Applications for admission are available each February. You should apply the year that all pre-nursing requirements will be met by the end of the first summer session.
Students are admitted based on grade point average (GPA) and the score on the HESI Admission Assessment for reading comprehension. Beginning Spring 2010, the score from the HESI section for Reading Comprehension was combined with the pre-nursing GPA to rank students for admission to nursing. The admission GPA will consist of the pre-nursing GPA (75%) and the HESI Reading Comprehension assessment score (25%). For more information, see attached explanation of HESI A2 Admission Assessment.
Yes. Priority for admission is given to all qualified applicants who have completed the majority (51% or 16 hours) of their pre-nursing course work at Indiana University Southeast. If additional space is available, the next priority is given to students who completed the majority of their course work on another Indiana University campus and are transferring to IU Southeast School of Nursing. Students transferring the majority of prerequisite course work from a non-IU school are given lowest priority for admission.
Students will be admitted to the School of Nursing in two cycles, Spring and Summer. Of the 50 students admitted, 75% (37 students) will be admitted in the Spring semester and 25% (13 students) will be admitted at the end of Summer I.
Students who have completed course and GPA requirements by the end of the Spring semester and have taken 51% of prerequisite coursework on the IUS campus will be considered for Spring admission to the School of Nursing.
Students who have completed course and GPA requirements by the end of Summer I and have taken 51% of required coursework on the IUS campus will be the second group considered for admission. Students who met requirements but were not admitted in the Spring because space was limited will be considered again with the summer group.
Yes, except for students who were pre-nursing majors before Fall of 2008. Those students should contact the pre-nursing advisor for the correct course plan.
Yes, a maximum of nine (9) credit hours of general education course work may be completed online. The only general education courses that may not be taken online are SPCH-S 121 and MATH-K 300.
No. For the BSN curriculum, one course fulfills one general education requirement. When a course is on more than one list, the student must choose which general education requirement the course will meet. One course cannot be used to meet two requirements.
Yes. Your IU Southeast transcript will not include the grades for the courses that you transferred. However, you will report your grades in transfer courses on your BSN application.
Undistributed course work must be approved by the School of Nursing Admission, Progression, and Graduation (APG) committee. The committee will need to review the course description and syllabus for the course. Contact the pre-nursing advisor for more information.
No. Students who earn less than C in any course required for the BSN must exercise the grade replacement policy to repeat the course. The most recent grade will be used to calculate the application GPA. Only three courses may be repeated, and of those only 2 science courses may be repeated.
Although this is not generally recommended, occasionally students who have already earned a grade of C or better in a pre-nursing course want to repeat that course to improve their application GPA. The second grade will be the grade calculated in the GPA, even if it is a lower grade. Note: Retaking a course for which you made a C or better is not considered a “repeat”.
One time. Students must successfully complete all course work for the degree with a “C” or better by the second attempt. Students who exceed the repeat policy may still apply to the BSN, attaching a letter addressed to the APG Committee explaining their situation.
Yes, EXCEPT for anatomy (ANAT-A 215, physiology (PHSL-P 215), microbiology (MICR-J 200/201, statistical techniques (MATH-K 300), and life-span development (PSY-B 310). If these courses were completed more than 7 years before admission to the BSN degree, you must validate your knowledge of the subject matter through testing, creating a portfolio, or repeating the course. Contact the pre-nursing advisor for more information.
Yes. Consider the Hospital Shadowing course (COAS-S 100). This one credit hour course gives you an opportunity to shadow health care professional 3 hours per week at Clark Memorial Hospital. Contact the pre-nursing advisor for more information about this course.
In 2010, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC, 20036 (202) 887-6791 accredited the Indiana University Southeast Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Program for 10 years. The Indiana State Board of Nursing, 402 W. Washington St., Rm. W072, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 234-2043 also accredited the Indiana University Southeast Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Program.