Does UAMS offer any of the courses / prerequisites required for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program?
No. You are able to take the prerequisite courses at any other accredited university / college.
When will the online application open for the Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program?
Typically it will open in October for the coming Traditional or Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program academic year.
Can you apply for the program even if you haven’t completed all of the prerequisites by the application deadline?
Yes. As long as you will receive final grades for the prerequisite courses before the beginning of June.
Note that any final grades for prerequisites that are not completed by the Fall of the semester before the application deadline, will not be factored into the GPA requirements.
Do you accept CLEP or AP completed courses for the required Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program prerequisites?
Yes, but the CLEP or AP credit has to be transferred and listed on a university/college transcript from a regionally accredited institution.
Courses listed as “exempted” will not be accepted for credit.
Do you accept electronic official transcripts?
The UAMS College of Nursing strongly recommends the use of electronic official transcripts. If you are using Parchment or Clearinghouse, make sure to specify UAMS College of Nursing as the recipient. (There are five other colleges in UAMS, and if you send your transcript to the wrong college—for example, the College of Pharmacy—it may be delayed or completely lost.) Please contact us if you have further questions.)
If I took concurrent college courses through a higher education institution while in high school, do I need to request those official transcripts are sent to UAMS College of Nursing Student Services Office for application?
Yes. We need all official transcripts for any higher education institution you have ever attended. While you were attending high school earning the high school credit, you were also attending (enrolled in) the higher education institution you earned college credit from. This is why the courses you took while in high school are called concurrent credit courses.