Program Overview

Nursing, Post-Licensure Program, BS

Overview

Sonoma State University’s baccalaureate program offers an upper-division option designed to articulate with community college Associate Degree Nursing (A.D.N.) programs. The SSU program provides upper-division education for registered nurses fostering expanded, evidence-based practice and function with increased independence and leadership in a variety of settings.

Admission to the Traditional Post-Licensure B.S.N. Program

Applicants must meet the following minimum criteria. Under impaction status additional criteria may apply.

• Current unrestricted California licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Sixty semester units of college-transferable credit with an overall GPA of 2.7 or better.
• Minimum of 3 semester units of college-transferable credit in chemistry with a grade of C or better.
• Human anatomy and physiology within the past 10 years or direct clinical nursing experience within the past two years.

Requirements for the Post-Licensure BSN Program

Curriculum Plan

Post-Licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Senior Year: 32 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

• NURS 310 - Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Unit(s): 3
• NURS 313 - Baccalaureate Nursing Perspectives II Unit(s): 4

Spring Semester (17 Units)

• NURS 410 - Nursing Power, Policy, and Politics Unit(s): 5
• NURS 412 - Community/Public Health Nursing Theory Unit(s): 3
• NURS 416 - Application of Baccalaureate Perspectives Unit(s): 3

Total Units: 120