RN to BSN Admissions Requirements

Applicants to the program must meet the following standards:

1. Provide proof of current unobstructed professional licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the
United States.

2. Official transcripts from a Board of Nursing licensed Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing
program;

a) Official transcripts must be submitted to document program completion. The RN to BSN
program gives students the opportunity to transfer up to 84 semester credits. Students
enrolled in the RN to BSN program are exempt from specific general education
requirements. There is no science recency requirement for RN-BSN students.

Nursing (RN to BSN) Transfer Credits

Nursing applicants requesting transfer credit evaluation must provide official transcripts no later than the first day of the first semester in which the student commences their education at West Coast University. College-level coursework will be considered and evaluated for transfer credit, and all college-level coursework must have been taken at an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. The RN to BSN program will award 42 transfer credits for an unobstructed current RN license issued in the United States. For students who are not eligible to transfer all of the 84 credits needed for completion of the program, students may receive credit for prior learning assessed by registering for and completing the Prior Learning Assessment course (PLA 100).

Note: A student may have the option of taking a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA 100) course if he/she does not have sufficient college-level credits required to meet the 120 credits required for graduation with this degree program. Prior Learning Assessment (PLA 100) is not subject to this policy as credit earned from Prior Learning Assessment is done in conjunction with enrollment in the appropriate West Coast University course.