ADMISSION INFORMATION
FALL QUARTER, 2010

** Note that this information is subject to change. Please revisit this website periodically and read the information carefully.

Because Nursing has been designated as an impacted program by the Board of Trustees, a special admission procedure, via a supplemental application, has been instituted to assure that all students have an opportunity to be considered for admission to the Nursing major for Fall quarter.

The nursing major at CSU East Bay has two degree options:

1) Pre-Licensure Clinical for those seeking a BS degree and California RN licensure, and
2) RN-BSN Advanced Placement for those currently holding a California RN license and seeking to complete the BS degree.

Hundreds of applications are received each year for the Pre-licensure Option of the Nursing major, thus admission is highly competitive.

To be considered for admission to the Pre-Licensure Clinical Nursing program, students must complete two application forms:

Both applications must be filed in November for admission in the Fall quarter of the following academic year. Students must also take the "Test of Essential Academic Skills."

***FOR APPLICATION STATUS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE CLICK HERE***

To be eligible for admission, you must have a 3.00 average GPA in the following:
(a) most recent 90 quarter/60 semester units
(b) nine prerequisite courses
(c) five prerequisite science courses

All prerequisite courses must be complete by the end of the Fall 2009 term. All prerequisite courses must have a "C" or better. A "C" or "C+" grade (or better) is acceptable in prerequisite classes, as long as the 3.00 minimum GPA requirement is still met. A "C-" grade, however, is too low, and is not acceptable.


PREREQUISITE COURSES AND COURSE EQUIVALENCIES
All prerequisite courses taken at campuses other than CSUEB must be approved as equivalent prior to submitting your Supplemental Application. A Course Equivalency Chart is available so you can compare courses. Candidates can also check on www.assist.org for course equivalencies to other California public colleges. Contact the Department (510-885-3481) for information on equivalency evaluation of courses from foreign universities, out-of-state campuses, or California universities not listed on the Equivalency Chart.

• BIOL 2010 Human Physiology and Anatomy I with lab*
• BIOL 2020 Human Physiology and Anatomy II with lab*
• BIOL 2025 Introduction to Microbiology with lab
• CHEM 1601 Basic Chemistry for Health Sciences (Inorganic) with lab
• CHEM 1602 Basic Chemistry for Health Sciences (Organic/Biochemistry) with lab
• COMM 1004 Interpersonal Communication or COMM 1000 Public Speaking
• ENGL 1001 Expository Writing I
• STAT 1000 Introduction to Statistics
• Critical Thinking course (check with your advisor)

* PLEASE NOTE: If you complete a combined "Anatomy & Physiology I" course, you must take PART II from the same campus. If you take a single-topic "Anatomy" course at any campus, you may take a single-topic "Physiology" course from any other campus.

FALL 2010 PRE-LICENSURE CLINICAL NURSING PROGRAM APPLICATION
The CSUEB Department of Nursing & Health Sciences Office and CSUEB Admissions Office must receive all application forms, transcripts and other required documents by required dates. **Postmarked documents do not count as received.**

DUE BY NOVEMBER 30th: APPLICATION(S)
1) Candidates who are currently attending CSUEB need not complete an application for University admission unless they will graduate in another major between now and Summer 2010. Registration eligibility must be maintained through Fall 2010. Please indicate "Pre-Nursing" on the application as choice of major.

The CSUEB application is available for on-line completion and submission at: http://www.csumentor.edu/admissionapp/undergrad_apply.asp

2) The CSUEB Clinical Nursing Program supplemental application is only available between October 1 and November 30. Applications close at 5:00 p.m. November 30.

Click here to edit an application that was submitted before November 30. Please check the link for Application Status and Announcements regularly during the application process.

If you have questions/technical issues related to the nursing application process, please email nursing@csueastbay.edu

**Some personal email accounts have filtered our Nursing Department emails into Spam folders. Please check your Spam folder regularly during the application process if you are not yet using a CSUEB email account. We send important updates and reminders via email and we do not want you to miss these. Thank you!!

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS DUE BY NOVEMBER 30TH:

*If you are not a United States citizen, you must submit a copy of both sides of your Alien Registration Card, INS Form I-551 or Form I-94 to the Nursing & Health Sciences Department.

*Military veterans should submit a copy of your DD214 form.

TRANSCRIPTS
Upon request, official transcripts are due from each college or university attended. All prerequisites must be completed by the end of the Fall term in which you apply, one year before the program begins.

When requested, send a separate copy of transcripts specifically to the Nursing and Health Sciences Department, not just to the Admissions & Records Office at CSUEB.

*PLEASE NOTE*
Once the Nursing Department requests transcripts from a candidate, they will provide an absolute deadline for receipt of grades/transcripts. It is possible that the official transcript may not arrive in time even though you order one early. To retain eligibility for the nursing program, the conditionally-admitted candidate is urged to submit a report card or grade report by the requested deadline. Such grade reports must be written on college stationery and placed in sealed envelopes by the instructor(s), which can then be hand-carried or mailed to the Nursing Department.

