 330: Medical Ethics (3 units)

The RN to BSN program curriculum is conveniently offered at both of SDSU’s campuses, the San Diego campus, and the Imperial Valley campus.

For those students entering the program as a second baccalaureate student:

• International experience is waived
• SDSU Upper Division General Education Requirements are waived

Second Degree RN to BSN Students must meet all requirements for completion of the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing program from a regionally accredited program and in addition hold a Bachelor’s Degree.  Upon RN licensure, students then enter the SDSU RN to BS program.

Second baccalaureate students will move through the RN-BSN program at a faster pace as the international experience and SDSU Upper Division General Education requirements are waived.

For RN to BSN students, the nursing courses taken in the first semester include.
(schedule of courses subject to change)

• NUR 307: Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice(3 units – offered Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semesters)
• NUR 312: Nursing Professionalism(3 units – offered Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semester)
• NUR 320: Health Assessment and Health Promotion for RN to BS(4 units – offered Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semester)
• NUR 415/415L: Community Health(5 units – offered Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semesters)
• NUR 458/458L: Leadership(5 units – offered Summer 2019, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semesters)
• NUR 400/400L: Nursing Care of the Complex, High Acuity or Critically Ill Patients(6 units – offered Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Semester)
  -OR-
• NUR 437: Transitional Care of Populations(6 units – offered Summer 2019, Fall 2019, and Summer 2020)

The length of the program may vary.  However most Second Degree RN to BS students can complete the Bachelor of Science degree at SDSU within 10 months.

Specific details can be found on the CHHS Undergraduate International Experience web site.

Most students will complete the program in twelve to fifteen months.

Second baccalaureate degree students are able to quickly move through our program within one year, and the general education courses and international requirement are waived.

The cost is about $13,000 including General Education courses.  Information about the cost of attending SDSU: http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/costs.html