Separate Application

‡ Degrees/programs will require a separate application and acceptance notification from the specific department before enrollment in the desired program.

Admission Requirements

1. A 2.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0;
2. A current, unencumbered, unrestricted Florida RN license or eligible for Florida RN licensure.
3. Completion of at least 45 hours with at least 32 hours of prerequisite courses listed below (with a grade of C or better).

RN-B.S.N. Program Requirements

Prerequisite Courses: 39 - 41 Credit Hours

Completion of all or part of the academic courses required does not guarantee acceptance into the RN to B.S.N. Program.

• BSC 2085C - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• BSC 2086C - Anatomy and Physiology II (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
•  BSC, CHM, or PHY prefix option listed in Area V, A.A.  (3 - 5 credit hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• DEP 2004 - Human Development: Life Span (3 Credit Hours)
• ENC 1101 - Written Communication I (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• ENC 1102 - Written Communication II (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• Humanities - Any Area IV (A.A.)  (3 credit hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• HUN 2201 - Fundamentals of Human Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• Mathematics - Any Area II (A.A.) , (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• MCB 2010C - Microbiology (4 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• PSY 2012 - General Psychology (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾
• STA 2023 - Elementary Statistics (3 Credit Hours) ⁽⁺⁾

Additional Academic Requirements: 9 Credit Hours

Courses from the prerequisites ⁽⁺⁾ count toward the 36 credit hours needed in general education requirements, Areas I - V .

To complete this requirement, students will need to complete the following courses:

• SPC 1608 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 Credit Hours)
• Social Sciences Choose from Area III, A.A.  (3 credit hours)
• Humanities Choose from Area IV-A, A.A.  (3 Credit Hours)

BSN: 38 Credit Hours

Upper Level Core Courses: 32 Credit Hours

• NUR 3066C - Health Assessment and Physical Appraisal (4 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3125 - Pathophysiology (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3145 - Pharmacology (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3805 - Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3826 - Ethics and Legal Issues in Healthcare (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3870 - Informatics in Healthcare (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4169 - Evidence Based Practice: Nursing Research (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4636 - Community/Public Health: Population Based (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4636L - Community/Public Health: Practicum (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4827 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4925 - Colloquiums/Symposiums/Workshops (1 Credit Hour)

BSN Electives: 6 Credit Hours

Minimum of two courses from this list:

• DSC 3013 - Introduction to Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3214 - Catastrophic Event Response Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3001 - Aging and Special Populations (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3045 - Nutrition and Gerontology (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3302 - Communicating with Older Adults (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 4601 - Biology of Aging (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3111 - Health Care Delivery in The United States (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3113 - Contemporary Issues in Health Care (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3170 - Health Care Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3383 - Quality Management in Health Care (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3430 - Health Care Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3502 - Health Care Risk Management (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 4180 - Health Care Management (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3126 - Food and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3205 - Dietary Influences on Disease (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3272 - Sports Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3403 - Lifecycle Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3601 - Nutrition Education (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3240 - Applied Organizational Behavior (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3303 - Management and Leadership Practices (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3503 - Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4102 - Managing Cultural Diversity (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4520 - Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)
• NSP 3276 - Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation (1 Credit Hour)
• NSP 3295C - Perioperative Nursing (11 Credit Hours)
• NSP 4275C - Adult Critical Care-Nursing (8 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3076 - Communication in Health Care (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3289 - Gerontology-Nursing (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3895 - Teaching and Learning for Health Care Professional (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4837 - Health Care Policy and Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3311 - Program Planning and Evaluation (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3821 - Contemporary Issues in Public Safety/Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3874 - Community Relations Theory and Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4204 - Public Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4414 - Human Resource Management Skills (3 Credit Hours)

Lower/Upper Level Electives: up to 4 Credit Hours to meet 120 Credit Hours graduation requirement

