Bachelor of Science in Nursing

PRE-NURSING PROGRAM FOR BASIC AND ACCELERATED STUDENTS: Persons interested in the nursing program must first complete an application to Cleveland State University, listing their college choice as School of Nursing and intended major as Nursing. Prospective students are encouraged to attend an advising session or to make an appointment with one of the school's recruiter/advisers to discuss the nursing program and to plan a course of study. For early admission to the Basic Track: Those students with an overall GPA of 3.25 and prerequisite GPA of at least 3.25 may apply for consideration of early admission status. They must have no prerequisite grades below a B and all prerequisites completed with a grade of B or better. Deadline for receipt of applications for early admission is January 1. Admission to the Nursing major is selective and is granted on a competitive basis. Selection of students for the Nursing major is based on a number of criteria including prerequisite and overall grade-point averages, essays, interviews and related health-care experience. The number of available spaces in the program is limited. Students applying to the basic track are notified of their acceptance by the end of the spring semester. Those students with a previous undergraduate degree who are applying to the Accelerated Option track are notified of their acceptance by the end of the summer semester. Students not admitted may formally reapply to the program for admission in the following year. Students who are accepted and who choose not to enter the program in the year for which they have been accepted will not be deferred to the following year. They must reapply to the program. Prior acceptance does not guarantee acceptance at a later date; PREREQUISITE COURSES FOR BASIC STUDENTS: All prerequisite courses must be completed prior to entry into the program in the fall semester. The prerequisite GPA is composed of all grades earned in the following courses: BIO 264 - Introductory Microbiology, BIO 265 - Introductory Microbiology Laboratory, BIO 266 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BIO 267 – Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I, BIO 268 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II, BIO 269 – Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II, CHM 251 - College Chemistry I, CHM 256 - College Chemistry Laboratory I, CHM 252 - College Chemistry II, CHM 257 - College Chemistry Laboratory II, ENG 101 - College Writing I, ENG 102 - College Writing II, MTH 116 - Foundations of Quantitative Literacy, PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology.