BSN Admission Requirements: Traditional Pre-Licensure Track
Applications and due dates for Indianapolis, Columbus, and Bloomington may be found at each campus' School of Nursing website. Students interested in nursing on another IU campus should consult the website of that campus for more information about nursing. The admission process is competitive, and acceptance depends on the number of applicants and the applicant's ability to compete academically in the pool of applicants. Students seeking admission to the nursing major must meet the following eligibility criteria (Policy H_01):
- The applicant must be admitted to Indiana University as a degree‐seeking student and must submit official transcripts from other universities attended so that credits may be transferred.
- The applicant must have a minimum Indiana University cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale at the time of application. This does not include transfer or X’d courses.
- The following application requirements must be met by courses listed on the application to the nursing major on the Core Campus: English Composition, Introductory Psychology, Introductory Sociology, Human Anatomy and Finite Math . Additional courses to be entered on the application: These are to be selected from an approved list which may be campus-specific. The total number of credit hours used to meet the application requirements is typically 29-31 credits.
- Of the general education courses specifically required for application no more than three may be repeated to achieve a minimum grade of C (2.0). Over the course of the BSN degree program no more than two of the science/math courses (Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology and Finite Math) may be repeated in order to achieve an acceptable grade. In the case of courses with a laboratory component, the didactic and lab are considered one course. The grade earned on the second attempt will be used for calculation of GPA for admission purposes. This policy relates to IU and transfer courses, and students who are not able to meet the minimum criteria are ineligible for admission consideration.
- The applicant must achieve a grade of C (2.0) or higher for each course and an application overall GPA of 3.00 in all nursing program requirements. This criterion also applies to any student wishing to transfer required courses from a university other than Indiana University. Applicants may use up to a maximum of 6 credits of Special Departmental (S) or Test (T) credit (e.g. Advanced Placement or departmental examination credit). No more than one Science/Math application requirement may be met with such credits, and no more than one of the remaining General Education requirements may be met with such credits. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology requirements must be met with graded college coursework, not by S or T credits.
- The applicant must complete all required course work by established deadline date. This includes independent studies, correspondence course work and courses for which students have received an incomplete (I). Students wishing to transfer required course work from a university other than Indiana University must be in good academic standing in that university (i.e., must not have been dismissed) and have achieved a grade of C (2.0) or higher in courses for which transfer is being requested.
- As part of the application process the applicant must submit a Student Criminal Disclosure form to communicate any issues that would be documented on a national criminal background check.
Applicants who do not meet one or more of the above criteria may request special consideration by the campus Admission, Progression and Graduation (APG) Committee to which admission is requested. Consult campus policies and practices to determine the appropriate process to be followed on the campus you wish to attend.
If denied admission, the applicant may reapply to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program in a subsequent semester if eligibility is maintained. The applicant is not automatically considered; the student must re-submit an application.
Students will be admitted to the baccalaureate nursing program for a specific semester and are expected to enter the program that semester. Students not entering that specific semester must reapply for a subsequent semester on a competitive basis. Students will not be considered for further admission if they have declined an admission offer two times.
The nursing faculty of the campus to which the student is seeking admission has the responsibility and authority to select applicants for admission to the baccalaureate nursing program. The faculty reviews all qualified applicants and selects those who are most qualified.
Applicants to IUB, IUPUC, or IUPUI will receive priority consideration for admission if they have completed the majority (51 percent) of their prerequisite general education course work on the IUPUI, IUPUC, or IU Bloomington campus. If additional spaces are available, the next priority is given to students who have completed the majority of their course work on another IU campus. Students transferring the majority of prerequisite course work from a non-IU school are accorded lowest priority for admission.
Last updated January 2014