West Coast University-Child Care

Hi Jen & Cal Student,

Here is the schedule that I have from the information session.
160 Weeks total program (16 terms)
1 Term = 10 Weeks
2 Terms = 1 Semester
1st 6 Terms is Gen Ed and Last 10 is Nursing Core

Here are the BSN Gen Ed courses we have to have (by example term #):
1. Anatomy / Written Communication
2. Physiology/ Oral Comm
3. College Math/ Psychology/ Sociology
4. Biochem/ Lifespan Psych.
5. Cultural Pluralism/ Written Comm 2
6. Micro Bio/ Pathophysiology
*7. Fundamentals of Nursing/ FoN Lab/ Pharmacology
*8. Med Surg/ Medsurg Lab/ Phys Assess
*9 Med Surg Geriatrics/ Lab/ Leadership & Mgmt
*10 2 Nursing classes/ Stats
*11. 2 Nursing classes/ Lab
*12 2 Nursing classes/ Lab
*13 2 Nursing classes/ Lab
*14 Nursing Research/ Trends
*15. 2 Nursing classes/ Lab
*16. 2 Nursing classes/ Lab

(Sorry got lazy for the nursing classes) just wanted to let you get the overall picture.

Hope this helps. Hope you can knock out some of those classes, that is if those classes were taken within the last 5 years. Have your transcripts ready for eval when you come, so you dont waste so much time going back and forth to campus like I did.

Being a single Mom it will be tough. I assume you will qualify for the PEL Grant but I think that will have to wait till next year now? I think the deadline was the beginning of March. Have you filled out your FSAFA <sp> online? I would begin with that.
I have money in a college fund for my 21 year old son who is not using it. So I rolled it into my name. But that only covers about 40% of the tution. I will have to do loans for the remaining amount .I am more worried about where I am going to get the money to pay for the childcare I need... that I am not currently paying for...
Are you planning on working?

I did not hear anything about the tution increase - but I am not surprised... they can charge it so they do. If that makes sense. The programs are so impacted all over...

I am paying almost the full pop of 116,000.00 - a little shy of that because I had a few pre-reqs.

I go today at noon to see if I am going to start now in April.
Keep us posted!

I hope it works out - there is a sales aspect to the school - but just so you know, I contacted two different hospitals - Mission and Hoag and spoke with their HR nursing recruitment and they do hire from West Coast ... that helped me make my decision.

I was concerned that going to school there would imped my chances of getting hired in an already competitive market - but was reassured by those two hospitals. I have not been able to get an answer back yet from Cal State Fullerton to verify the information supplied here that they DO take graduates into their Master's program.