Utica College Department of Nursing: Prospective Students: Transfer Students

For transfer students without transferable nursing credits, the baccalaureate nursing curriculum at Utica College includes a minimum 5 semesters of study in nursing and liberal arts courses which begin in the spring semester of the sophomore year.

Admission requirements:

Qualify for admission to the College.

Transfer students, either internal or external to the College, should have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better with a minimum grade of C in nursing and/or major-related science courses.

Transfer students from another nursing program must also submit 2 letters of reference from nursing faculty in the transfer college or university.

Certain prerequisites are required prior to being admitted into this sequence.

Prerequisite Requirements:
Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
General Chemistry I
Nutrition
Introduction to Psychology
Human Society or Introduction to Sociology
Human Development or Life-Span Developmental Psychology

It is expected that students who transfer at the second semester sophomore level will have completed basic core requirements in written communication (ENG 101 and ENG 102 equivalents). Additional courses taken which satisfy the liberal arts core requirements should facilitate transfer into nursing courses.

The following course sequence is considered appropriate for those students who transfer into the nursing program.

Sophomore Year
Spring Semester:
BIO 203 - Microbiology
BIO 208 - Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
NUR 101 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
NUR 201 - Health Assessment and the Nursing Process
NUR 206 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NUR 206C - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice-Clinical
Core/Electives as needed

Junior Year
Fall Semester:
NUR 334 and lab – Nursing Care of the Adult I
NUR 334C – Nursing Care of the Adult I – Clinical
NUR 336 and lab – Nursing Care of the Chronically Ill Client
NUR 336C – Nursing Care of the Chronically Ill Client – Clinical

Spring Semester:
NUR 372 and lab – Childbearing Family Nursing
NUR 372C – Childbearing Family Nursing – Clinical
NUR 375 and lab – Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
NUR 375C – Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing – Clinical

Either Semester:
PHI 107 – Ethics
or
PHI 108 – Professional Ethics
ANT 415 – Cultures, Health and Healing
MAT 112 – Basic Statistics
or
PSY 211 – Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences
Core/Elective

Senior Year:
Fall Semester:
NUR 435 and lab – Nursing Care of the Adult II
NUR 435C – Nursing Care of the Adult II – Clinical
NUR 447 and lab – Childrearing Family Nursing
NUR 447C – Childrearing Family Nursing – Clinical
NUR 472 – Trends and Issues in Professional Nursing
HLS 445 – Clinical Research

Spring Semester:
NUR 474 and lab – Community Health Nursing
NUR 474C – Community Health Nursing – Clinical
NUR 475 and lab – Nursing Management in the Community
NUR 475C – Nursing Management in the Community – Clinical
NUR 478 and lab – Critical Care Nursing
NUR 478C – Critical Care Nursing – Clinical

Either Semester:
Core/Electives

**Determination of transfer credit for nursing courses completed at another institution will be made conjointly between the College Registrar and Director of Nursing.

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