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RN/BSN: General Education and Pre-requisite Requirements
As a general rule, if applicants have graduated from a Virginia Community College with an associate’s degree in nursing, they will receive 39 transfer credits toward their BSN. Up to 37 credit hours will also be granted for upper level nursing courses taken within the community college system as well as for work-related experience as a licensed RN.
The remaining 13 credit hours of general education courses required for the completion of a baccalaureate degree must include the following:
- JMU General Education Cluster 2, 9 credits
- JMU General Education Cluster 4, 4 credits
These courses must be completed prior to graduation and can either be taken at JMU or the Virginia Community College System equivalents may be taken at any local community college of choice. For VCCS equivalents, please refer to the JMU general education website and the VCCS website .
Thirty credit hours will be taken at JMU as nursing credit which will complete the 120 credit hours for graduation from the RN-BSN program of study in nursing.
Once admitted to JMU, students wishing to take general education courses at schools other than JMU must complete the PERMISSION TO TRANSFER form prior to taking the class. Forms are found at http://www.jmu.edu/registrar/ForStudents.shtml
