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Department of Nursing (NURS)
Upper Division Admission Requirements
Upper Division Admission Requirements
All applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Admission to Fayetteville State University.
- Submission of Nursing application to the Department of Nursing’s Admission, Progression, and Retention Committee. Must be postmarked by February 1.
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8
- Pre-Nursing courses completed with a grade of B or better.
- Successful completion or enrollment in required prerequisite courses by February 1.
- Health Education Systems Inc. (HESI) Admission Assessment score (Composite score of 75% and Critical Thinking score of 750).
Section 1 Prerequisite Requirements: Upper division admission into generic track is suspended.
All applicants must meet the following criteria:
Successful completion or enrollment in the following prerequisite courses by February 1.
a. Pre-Nursing courses must be completed with a grade of a B or better.
| FSU Course Number |
FSU Course Title |
Semester Hour |
| NURS 210 |
Professional Nursing |
2 |
| NURS 220 |
Therapeutic Communication |
1 |
| NURS 230 |
Economics in Health Care |
2 |
b. University Core courses:
| FSU Course Number |
FSU Course Title |
Semester Hours |
| UNIV 101 |
Freshman Seminar I |
1 |
| UNIV 102 |
Freshman Seminar II |
1 |
| ENGL 110 |
English Composition I |
3 |
| ENGL 120 |
English Composition II |
3 |
HUMANITIES/FINE
ARTS |
Humanities or Fine Arts |
3 |
| PEDU/HEED |
PEDU (2 credits) or
HEED 112 (2 credits) |
2 |
| PHIL 210 |
Critical Thinking |
3 |
| PSYC 210 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
| SPEE 200 |
Introduction to Speech |
3 |
| SOCI 210 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
| Foreign Lang I |
Foreign Language I |
3 |
| Foreign Lang II |
Foreign Language II |
3 |
Prerequisites
All applicants must meet the following criteria:
c. Science prerequisite courses
| FSU Course Number |
FSU Course Title |
Semester Hours |
| CHEM 101* |
Intro to Chemical Principals |
4 |
| CHEM 102* |
Intro to Organic/Biochemistry |
4 |
| STAT 202 |
Basic Probability and Statistics |
3 |
| BIOL 255* |
Principals of Microbiology |
3 |
| CSC 100 |
Introduction to Computers |
3 |
| PSYC 331 |
Developmental Psychology |
3 |
| ZOOL 210* |
Anatomy and Physiology I |
3 |
| ZOOL 230* |
Anatomy and Physiology II |
3 |
| MATH 123 |
College Algebra |
3 |
| HEED 420 |
Nutrition |
3 |
*Natural Sciences
| Note: Natural science core courses completed greater than ten years prior to admission to the Upper Division must be repeated. Effective Fall 2009, Natural science core courses completed greater than five years prior to admission to the Upper Division must be repeated. |
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Section 2 Transfer Student Requirements: Upper division admission into generic track is suspended.
Transfer students are defined as students who are not admitted to Fayetteville State University as a First Time Freshman. Transfer applicants must meet the same academic criteria for admission as First Time Freshman. An applicant for transfer admission must be in good academic and social standing at any college/university which he/she is currently attending or has previously attended and must be eligible for readmission to nursing.
Applicants must submit one copy of each transcript from all accredited college/university attended since high school.
| Note: If course credits earned at one college/university appear as transfer credits on the transcript of a second school, an official transcript from both schools issuing the course credits are required. |
All prerequisite courses must appear on the student’s Fayetteville State University transcript. If any pre-requisite courses are listed as Electives or Free-Electives a
Transfer Equivalency Form must be completed by the Pre-Nursing Counselor (910-672-2131) prior to submitting the application.
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Section 3 Admission Assessment Requirements: Upper division admission into generic track is suspended.
All applicants must meet the following criteria:
All applicants must have a minimum Health Education Systems Inc. (HESI) Admission Assessment test score of 75% and a Critical Thinking score of 750 or above. Students can take the Health Education Systems Inc. (HESI) Admission Assessment test through University Testing Services (910-672-1301) on the campus at Fayetteville State University. Students are allowed to repeat the assessment test once per application year.
Disclaimer Statements:
Admission into nursing program at Fayetteville State University does not guarantee licensure by the State of North Carolina. Applicants must satisfy licensure requirements defined by law/statute and interpreted by the North Carolina Board of Nursing or other appropriate agencies.
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