College of Health Sciences and Human Services

Department of Nursing

Admission requirements

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Regardless of the program pathway, applicants must meet the following requirements to be admitted to the CSUMB RN to BSN or ADN to BSN program.

GPA

  • Overall GPA ≥ 2.75
  • Prerequisites GPA ≥ 2.75
  • Nursing Program GPA ≥ 3.0

Nursing Program Prerequisites

  • Human Anatomy with lab
  • Human Physiology with lab
  • Microbiology with lab
  • Chemistry with/without lab (general, inorganic or integrated )
  • Statistics
  • Critical Thinking course
  • English 1A or equivalent (written communication)
  • Oral Communication
  • Valid California RN License, or will earn a California RN license prior to last semester in the program.