Community College Transfer Guide
Thomas Edison State University (TESU) is proud to offer a seamless transfer experience from any community college RN program in the United States into its 100% online RN-BSN/MSN program. Our students come from all across the United States!
The transfer guides below shows what nursing students can take at their local community college while completing their BSN degree at TESU. With our low tuition, acceptance of up to 90 credits and four graduate courses included in the RN-BSN, students are a third of the way through an MSN upon BSN completion.
Please contact Greta O’Keefe, director, Nursing Enrollment at gokeefe@tesu.edu or 609-577-0611 for further information.
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Associate degree in Nursing Transfer to the RN to BSN Degree at Thomas Edison State University (TESU)
TESU accepts up to 90 credits in transfer.
| Program Requirements | Cr | What Courses Can Apply |
|---|---|---|
| A. Intellectual and Practical Skills | ||
| Written Communication (English 101) | 3 | English, college composition, |
| Written Communication (English 102) | 3 | As a course at your school, online thru TESU or a test out |
| Oral Communication | 3 | Public speaking, oral communication, speech |
| Quantitative Literacy | 3 | Statistics |
| Information Literacy | 3 | Completed online through TESU only |
| B. Civic and Global Leadership | ||
| Diversity Intercultural Literacy | 3 | Introduction to Sociology |
| Ethical Leadership | 3 | Ethics, bioethics, contemporary ethics |
| Civic Engagement and Awareness | 3 | American Government |
| C. Knowledge of Human Cultures | ||
| Social Science | 3 | Introduction to Psychology |
| History | 3 | American or United States History, or student choice |
| Humanities | 3 | Student choice |
| Social Science/History or Humanities | 6 | Developmental psych, psychology courses, or student choice |
| D. Scientific Knowledge | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology I (with lab) | 4 | |
| Microbiology with lab | 4 | |
| Professional Nursing Component | ||
| A. Lower Division Nursing | 20 | Twenty of your nursing course credits satisfy this requirement. Any credits over the 20 will go towards satisfying the 27 elective credits required |
| B. Upper Division Nursing | 28 | Completed online at TESU – see below |
| Electives | 27 | This section includes your remaining nursing course credits, anatomy and physiology II, chemistry, nutrition, math, computers, pharmacology, and other courses you may have completed that are not required for the BSN |
Thomas Edison State University Courses
Terms are 16 weeks long with two 8-week sessions each. Students may complete one course per session or up to two courses per session
| Sessions | Cr |
|---|---|
| Session One choose one or two courses | |
| NUR-3420 Advancing Nursing Practice | 3 |
| SOS-1100 Fact, Fiction or Fake? Information Literacy Today | 3 |
| 6 | |
| Session Two choose one or two courses | |
| NUR-4190 Evidence-Based Practice/Research | 3 |
| NUR-4280 Leadership and Management in Nursing | 3 |
| 6 | |
| Session Three choose one or two courses | |
| NUR-5209 Health Policy* | 3 |
| NUR-5310 Nursing Informatics Concepts and Issues* | 3 |
| 6 | |
| Session Four choose one or two courses | |
| NUR-5160 Advanced Health Assessment* | 3 |
| NUR-5820 Financial Management in Nursing* | 3 |
| 6 | |
| Session Five choose one or two courses | |
| NUR-4430 Public Health Nursing | 4 |
| NUR-4450 Validating Nursing Competence | 3 |
| 7 | |
| Total Credits | 120 |
*Graduate level courses