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Undergraduate Special Requirements
Overview
All undergraduate degree applicants must meet the general admissions requirements. The programs listed below have additional requirements for admission.
LPN Advanced Placement
Students need to have successfully completed the following pre-requisite courses with a minimum grade of “C” prior to starting the LPN to RN Advanced Placement Module:
- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Anatomy & Physiology II
- General Psychology
- English Composition
- Clinical Math (typically taken at Saint Joseph's)
- CSS 101*
* For AY23/24, CSS 101 is a preferred pre-requisite, but may be a co-requisite.
For AY24/25, CSS 101 is the preferred pre-requisite, but it can be a co-requisite if BIO175 is transferred/Student must have 7 general education credits completed or transferred prior to start of clinical courses.
Note: A student can be accepted into the LPN Bridge Program without these pre-requisite courses, but is unable to start the module until they are completed.
Admission requirements for the LPN to RN module include a 3.0 GPA preferred (2.5 minimum), the successful completion (a grade C or higher) of Algebra II or College Algebra, and a science class (preferably Biology) with a lab. Students will need to have all high school and college transcripts sent to Saint Joseph's. Applicants need to have a minimum of 1,000 working LPN hours completed prior to LPN Module.
RN to BSN
Applicants must have graduated from a regionally accredited program with a 2.0 minimum GPA.
Students must obtain their RN license within one year of starting the RN to BSN program and maintain an active RN license throughout the program.
Students must secure employment or be volunteering in a health care setting for eight hours weekly by the beginning of the second semester in the RN to BSN program which must be continued throughout the program.
3-Year BSN
Because of the rigor of the accelerated BSN curriculum, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Applicants must have graduated from an approved secondary school, met the requirements for the GED or received a diploma from an accredited home school association.
- High school-level courses must include a minimum of 16 units, with:
- 4 units of English
- 3 units of social studies
- 3 units of mathematics (2 algebra)
- 2 units of science with a related lab (1 biology and 1 chemistry)
- 2 units of a foreign language.
*Post-secondary college-level equivalents will be considered to fulfill high school requirements.
- If more than two years have elapsed since either graduation or earning a GED, prospective students will be required to demonstrate academic success in a college-level math or science course with a lab.
- Preferred applicants will have:
- A cumulative GPA of 3.4 or greater in secondary education
- Additional factors considered in the competitive admission process include:
- Class rank
- Personal interview
- Extracurricular activities
- Community service
- Health care-related service
- Satisfactory achievement on the SAT or the ACT
- Transcripts of students who have earned post-secondary credits will be reviewed to determine which courses may be transferred into Saint Joseph's to meet the requirements of the program.
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences
Applicants should complete an associate degree from an accredited allied health program with a minimum of 33 credits related to the allied health field, an accredited paramedic program, or an accredited practical nurse or vocational nurse program. Applicants who graduate from a hospital-based program or from a program lacking accreditation will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Applicants should complete eight (8) credits of anatomy and physiology (with a lab) beyond the 33 course credits related to the allied health field.
Bachelor of Science - Health Administration
The following courses (based on secondary school record or post-secondary college transcript, whichever is most recent) must be completed with a grade of “C” (74%) or higher:
- Highest level applied math course (Algebra 2 is minimum requirement)
- Highest level English Composition course