Cal State Northridge CSUN Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

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I applied for CSUN's accelrated fall 2008 program and simply wanted to let others know I'm online to bounce ideas around.

It would be great to hear your stories going through the interviewing and acceptance process. Who knows, hopefully we'll even be classmates together this fall...

oh I hadn't seen your comments mnguy! hahah that does make more sense. So as long as we live frugally--it wouldn't necessarily even be that much. I studied abroad during my undergrad, so I did live frugally and saved as much as I could to travel, but now I have loans to pay off ;)

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I can see the $7000 as being part of the tuition and it makes sense that they estimated all the other expenses in to what we should probably expect to pay each semester. I figured it would be 4 semesters long because typically 1 semester is about 4 months long (16 weeks). So I divided 15 months by the 4 months and came out with 3.75 months, which rounded off is about 4 months.

I, too, wish we could get more information before the orientation.

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1. Prerequisite Courses

Any of the following courses or their equivalents that were completed as part of the first degree program do not need to be repeated. Course equivalencies can be checked at http://assist.org or with the help of an advisor.

  • BIO 211/212 Human Anatomy and Lab (2/1)
  • BIOL 215/L Introductory Microbiology and Lab (2/1)
  • BIOL 281/282 Human Physiology and Lab (3/1)
  • CHEM 103 General Chemistry and Lab (4)
  • MATH 140 Introductory Statistics (3)
  • PSY 150 Principles of Human Behavior (3)
  • PSY 200 Introduction to Lifespan Psychology (3)
  • SOC 150 Introductory Sociology (3)
  • HSCI 488 Epidemiology (3)*
  • General Education courses from the following sections:
  • Oral Communication (3)
  • Written communication (3)
  • Critical thinking (3)*
  • Title 5 (3)*
  • Total Units: 37
  • *May be taken before or concurrently with nursing courses.

2. Required Courses for the BSN Program

  • HSCI 302 Basic Pathophysiology (3)
  • HSCI 307/L Health Assessment and Clinical lab (2/1)
  • HSCI 315 Pharmacology and Self Care Agency (2)
  • HSCI 318/L Introduction to Professional Nursing and Clinical lab (3/4)
  • HSCI 319 Effective Communications in Professional Nursing(2)
  • HSCI 321/L Adult/Aged Medical Surgical Nursing and Clinical lab (4/8)
  • HSCI 321AL Nursing Care of Older Adults Lab (1)
  • HSCI 310 Nursing Research (3)
  • HSCI 430/L Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing and Clinical lab 2/1
  • HSCI 434/L Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family and Clinical lab (2/1.5)
  • HSCI 443/L Nursing Care of Children and Clinical lab (2/1.5)
  • HSCI 426 Nursing Systems Issues and Ethics (3)
  • HSCI 427/L Dynamics of Nursing Leadership and Clinical lab (3/2)
  • HSCI 428/L Community Health Nursing and Clinical lab (3/2)

  • Total Units in the Major: 56
  • GE units fulfilled as part of original B.A./B.S.: 6
  • Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE)
  • Total Units Required beyond Original B.A./B.S.: 62


    15 classes (not including the * courses such as epid, title 5, and critical thinking for those who haven't taken it)

    would we be enrolled in 3 or 4 courses each semester.. ahh.. i guess this is another way of figuring out whether this program is 3 or 4 semesters long.

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mnguy and levoila: did you notice if your original ba/bs is not from a csu school, then 9 units of elective upper division gen ed courses must be taken before csun grants you the bsn!!!!!!! could epidemiology and title v count for that??? I doubt it...that is a bummer, that means for me with a degree from usc, the csun program would be more like an extra semester on top of the 15 mo's!!! also, did you guys hear from csula yet?

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from the title 5 i am missing government? i took a critical thinking course this past winter intersession.. i need to take the epid course.

ive accepted my fate for csula. i never got called in for an interview..and april 1 is right around the corner. kathy hinoki is only accepting 20 applicants

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yes, same here. from the title v, i am missing history and the only other thing is epid. However, do you have a csu degree? cuz if not, we STILL need 9 units of ELECTIVE coursework at csun to get the a-bsn!!!!!!!

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mnguy and levoila: did you notice if your original ba/bs is not from a csu school, then 9 units of elective upper division gen ed courses must be taken before csun grants you the bsn!!!!!!! could epidemiology and title v count for that??? I doubt it...that is a bummer, that means for me with a degree from usc, the csun program would be more like an extra semester on top of the 15 mo's!!! also, did you guys hear from csula yet?

I remember reading that but I hadn't really thought about it too much. I went to UCLA, so it would affect me too. But if the epidemiology and title V are prerequisites (I've already taken the title V), would they be able to count as electives? Maybe there is a petition or something to be filled out.

No, I still haven't been graced with an email from Ms. Hinoki. But if I don't get in, then I think I will most likely go to CSUN and after working as an RN for a few years apply to UCLA's FNP-MSN program. How are you on your decision so far? I still don't have the choice to make and I can't stop thinking about it and analyzing all of the possibilities. So did Kathy Hinoki accept you right after the interview--or by email afterwards? Congratulations, by the way :) I hope to be in a similar predicament within the next few days. Which school are you leaning toward?

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The ABSN program is 15 months, 4 semesters. Your last semester you only take about 10 units so if you have any classes you need to complete to graduate such as your upper division GE's for the residency requirement, that is the time to do it. If you still need title V, you can always take them at the 300+ level to take care of both requirements. Tuition for graduates is about 2200 each semester, not including all the other items you need such as books, uniforms, supplies etc...

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The ABSN program is 15 months, 4 semesters. Your last semester you only take about 10 units so if you have any classes you need to complete to graduate such as your upper division GE's for the residency requirement, that is the time to do it. If you still need title V, you can always take them at the 300+ level to take care of both requirements. Tuition for graduates is about 2200 each semester, not including all the other items you need such as books, uniforms, supplies etc...

Thank you!! Do you know if the epidemiology counts as an upper division GE?

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Wouldn't the political science class that they want (US Government) be a lower division class? Would an upper division class satisfy the requirement? I wanted to get it out of the way to not get stuck in a huge class full of freshmen. I don't do well in those huge lecture halls.

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I don't think so because it's not a general education class. It's major specific.

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Well, it seems like more of an introductory class to me. I would think that political science majors focused more on specific topics in greater depth after completing the major prerequisites that tend to be more general. At least in my experience, introductory classes tended to be on the larger side, while my upper division classes were much smaller. But then again I studied Spanish literature, so it might just have been my department.

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