Nursing - Generic (BS)

Eligibility for Screening into the Generic Program

Students must meet the requirements for admission to York College, including the standards of proficiency in the basic skills areas of reading, writing and mathematics. Students who pass the CUNY assessment tests are eligible to enroll in General Education courses and additional prerequisite courses as listed:

Admission Criteria

1. Completion of the 56 required General Education and prerequisite credits
2. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 in the five key prerequisite courses noted with an asterisk
3. A grade of C or better in each General Education or Pathways and Prerequisite course.
4. Completion of all required lower division writing intensive (WI) Courses.
5. Current Basic Life Support Certificate (BCLS).
6. Successful score on the NLN pre-admission RN exam (PAX-RN)

Admission to the generic nursing program is highly competitive. The program is designed for full-time study. Students who are interested in the program must meet the requirements for admission to York College. They are required to pass the CUNY Admission Examination in the basic skills areas; reading, writing and mathematics, as well as all required prerequisites science and foundation courses. Admission to the college does not guarantee acceptance to the nursing program. Students who have failed/ been dismissed from another nursing program are not eligible for admission to York's Program.

Students must complete the following courses with a minimum of a C grade:

Notes:

*Courses listed with an asterisk (*) are used to calculate the GPA for, and to rank, program applicants.

1. BIO 234, 235, and PSY 102 also fulfill the Flexible Core: Scientific World requirement.
2. CHEM 106 and CHEM 107 are taken as co-requisites. These courses also fulfill the Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences requirement.
3. MATH 111 and MATH 120 also fulfill the Required Core: Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
4. PSY 214 also fulfills the College Option Core: Health Education requirement. NURS majors are not required to take HE 111, and are required to take PSY 214 in its place.
5. Students may take NURS 301 or NURS 407 toward fulfillment of the College Option Core: Writing Intensive requirement.
6. ENG 125 also partially fulfills the Required Core: English Composition requirement.
7. Students who do not place directly into MATH 121 may have to take up to 4 credits of mathematics as a prerequisite for CHEM 106. These credits may require students to exceed 120 credits to complete the nursing program. Students who place into MATH 121 will not have to take these credits.

A minimum grade of C+ is required for all Nursing courses.

*Courses listed with an asterisk (*) are used to calculate the G.P.A. and rank applicants.

**Courses listed with a double asterisk (**) are specific Pathways courses embedded in the major

Note: This program has received a special waiver to specify particular courses students must take in some areas of the Common Core to be eligible to apply for admission to the Nursing program. If students take different courses in these areas, they will be certified as having completed the Common Core areas, but would not have met the preconditions for applying to the Generic Nursing program. Nursing students are waived from Health 111 in the College Option but are required to take Psychology 214 in its place.