SRJC-SSU ADN-BSN ROADMAP2015

To Complete the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) at Sonoma State University(SSU)

Starting From Your first Semester atSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE (SRJC)

Completion of an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing (ADN) does not guarantee admission to a CSU campus.

Complete the following courses at
Santa Rosa Junior College: / Units / ADN (SRJC)
Requirement / BSN(SSU)
Requirement / SRJC GE Area / SSU
GE Area
Nursing Prerequisites and
Required General Education / ENGL 1A Reading and Composition(SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 4 /  /  / Area A / A2
FDNT 62 Nutrition Diet Therapy / 3 / 
ANAT 1 Anatomy(SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 5 /  /  / Area C / B2
PHYSIO 1 Physiology(SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 5 /  /  / Area C / B3
MICRO 5 General Microbiology (5) or
MICRO 60 Fundamentals of Microbiology (4)
(SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 4 /  /  / Area C / (B3)
SOC 1 Intro to Soc or
SOC 2 Modern Social Problems or
SOC 10 Marriage & Family or
SOC 30 Racial/Ethnic Relations (SRJC GE Area D or G) or ANTHRO 2 Cultural Anthropology (SRJC GE Area D and F) or ANTHRO 21 American Folklore (SRJC GE Area D or G) / 3 /  /  / Varies according to class / D2
PSY 1A Intro to Psychology or
PSYCH 4 Child Psych or PSYCH 8 Intro Lifespan
PSYCH 7 Theories of Personality or
PSYCH 56 Aging, Death and Dying(meets SSU GE Area E; not on SRJC GE list) / 3 /  /  / Area D / D1
SPCH 1A Intro to Public Speaking or
SPCH 60 Communication Skills
(SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 3 /  /  / Area B / A1
US History or Political Science (American Institutions)
See Catalog for qualifying courses / 3 /  /  / Area F / D4 & Am Inst
Arts & Humanities (See Catalog for qualifying courses) / 3 /  /  / Area E / C1 or C2
Math 155 Intermediate Algebra (not CSU transferrable) / 4 /  / Area B
Chemistry 60 Chemistry for Allied Health
(prereq to SRJC’s Anat, Phys, & Micro)
(for nursing students only counts as SSU Area B1) / (5) /  / B1
Bio 10 (prereq to SRJC’s Anat, Phys, & Micro) / (3) / Area C / B2
TOTAL PREREQUISITE & GENERAL ED UNITS / 40(48) / (38 of the 48 total units transfer to SSU toward BSN)
Required* for Transfer to SSU and other required General Education / *Critical Thinking (SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 3 /  / A3
*Math 15 Statistics (SSU BSN Admission Prerequisite) / 4 /  / B4
Arts & Humanities (See Catalog for qualifying courses) / 6 /  / C1 or C2
US History or Political Science (American Institutions)
See Catalog for qualifying courses / 3 /  / D4 & Am Inst
TOTAL / 16 / (16 units of this total transfer to SSU toward BSN)
54 UNITS TOTAL TRANSFER TO SSU TOWARD BSN
SRJC Lower Division Nursing / NR 75.1A Fundamentals of Professional Nursing / 12 / 
NR 75B Nursing Care of the Adult/Older Adult/Psychiatric Client / 12 / 
NR 75C Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill, Perinatal, & Pediatric PT / 12 / 
NR 75D Advanced Care of Acutely Ill / 12 / 
TOTAL NURSING MAJOR UNITS / 48 / 16 UNITS OF THIS TOTAL TRANSFER TO SSU TOWARD BSN
70 UNITS TOTAL TRANSFER TO SSU TOWARD BSN

Continuing to thePost-Licensure BSN Program at Sonoma State University

Upon admission to SSU, proof of current California RN licensure (indicating NCLEX-RN pass), admission to the Post-Licensure BSN Program in the Department of Nursing, and enrollment in the program, the student is eligible for award of upper division nursing units for NLCEX. Based on individual transcript validation, SSU may award up to 20 units of nursing course creditpursuant to the CSU Chancellor’s Office Executive Order 1084.
Complete the following courses at SSU: / Units / BSN / SSU GE AREA
Upper Division General Ed
(UDGE) / Arts or Humanities (may also meet Ethnic Studies) / 3 /  / C1 or C2
Elective UDGE / 3 /  / Any
(UDGE Automatically satisfied upon completion of BSN) / (3) /  / E
TOTAL UDGE Taken at SSU / 6
SSU
Upper Division Nursing / N312 Baccalaureate Principles I / 4 / 
N313 Baccalaureate Principles II / 4 / 
N310 Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice / 3 / 
N410 Nursing Power, Policy and Politics / 5 / 
N412 Community and Public Health Nursing / 5 / 
N416 Application of Baccalaureate Perspectives / 3 / 
TOTAL UD Nursing Taken at SSU / 24
TOTAL UPPER DIVISION UNITS Taken at SSU / 30
SUMMARY TOTALS / Transferrable Units from SRJC: 54 units of required GE and Nursing Prerequisites plus 16 units of Nursing / 70 / The following minimum BSN degree requirements are met with this pattern:
  • 30 u in Residence
  • 18 u in Major
  • 40 u Upper Division
  • 9 u UDGE
  • 120 u for the BSN

SSU Nursing units awarded for NCLEX-RN* / 20
Units Enrolled at SSU (UD Nursing & UDGE) / 30
Units for BSN / 120
*NOTE: A maximum of 70 units may be transferred from any California Community College to any California State University. Additional CSU credit may be awarded for demonstration of prior learning as operationalized through passing the NCLEX –RN examination.
To meet requirements for any SSU baccalaureate degree a student must complete two courses in American Institutions:
(1) an approved American/U.S. History course AND (2) an approved U.S. Constitution/CA State & Local Government course.
Recommend completing both at SRJC prior to transfer to SSU. Units count toward BSN in SSU GE Areas D3 and D4.
SSU Graduation requirements also include 1) one Ethnic Studies course (can be met with Soc 30 or Anthro 21 at SRJC or with an SSU Area C Upper Division GE course noted above and 2) passing the Written English Proficiency Test (WEPT).

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