DUE BY FEBRUARY 14th: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
1) (OPTIONAL) Health Care Worker Application: If you work or have worked in the health care industry, you may qualify for additional admission points. Your work must be paid (not volunteer) and for the equivalent of six months full-time or one year part-time involving direct patient care.

2) (OPTIONAL) Language Proficiency Application: If you are proficient in a language other than English, you may qualify for additional admission points. Your non-English language skill must be certified and you must also score no lower than the 50th percentile on the "English" and "Reading" sections of the TEAS.

3) Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scores:
Please register at http://www.atitesting.com to take the TEAS. When you register, ATI Testing will issue a registration number that looks like this: A12345678 (it starts with the letter "A" followed by eight digits). Write this registration number on a paper and bring it with you on the test date. You will be required to insert this number on your answer sheet on the day of the test. If you do not insert this number on your answer sheet, your test will not be scored. Once the registration number has been issued, you can use it for every TEAS you take.

To view available dates and times to take the TEAS at CSUEB, please visit: http://www.testing.csueastbay.edu/nursing/nursteasdates.php. If you need special testing arrangements because of a disability, contact the Student Disability Resource Center at (510) 885-3868.
*PLEASE NOTE* Our program limits our consideration of TEAS scores to the first two attempts. The highest composite score will be considered. Study guides are available at the CSUEB Bookstore (510-885-3507) and at the online store on the ATI website - http://www.atitesting.com.

The Nursing and Health Sciences Department can retrieve any TEAS test score taken at CSUEB. If the TEAS test is taken elsewhere, the candidate must request an official report of test scores from ATI Testing.

The Nursing Department must receive TEAS scores by February 14th.


POLICY FOR REPEATING PREREQUISITE COURSES:
Prerequisite courses may be repeated under the following conditions declared below: Repeating courses is always subject to the policies and procedures of the campus where the course was originally taken. If allowed, a student should request academic renewal from the school where the course is being repeated. But if that school's policy does not allow academic renewal, they may allow the student to repeat the course anyway (the repeat policy at many Bay Area Schools does not allow repeat of a course in which a 'C' grade was earned). In that case, the student's overall GPA will not change, and this Department will honor the repeated grade for nursing admission purposes only. Repeating courses taken within the last 7 years will result in a deduction of 5 points per repeat from the total eligibility score.

SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL NURSING PROGRAM
To mitigate impacted program status through Supplemental Application admission criteria, the policy of the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences (approved May 1, 2003) is to admit qualified candidates in Fall Quarter with admission priority ranking as follows:

1. Military veterans who have met minimum prerequisite qualifications, were honorably discharged or released from active service within four years of application to the CSUEB Clinical Nursing Program, and are residents of California as defined for fee purposes

2. California residents who have met minimum prerequisite qualifications and are ranked according to screening criteria (includes those seeking second baccalaureates)

3. Non-California residents who have met minimum prerequisite qualifications and are ranked according to screening criteria (includes those seeking second baccalaureates)
Applicants are awarded admission up to 100 points based on the criteria listed below. Applicants with higher point totals have the best chance for admission.

• 50 points - for prerequisite GPA (based on submitted grades). Each repetition of a prerequisite course within a 7-year period will result in a deduction of 5 points.
• 40 points - for TEAS (Adjusted Individual Total Score)
• 5 points - for speaking and writing proficiency in English and one other language. Applicant must provide a voucher for non-English language and score minimum 50th percentile on the English and Reading sections of the TEAS.
• 5 points - for the equivalent of at least 6 months full-time or 1 year part-time paid employment in a health care setting providing direct patient care.

NOTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY AND ADMISSION
1. All offers of conditional admission to the nursing program AND notices of placement on the Wait List are sent via email by Spring Term (April or May). Please check your CSUEB email often.

2. All offers of admission are conditional (see below).

3. WAIT LIST: Remaining eligible candidates are placed in ranked order on a Wait List according to accumulated admission points. If a candidate on the Wait List does not gain entry into the program and wishes to be considered for the following year, a new application packet must be filed.

4. WHAT IF THERE IS A TIE IN NUMBER OF ADMISSION POINTS AWARDED?
In case of equal POINTS ranking of a number of candidates on the Wait List, tie-breakers will be 1) English and Reading scores on TEAS Test, then 2) cumulative GPA in all baccalaureate level coursework, then 3) residency status.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF ADMISSION

1. Criminal Background Check and Drug Screening
2. Attend Nursing Orientation during the last week of July or first week of August.

Failure to complete above will prevent you from being admitted to the Nursing Program.

For questions or more information, please contact:

California State University, East Bay-Hayward Campus
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences
(North Science 143)
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94542
Phone: 510-885-3481
Fax: 510-885-2156
Email: Nursing@csueastbay.edu

California State University, East Bay-Concord Campus
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences
(Library Room 143)
4700 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Concord, CA 94521
Phone: 925-602-6753
Fax: 925-602-6367
Email: Nursing@csueastbay.edu