Nursing Entrance Requirements
Nursing Entrance Requirements
Entrance Requirements
To be considered for the Clinical Component of the Nursing Program, a student must comply with the following:
- be enrolled in the Pre-Clinical Component. Students must complete an application for Pre-Clinical Nursing during the period noted on the Academic Calendar. The application may be obtained on the Nursing webpage on the Kingsborough Community College website. The student must see a Nursing advisor to discuss their academic performance.
- English and math proficiency as determined by the CUNY Proficiency Index, unless otherwise exempt, or successful completion of any required developmental course(s).
- complete the four (4) courses in the Pre-Clinical Sequence: ENG 1200, PSY 1100, BIO 1100 and SCI 2500; with at least a grade point average of 2.8 and earn at least two (2) B’s (one of which must be in SCI 2500 or BIO 1100);
- the student must earn a minimum of “C” in all co-requisite courses inclusive of BIO 1200, BIO 5100, ENG 2400, PSY 3200, and SOC 3100.
- students who have repeated and/or withdrawn from these courses may not be considered for admission to the Nursing Program
- students who have repeated and/or withdrawn from any of the Pre-Clinical Sequence courses may not be considered for admission to the Nursing program;
- all grades received for courses taken in the Pre-Clinical Sequence will be included in the Pre-Clinical average computation; letter grades received in Pre-Clinical Sequence courses at other colleges will be used to determine eligibility for admission.
- any biological science course more than 10 years old will not be accepted for exemption or credit; Nursing Department Student Handbook, Page 10 of 35.
- earn at least a proficient score on the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) exam.
- a student, who is on academic probation or has been administratively dismissed from a Nursing program at a previous school, is not eligible for admission to the Nursing Program;