• Any A.A. elective course

• DSC 3013 - Introduction to Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3214 - Catastrophic Event Response Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3001 - Aging and Special Populations (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3045 - Nutrition and Gerontology (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3302 - Communicating with Older Adults (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 4601 - Biology of Aging (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3111 - Health Care Delivery in The United States (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3113 - Contemporary Issues in Health Care (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3170 - Health Care Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3383 - Quality Management in Health Care (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3430 - Health Care Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 3502 - Health Care Risk Management (3 Credit Hours)
• HSA 4180 - Health Care Management (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3126 - Food and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3205 - Dietary Influences on Disease (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3272 - Sports Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3403 - Lifecycle Nutrition (3 Credit Hours)
• HUN 3601 - Nutrition Education (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3240 - Applied Organizational Behavior (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3303 - Management and Leadership Practices (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3503 - Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4102 - Managing Cultural Diversity (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4520 - Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)
• NSP 3276 - Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation (1 Credit Hour) Not available online.
• NSP 4275C - Adult Critical Care-Nursing (8 Credit Hours) Not available online.
• NUR 3076 - Communication in Health Care (3 Credit Hours) Not available online
• NUR 3289 - Gerontology-Nursing (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 3895 - Teaching and Learning for Health Care Professional (3 Credit Hours)
• NUR 4837 - Health Care Policy and Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3311 - Program Planning and Evaluation (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3821 - Contemporary Issues in Public Safety/Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3874 - Community Relations Theory and Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4204 - Public Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4414 - Human Resource Management Skills (3 Credit Hours)

Validated Nursing Credits

Upon validation of an unrestricted, unencumbered Florida RN license up to 30 credit hours will be awarded at the completion of the upper division nursing core courses and application for B.S.N. graduation.

Licensure Requirement

Students must hold a current, unencumbered, unrestricted Florida RN license within the first five weeks of program admission and throughout their study in the RN to B.S.N. Program.

Graduation Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees

The following general requirements for graduation from SCF must be met by all candidates for the Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degrees. Additional requirements may exist for individual programs.

1. Students must satisfactorily complete 120 credit hours. For residency purposes, a minimum of 30 credit hours required for graduation must be completed at SCF. All other specific degree requirements also must be met. Developmental education (formerly college preparatory) instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credit hours required for residency purposes or graduation.
2. For purposes of conferring the bachelor’s degree, students must complete at least 30 credit hours of courses numbered 3000 level or above. Of these, at least 15 credit hours must be taken at SCF.
3. Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4 .0 scale for all work completed at SCF and a 2.0 grade point average or higher for combined coursework with SCF that includes all transferable credits.
4. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all upper division program requirements.
5. Students must complete the general education requirements (36 credit hours) as defined in the Associate in Arts degree. Students who transfer to SCF with either an Associate in Arts degree or a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution are considered to have met the general education component of the degree. Courses will be reviewed for equivalency for students who transfer without an Associate in Arts or bachelor’s degree.
6. Students must have completed Florida’s foreign language requirement prior to the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Students may meet this competency by:  A) successful completion of two years (four semesters) of the same foreign language officially documented on a high school transcript; or B) successful completion (grade C or better) of two semesters of the same foreign language at a college or university officially documented on a college/university transcript; or C) education completed outside the United States as documented on an official foreign high school transcript that reflects a primary language other than English; D) or Successful completion of two foreign language equivalents through Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), or UEXCEL exams.  One or more of these exams can be in combination with successful completion of college/university credit in the same foreign language subject area.  Official transcripts from a high school, college and/or university and/or official examination results must be submitted to the educational records office.
7. For students wishing to pursue another bachelor’s degree, the student must complete a minimum of 15 additional credit hours beyond the first bachelor’s degree as well as any other degree requirements and graduation requirements listed above for the second program. 

SCF reserves the right to make changes in the regulations, offerings, requirements and any provisions announced in this Catalog at any time as circumstances require.