Degree Requirements
Completion of the RN-BSN Degree requires successful completion of the following requirements:
- five six-credit Nursing Major courses (30 credits taken at UMass Boston) Click here for RN-BS Advising Sheet
- all health science pre-requisites (via transfer, equivalent NLN exam, or courses taken at UMass Boston)
- all required general education, distribution, statistics, and elective courses
- Writing Proficiency Requirement
- 84 hour clinical (54 direct hours at clinical agency and 30 hours of independent community assignments) conducted within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- 123 overall credits (including accepted Transfer and RN Licensure credits)
All coursework completed after the date of matriculation into the Program must be taken at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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See Also
- RN-BS Program Information Session PowerPoint
- Before Summer 2017 Advising Sheet
- Starting Fall 2017 Advising Sheet
- Before Summer 2017 Pre-Requisite Flyer
- Starting Fall 2017 Pre-Requisite Flyer
- NLN Exam Fact Sheet Flyer
- Create NLN Exam Account
- Clinical Placement FAQ’s for NU461 - Community Health Nursing for RN's
- 2013-2015* Undergraduate Nursing Student Handbook
- Center for Clinical Education and Research (CCER)
- Harbor Reflections
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