Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Concurrent Enrollment Program

General Requirements

• Transfer no more than 70 semester units or 105 quarter units from an institution which does not offer bachelor’s degrees or tier equivalents (i.e community colleges). No more than 90 semester or 135 quarter units may be transferred into the university from all sources.

• Complete all four CSU-approved general education requirements with a grade C- or higher.

  • (A1) Oral Communication/Speech

  • (A2) Written English Composition

  • (A3) Critical Thinking/Logic

  • (B4) Math/Quantitative Reasoning

• Have an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better.

Program-Specific Requirements

• Applicants must remain concurrently enrolled in an Associate's in Nursing program to participate in the Rural CEP Program.

• Applicants must have already completed or are currently taking the 4 prerequisite courses by the time they are applying to the program:

  • CHEM 30A - Introduction to Chemistry-Inorganic (or general chemistry equivalent)

  • COMM 20/COMM 96PS - Public Speaking

  • CSU GE Area A3 - Critical Thinking

  • STAT 95 - Elementary Statistics

• Further eligibility details are available through the affiliated community colleges' nursing programs.

Out-of-State Eligibility

• This program is only available to select students who are also enrolled at one of our partner community colleges. Current partners include De Anza College and Hartnell College, with more partner colleges to be added soon.

• International students are not eligible.

Graduation Requirement

Complete all CSU Lower Division General Education requirements.

For more information, visit the SJSU School of Nursing Concurrent Enrollment Programs webpage.