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Department of Nursing

Transfers from Other Nursing Programs

Students who wish to transfer from other nursing programs must apply to ASU and meet regular ASU admission requirements along with nursing program requirements. In addition, these students are required to submit two letters of reference from the previous nursing program: one from the Chair/Director of the program and the other from the faculty member of the last clinical nursing course. For transfer students accepted into the ASU program, placement into the nursing curriculum will be determined by review of course descriptions and content outlines of nursing courses from the previous institution.

Students who have a recorded grade of less than C in one nursing course will be required to meet all the regular institutional admission requirements as well as nursing program requirements. In addition, these students must submit two letters of reference from the previous nursing program: one from the Chair/Director of the program, and one other letter from the clinical faculty member in the nursing course in which the student earned the grade of less than C. If the student is accepted into the ASU nursing program, placement into the nursing curriculum will be determined by review of course descriptions and content outlines of nursing courses successfully completed (grade of C or better earned) from the previous institution.

The decision to admit transfer students will be made on a case-by-case basis and upon space availability. 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 at most 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.

LPN to BSN Transfer Students with Transfer Nursing Credit-Hours Applicants who hold a current and valid Practical Nursing License (LPN) in the State of Georgia and who transfer coursework from other nursing programs into Augusta State University are considered transfer nursing students and must meet all admission and progression criteria related to transfer nursing students, including transfer GPA requirements (at least 2.5), Nursing GPA (at least 2.5), minimum grade achievement in required courses and nursing courses, and course repeat policy (only one nursing course, at most, may be repeated). The Nursing GPA is computed from grades of core courses required for the nursing program using the most recent attempt of a repeated course.

RN to BSN Transfer Students with Transfer Nursing Credit-Hours Applicants who hold a current and valid license as a registered nurse (RN) in the State of Georgia and who transfer coursework from other nursing programs into Augusta State University are considered transfer nursing students and must meet all admission and progression criteria related to transfer nursing students including:

  1. Transfer GPA requirements (at least 2.5)
  2. Nursing GPA (at least 2.5), minimum grade achievement in required courses. The Nursing GPA is computed from grades of core courses required for the nursing program using the most recent attempt of a repeated course.
  3. Nursing courses transferred into the university must satisfy minimum grade requirements from previous nursing program(s) and be no lower than "C".
  4. Course repeat policy (only one nursing course, at most, may be repeated).