| School of Nursing
Transfer Admission
The UCLA School of Nursing offers the following programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree:
Applications either nursing program must fill out the general UC application for admission and a supplementary application with the school. For more information, contact the School of Nursing directly.
Please refer to Transfer Admission for additional information on UCLA's transfer admission requirements.
Generic/Prelicensure program
The Generic/Prelicensure Nursing degree program is intended to prepare entry-level nurses to care for patients at the bedside. The program has been developed according to the principles of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention; moving from a systems, population-based approach to a cohort-based or unit-based perspective, and culminating with an intense focus on individual-level of care. Strong emphasis will be placed on clinical leadership and critical thinking skills.
Prelicensure Admission Requirements
- 90 to 105 quarter units (60 to 70 semester units) of transferable coursework
- a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 in all transferable courses
- Applicants from a California community college must fulfill IGETC. Others transfer students must complete the School of Nursing's general education requirements.
- Applicants must fulfill the university's American History and Institutions requirement.
- completion of prerequisite courses (listed at right) with grades of C or better
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Prelicensure Course Requirements
- human anatomy with lab
- one year of general biology for the major (cellular, molecular, and genetic)
- one year of general chemistry for the major
- one semester of organic chemistry for the major
- introductory or general microbiology
- human physiology
- introductory psychology
- introduction to communication studies or speech
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RN-BS/Postlicensure program
The RN-BS/Postlicensure degree program is intended to prepare RNs for advanced-practice study at the graduate level. The curriculum has been designed to build upon the student's associate degree education and assist RNs in gaining new knowledge needed for professional nursing in a changing society. Emphasis is placed upon the preparation of nurses to meet the need for community-based care in a culturally diverse society.
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Requirements
- an Associate’s degree in nursing from a state-approved
program or a diploma in nursing from an accredited program.
- current licensure as a registered nurse and a minimum
of one year of full-time experience as a registered
nurse within the past five years
- passing scores on required Excelsior
College examinations:
- Fundamentals of Nursing
- Adult Nursing
- Maternal and Child Nursing--AD
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- 90 to 105 quarter units (60 to 70 semester units)
of transferable course work
- a minimum, cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in all transferable courses
- Applicants must fulfill the University's American
History and Institutions requirement.
- completion of prerequisite courses (listed at right) with grades of C or better
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Postlicensure Course
Requirements
- human anatomy with lab
- sociocultural anthropology
- one or more courses from arts and humanities
- one year in general biology with lab for the major (cellular and molecular) *
- one year in general chemistry with lab for the major *
- one year of organic chemistry for the major *
- two courses in English (composition, rhetoric and language, and critical reading and writing)
- one UC-transferable course in mathematical concepts
and quantitative reasoning that has a prerequisite
of intermediate algebra or higher †
- introductory or general microbiology
- introductory human physiology
- introductory or general psychology
- introductory or general sociology
* these courses may be completed at UCLA
† calculus is required for students planning to take chemistry at UCLA. |
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