Traditional BSN
Program Overview
The traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a two-year, four-semester program in Bryan-College Station and McAllen that prepares you to sit for the NCLEX and begin your nursing career.
- Two-year, four-semester program — 61 credit hours of professional nursing coursework
- Offered in Bryan-College Station and McAllen
- Requires about 59 hours of prerequisites first — humanities plus biological, physical and behavioral sciences — at any regionally accredited college or university
- Open to current and former Texas A&M students and to prospective transfer applicants
- You must qualify as a transfer applicant under Texas A&M's definition: a student who has earned college credit after high school graduation during a fall or spring term
- Graduating high school students may not apply, including those who earned college credit or an associate degree during high school
- With more than 90 credit hours or a completed degree, consider other options — finishing your degree at your current institution, or applying to the second-degree BSN program
- Prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX; the college guides you through Texas RN licensure in your final semester
- Meets the U.S. Army's requirements for the AMEDD Enlisted Commissioning Program
- The college offers the second-degree BSN in Round Rock; apply to only one nursing program per application cycle
BSN Honors Program
For students entering the traditional and second-degree BSN programs, the BSN Honors Program provides the foundation for high-achieving undergraduate nursing majors to develop skills as scholars in nursing science, advancing research and preparing for graduate education.