University of Texas Arlington Imput

fallen.embers89, BSN · Aug 19, 2019

Hi Lofe99

I have sent an e-mail to UTA regarding the general courses to be completed; I see there is a mention of several math classes to be completed, I am In hopes completing at least one math course will satisfy their math curriculum, along with no chemistry course to be taken. My ADN program handed out a UTA flyer for their school. I hope my insight could be helpful should you come along similar additional circumstance.

mindgrapes · Aug 21, 2019

I am planning to apply to the program. I completed an ADN RN program at a public university in Texas and am looking to apply to the RN-BSN program at UT Arlington. I believe any of the public universities in Texas require History of Texas Government as a requirement for any degree plan. Weird, I know. I completed a Bachelor's in another state and found it unusual.

Having done so many courses between my previous Bachelor's from out of state and the ADN degree, I'm curious what courses will transfer over. I JUST spoke with an enrollment adviser and here is what I learned:

- Until I apply, I won't know what credits will transfer over and what won't. So I may still need to take an additional class outside the BSN program. But if I need to take another math class or English, I could take it at a community college or take CLEP and test out and save time & $$ that way. (that's my thinking).

- Multiple start dates, seems like 1/month.

- The $75 application fee is good for a year. So if I apply now, and find I need to take more prereqs or can't start right away. I can defer the UTA start date.

- Most students take 1 or 2 classes at a time and classes are 5 weeks long except the last capstone class which is 7 weeks long. There are 10 classes total in the BSN portion.

I had a pretty good and frank discussion with the enrollment adviser. There are assignments every week. You can expect discussion board topics, tests papers etc. I think there are other resources like teaching advisors, outside the professor teaching the class. She also mentioned they work with people applying from programs all over, including California.

Hope some of this info helps... And I hope there is a UTA grad here who can share with us there experience. ?

trishrn0225, MSN, RN · Aug 26, 2019

I used to be an academic coach for the RN-BSN program at UTA (like a teaching assistant), being first online instructor that students would access for courses like Professional Nursing, Assessment, etc. Mindgrapes posted above how the courses were laid out and that is accurate, and some students were taking two courses at a time (although I don't know if that was recommended or necessary to complete the program in nine months), and generally folks were going from one course right to the next (they typically start on Mondays so you finish one and then start another right after). Students were from different parts of the country and learning is asynchronous in the courses I taught, so it didn't matter where you lived, as long as you got the assignments done on time and did them correctly - i.e. discussion boards, assignments, quizzes. So, as long as you can carve out time to get that work done on time (and I can't tell you how important it is to pay attention to assignment rubrics and deadlines), you should be fine. I've liked how the courses are laid out, and the professors/staff are good.

I hope that helps a little. Good luck!

allnurses Guide · Sep 5, 2019

I started in their program and dropped them like a hot potato due to disorganization, poor communication and a lack of student support. I was given an assignment without being told how to use their system to get to the rubric. I got a zero on the assignment for formatting. Being an A/B student, that chapped me, but I continued on.

After that came a group assignment. Six individuals on the team, scattered across the country. The six of us divided up the assignment, each responsible for a portion. Three then started lagging in communication . Turns out, all 3 dropped out right before the assignment came due. None of them told the rest of us. The school/instructor didn't tell us either and our project was failed due to chunks of information missing.

Heck with that nonsense. I went on to get my RN to BSN as well as my MSN elsewhere.

lofe99 · Sep 26, 2019

Thank you all. I decided to complete my RN-BSN at a different school. I went back to the school where I got my first Bachelors from. A lot of my classes from my other degree satisfied the upper-division GE for the BSN so I will end up taking 3 fewer classes as well as no math since my other degree satisfied that as well. It costs the same as UTA and it's a school I know a lot about since I went there before. But I appreciate all of your input.

UnrulySpoken1 · Feb 2, 2023

Nurse SMS said:

I started in their program and dropped them like a hot potato due to disorganization, poor communication and a lack of student support. I was given an assignment without being told how to use their system to get to the rubric. I got a zero on the assignment for formatting. Being an A/B student, that chapped me, but I continued on.

After that came a group assignment. Six individuals on the team, scattered across the country. The six of us divided up the assignment, each responsible for a portion. Three then started lagging in communication . Turns out, all 3 dropped out right before the assignment came due. None of them told the rest of us. The school/instructor didn't tell us either and our project was failed due to chunks of information missing.

Heck with that nonsense. I went on to get my RN to BSN as well as my MSN elsewhere.

Exactly why I left! Everything about that institution was like a playground full of 4 year olds. Pure and utter chaos!