This degree is applicable to students planning to prepare for an upper-division Bachelor of Science, Nursing (Entry-to-practice/basic BSN) pathway. Some colleges/universities have requirements for admissions to the Pre-Nursing major that go beyond those specified below. Students can possibly meet these requirements by careful selection of distribution and additional elective courses. Students should work with a counselor, completion coach or academic advisor and the catalog of the four-year institution to which they plan to transfer for further guidance specific to their goals. Early in the program, students should check with their intended transfer university/college advisor for specific admissions and Nursing program requirements for course choices where options are listed for Humanities, Mathematical & Natural Science, Social & Behavioral Science and electives. A cumulative college-level GPA of 2.0 is required. Some transfer institutions require a higher overall GPA, a higher GPA in a subset of courses, or a specific minimum grade in one or more courses. Check with your planned transfer institution for these requirements.
Communication
Walla Walla University - the second English Composition course must be a research writing course. ENGL&102, or equivalent, fulfills this requirement.
Northwest University - the second English Composition course must be a research writing course. ENGL&102, or equivalent, fulfills this requirement.
Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning
University of Washington (UW) Seattle - requires five additional credits in college algebra, pre-calculus, or logic.
Seattle University - requires five additional credits in college algebra or pre-calculus.
Humanities
Select three courses from the two groups below. Courses must be selected from at least two different subject areas. No more than five credits in performance/skills courses may be selected.
Group A - at least two courses must be selected from this group.
Group B - only one course may be selected from this group.
Washington State University - requires curriculum that provides students with an understanding of and sensitivity to human diversity. The Humanities distribution area provides an opportunity to meet this requirement. For potential choices, go to https://ucore.wsu.edu/students/courses-and-learning-outcomes/divr.
Many BSN programs recommend a public speaking course. Students should contact their transfer institution(s) to find out if a public speaking course is preferred.
Students are encouraged to consult with the transfer institution(s) regarding the humanities courses that best prepare them for a BSN.
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Washington State University - requires curriculum that provides students with an understanding of and sensitivity to human diversity. The Social Sciences distribution area provides an opportunity to meet this requirement. For potential choices, go to https://ucore.wsu.edu/students/courses-and-learning-outcomes/divr.
Walla Walla University - requires a course in General Sociology.
Northwest University - requires cultural anthropology and does not accept a course in the sociology discipline as a substitute. Students may be admitted to the BSN without cultural anthropology if they agree to complete the course at the University in the summer prior to the junior year.
Mathematical & Natural Science
University of Washington - requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for three Natural Sciences courses or a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 for four Natural Sciences courses.
Introductory survey courses or review courses do not meet the content level expectations for the Natural Sciences distribution area.
Six-credit courses may be used in place of five-credit courses in the Natural Sciences distribution area. Extra credits may apply toward the Electives distribution area.
Northwest University - requires two credits of genetics. Students may be admitted to the BSN without genetics if they agree to complete the course at the University in the summer prior to the junior year.
Electives
Students should contact their potential transfer institution(s) for advice on which general elective course to take. A maximum of three credits of PE may be applied. Courses must be numbered 100 or above. Please consult with your counselor, completion coach, or faculty advisor for appropriate course selection.
University of Washington - requires 100 hours of healthcare experience.
Curriculum that provides students with an understanding of and sensitivity to human diversity is encouraged (required by WSU) and the elective credits provide one opportunity for such a curriculum.
Or, any course that meets the distribution requirements for the AA degree:
- Required minimum cumulative college-level GPA of 2.0.
- Required minimum grade of 1.0 per course.
- At least one-third of the college-level, degree applicable credits must be taken at CBC.
- Depending on your major, some course choices may be more appropriate than others. Consult with your counselor, completion coach, or faculty advisor.
- A maximum of three credits of PE may be applied.
- A student may not use equivalent cross-listed courses for the same graduation requirement. Refer to the Cross-Listed Courses section of the catalog for more information, and consult with your counselor, completion coach, or faculty advisor.
- Refer to Catalog Option Policy for information about using previous degree requirements.
- For individual college requirements, see Provisions on our Transfer Opportunities webpage.
- Students should contact their potential transfer institutions regarding the specific course choices in each area where options are listed. Some admission requirements may not be met by this DTA/MRP and transfer institutions may require additional courses before starting the BSN.
- Students should check with their potential transfer institutions about admission requirements, including overall minimum GPA, a higher GPA in a selected subset of courses, or a specific minimum grade in one or more courses such as math or English. Although some nursing programs note minimum GPA requirements for nursing prerequisites and other required courses, meeting the minimum requirements does guarantee nursing admission. It is strongly urged for students to check with their transferring institution for GPA requirements.
- Award of the degree does not guarantee admission to a BSN program.
- Admissions application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university or universities to which they plan to apply for admission to transfer.
- Certain schools may have additional “university-specific” requirements that are not prerequisites to admission to the Nursing major but will need to be completed prior to graduation or, as noted above for Northwest University, prior to commencement of nursing courses.
- Contact with advisors from individual schools for institutional requirements is highly recommended since this DTA may not meet every institution-specific graduation requirement. Northwest University, for example, requires Old Testament and New Testament in the summer prior to beginning nursing classes.
- Certain schools may have additional “university-specific” requirements for admission to the institution that are not prerequisites specifically identified in the DTA requirements. UW Seattle, for example, requires 10 credits of a world language if the applicant has not completed two years of a single language in high school; PLU requires a year of a foreign language at the college level, if two years of high school foreign language has not been completed.
- For transferring students, 75 of the 90 credits must be fully transferable as defined by the Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC) guidelines for the Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA) to be honored by four-year institutions in Washington. A maximum of 15 restricted elective [RE] credits may be used. The DTA will fulfill college and university general education requirements only. It may not meet unique institutional requirements, and does not modify admissions criteria for baccalaureate institutions. Upon entry to a baccalaureate institution, a DTA will generally provide a student with at least 90 quarter (60 semester) credits.