Post-Bach Applicants for admission to the nursing program will be expected to meet the following requirements:

• Unrestricted admission into ASU with evaluation of all transcripts.

• Interview with assigned ASU nursing advisor.

• Must have an adjusted Nursing Grade Point Average (NGPA) of at least 2.5 at the time of application. The Nursing GPA is computed from grades of core courses required for the nursing program using the most recent attempt of a repeated course. An applicant may have no more than one repeat of each core course required for the nursing program. Students with ASU records must have an institutional GPA of 2.5.

• If a transfer student, courses transferred for nursing core must meet nursing GPA requirements of 2.5 and transfer GPA must be at least 2.5.

• A student must submit an application for admission to the Department of Nursing by October 31 for the spring semester of the same academic year and by February 1 for the fall semester of the next academic year. (An academic year is defined as August of one year to May of the next year.)

• All core courses must be completed with a grade of C or better prior to application to the nursing program.

• Completion of the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) above the decision score.

• The selection of applicants will be based on a ranked score of the adjusted NGPA, a weighted score based on the completed core courses, and the net results.

• Students are admitted into the nursing program upon the recommendation of the nursing faculty and with the approval of the department chair. Background checks are required for all students accepted into the nursing program. Students are subject to random drug screenings throughout the program.

• The decisions to admit transfer students from other nursing programs will be made on a case by case basis. Because achievement of a grade of C or better in each nursing course (including nursing courses transferred into Augusta State University from other nursing programs) is necessary for successful program completion and because a nursing course may be repeated only once. Students who have two or more recorded grades lower than C in nursing courses from their previous nursing program(s) will not be considered for admission into the ASU Nursing program.

• Post-Bach students are only required to complete Core Areas D and F prior to beginning the nursing sequence. Core Area D includes: Survey of Chemistry I (CHEM 1151); Survey of Chemistry II (CHEM 1152), or Principles of Chemistry I (CHEM 1211) and Principles of Chemistry II (CHEM 1212) and Statistics (MATH 2210) and Core Area F includes: Human Growth and Development (PSYC 2103); Anatomy and Physiology I (BIOL 2111); Anatomy and Physiology II (BIOL 2112);; Microbiology (BIOL 2500), and Introduction to Global Issues (POLS 2401) or Social and Cultural Diversity (SOCI 2241), or Basic Economics (ECON 1810) or Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 1102).