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Pre-Admission Requirements

  • Applicants must have earned an Associate of Science degree in Registered Nursing
  • Applicants must possess an unencumbered registered nurse (RN) license with the state of Arkansas
  • Applicants must have completed the state minimum general education core curriculum (35 hours)
  • Applicants must have completed an additional 14 hours of specified courses and have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA
  • Applicants must submit all required documentation for general admission to UCA online and the Nursing Program

The following is a guide to the courses a student can take at National Park College in order to satisfy the state minimum general education curriculum and all UCA RN-to-BSN pre-admission requirements.

It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all NPC state minimum core course and prerequisite requirements are being met.

For the English/communication, mathematics, lab sciences, social or behavioral science, and additional requirements section of the general education core, students must receive a “C” or better in each class listed.

Completion of all pre-admission requirements does not guarantee admission into the UCA RN-to-BSN program.

For more information, please visit uca.edu/online, contact Julie Ingram, RN Education Counselor, by email at jjones111@uca.edu or by phone at 501-852-0177 or you can visit uca.edu/nursing. If you have credit(s) to transfer from another institution, please contact Ms. Ingram for assistance.

General Education Core Classes (35 credit hours)
NPC Course Number Course Title Satisfies at UCA Hours
ENG 1113 English Composition I* WRTG 1310 3
ENG 1123 English Composition II* WRTG 1320 3
SPCH 1103 Fundamentals of Public Speaking OR
Fine Arts/Humanities course OR
Social Science Course*
COMM 1300 3
MATH 1123 College Algebra* MATH 1390 3
BIOL 2244  Microbiology* BIOL 2411 4
CHEM 1104 Chemistry for Non-Majors* CHEM 1400 4
ART 1593 or
MUS 1213
Art Appreciation OR
Music Appreciation
(or other NPC Fine Arts)
ART 2300 or
MUS 2300
3
ENG 2273 or
ENG 2283
World Literature I OR
World Literature II
(or other NPC Humanities)*
ENGL 2305 or
ENGL 2306
3
HIST 2223 or
HIST 2233 or POLS 1113
US History to 1865 OR
US History Since 1865 OR
American National Government*
HIST 2301 or
HIST 2302 or PSCI 1330
3
PSYC 1103 General Psychology* PSYC 1300 3
PSYC 2013 Developmental Psychology PSYC 2370 3
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Additional Requirements (14 credit hours)
NPC Course Number Course Title Satisfies at UCA Hours
BIOL 2224 Anatomy and Physiology I* BIOL 1410 4
BIOL 2234 Anatomy and Physiology II* BIOL 2410 4
MATH 2113 Introduction to Statistics MATH 2311 3
Blank General Elective Blank 3
Blank Blank Blank 14 total hours

*The above courses indicated with an asterisk may have been completed as part of the Associate of Science in Registered Nursing.

UCA online nursing course requirements (30 credit hours)
UCA Course Name Course Title Hours
NURS 4245 RN to BSN Transitions 2
NURS 4V14 Special Studies in Nursing OR
Approved Elective
3
NURS 4315 Research and Evidence-Based Practice (UD UCA Core: I, C 3
NURS 4320 Health Policy and Professional Issues in Nursing (UD UCA Core: D 3
NURS 4335 Nursing Informatics 3
NURS 4340 Health and Physical Assessment for RNs 3
NURS 4345 Pathophysiology Clinical Applications for RNs 3
NURS 4511 Community and Population Health Nursing for RNs (UD UCA Core: R)* 5
NURS 4516 Nursing Leadership and Management for RNs* 5
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*Courses listed in UCA online nursing requirements with asterisk are considered clinical courses and will require in person contact hours to be completed within your home community.

Articulation credit awarded post-completion of UCA nursing courses (42 credit hours)
UCA Course Name Course Title Hours
NURS 2305 Health Assessment 3
NURS 3205 Pharmacology II 2
NURS 3303 Fundamentals of Professional Nursing 3
NURS 3408 Nursing Care of the Older Adult 4
NURS 3405 Essential Nursing Skills 4
NURS 3406 Child and Adolescent Nursing 4
NURS 3407 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4
NURS 3525 Medical-Surgical Nursing I 5
NURS 4403 Maternal Newborn Nursing 4
NURS 4430 Immersion Experience (UD UCA Core: Z) 4
NURS 4525 Medial-Surgical Nursing II 5
Blank Blank 42 total hours
Blank Blank 121 BSN total credit hours

AY2022-2023 / Revised 8.24.22