You must complete 120 semester hours with at least 40 hours in upper-division courses, maintain at least a 2.50 GPA and complete university general education requirements.
You may transfer up to 66 semester hours of approved course work and four hours of physical education to help meet these requirements.
Complete the following requirements at NIU, a community college, or another accredited institution:
You need to complete seven theory courses and one to two clinical courses as part of the 120 hours.
You must also pass drug screening and criminal background checks prior to enrollment in clinical courses
Up to 32 hours of credit for previous course work is held in “escrow” and is posted to your transcripts upon successful completion of 12 hours of nursing credit with a grad of C or better.
More information is available at www.chhs.niu.edu/nursing/