Admission Requirements
Associate in Science Admission Criteria
Completion of Nursing Prerequisite Course Work with a minimum GPA 2.0
Biology (minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA required)
- Biol 4, Human Anatomy 4 units
- Biol 5, Human Physiology 4 units
- Biol 6, Intro. Microbiology 4 units
Minimum combined 2.0 GPA for the courses below
- ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (formerly ENGL 1A College Composition and Reading) 4 units
* a higher grade in English 1B or 1C, may be placed on the application for GPA related to the merit-based admission score
- STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics (formerly STAT 1 Introduction to Statistical Methods) 4 units OR PSYCH 6 Introduction to Statistics in Social and Behavioral Science
- Chem 2A Introduction Chemistry 5 units (If you have a better grade in Chem 2B or Chem 1A or Chem 1B you may use that GPA for your merit-based admission score)
- HLTH 10 Principles of Nutrition 3 units
- PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology (formerly PSYCH 1A General Psychology) 3 units
- Arts and Humanities course 3 units (Yuba College General Education Area 3)
*course taken to meet the general education Humanities area requirement must, in the academic term in which it was completed, be listed as an approved course for the Humanities area in the academic catalog of the regionally accredited college at which the course was taken - Ethnic Studies GE 3 units (Yuba College Education Area 6) *course taken to meet the general education Ethnic Studies area requirement must, in the academic term in which it was completed, be listed as an approved course for the Ethnic Studies area in the academic catalog of the regionally accredited college at which the course was taken
- SOCIL 1 Introduction to Sociology OR ANTHR 2 Cultural Anthropology 3 units
- COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking (formerly SPECH 1 Public Speaking) 3 units OR SPECH 6 Group Communications 3 units
Note: There is no recency requirement for prerequisites, some prerequisites have their own prerequisite(s).
Must have a Social Security Number or Active ITIN
Pre-testing qualification- TEAS exam must be 70 or higher to apply
LVN to RN Career Mobility Program Admission Criteria
Completion of Nursing Prerequisite Course Work with a minimum GPA 2.0
Biology (minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA required)
- Biol 4, Human Anatomy 4 units
- Biol 5, Human Physiology 4 units
- Biol 6, Intro. Microbiology 4 units
Minimum combined 2.0 GPA for the courses below
- ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing (formerly ENGL 1A College Composition and Reading) 4 units
* a higher grade in English 1B or 1C, may be placed on the application for GPA related to the merit-based admission score
- STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics (formerly STAT 1 Introduction to Statistical Methods) 4 units OR PSYCH 6 Introduction to Statistics in Social and Behavioral Science
- Chem 2A Introduction Chemistry 5 units (If you have a better grade in Chem 2B or Chem 1A or Chem 1B you may use that GPA for your merit-based admission score)
- HLTH 10 Principles of Nutrition 3 units
- PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology (formerly PSYCH 1A General Psychology) 3 units
- Arts and Humanities course 3 units (Yuba College General Education Area 3)
*course taken to meet the general education Humanities area requirement must, in the academic term in which it was completed, be listed as an approved course for the Humanities area in the academic catalog of the regionally accredited college at which the course was taken - Ethnic Studies GE 3 units (Yuba College Education Area 6) *course taken to meet the general education Ethnic Studies area requirement must, in the academic term in which it was completed, be listed as an approved course for the Ethnic Studies area in the academic catalog of the regionally accredited college at which the course was taken
- SOCIL 1 Introduction to Sociology OR ANTHR 2 Cultural Anthropology 3 units
- COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking (formerly SPECH 1 Public Speaking) 3 units OR SPECH 6 Group Communications 3 units
- NURS 12C LVN to RN Bridge Course prior to applying to the program. Only the Yuba College N12C course is accepted no other bridge course is equivalent *this is a State Board of Nursing requirement.
Note: There is no recency requirement for prerequisites, some prerequisites have their own prerequisite(s).
Must have a Social Security Number or Active ITIN
Hold an active unrestricted LVN California license
Current Intravenous Therapy certification
Pre-testing qualification- TEAS exam must be 70 or higher to apply