Track Description

Our college motto underpins the BSN curriculum’s three overarching concepts: CARE, LEAD, INSPIRE. Care is the understanding and capability to provide what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of patients and patient/family/population systems and is the basis for personalized nursing care and nurses’ clinical judgment. Lead embodies the actions, skills, and competencies the professional nurse employs to deliver care in the increasingly complex healthcare system. Inspire encompasses the nurses’ creative energy toward innovations that transform practice by using self and others.

The curriculum is logically organized from simple to complex so that students acquire a professional nurse’s cognitive, affective, and technical competencies. Courses in the first two semesters focus on foundational knowledge and principles of personalized nursing care. Students understand the context of contemporary nursing practice, the meaning of professionalism, ethical and legal guidelines, professional values, and standards of professional nursing practice. Course content and concepts are aligned with clinical experiences to develop beginning clinical reasoning. Students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide evidence-based, safe, cost-effective quality care to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Courses in the final two semesters build upon prior learning and are characterized by increased complexity in content and outcomes. Students enhance clinical reasoning and critical thinking through nursing practice in various settings for individuals across the lifespan, families, other groups, and communities. Learning experiences are designed to enable students to demonstrate leadership, interprofessional collaboration, and advocacy skills that improve the health of diverse individuals and populations. In the final semester, students participate in a project to develop an innovative solution for a problem or issue relevant to professional nursing.

Please Note: Students who have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a subject unrelated to nursing are only eligible for the Accelerated BSN program, not the Traditional BSN.

Tuition and Costs

Fall 2025 Admissions

Fall 2025 Applications Now Available!

The NursingCAS application for the Fall 2025 Traditional BSN track is now open for submission.

Admission criteria

Applicants are required to show evidence of the following:

• An overall GPA of at least 3.0
• A GPA of at least 3.0 in all required pre-professional courses
• A grade of C or better in all required pre-professional courses
• Satisfactory completion of communication and computation requirements
• Completion of two sequential courses of foreign language in secondary school or 8-10 semester hours at the post-secondary level or documentation of equivalent proficiency.

Program Prerequisites

The following six prerequisite courses must have been completed with at least a C or better grade. These courses may have been completed at the university or community college level. Any questions regarding course equivalency for use toward any prerequisites will require a detailed course syllabus to determine content. These courses should meet the following guidelines:

• 3 credits of social and behavioral science with a prefix of PSY, SOP, or SYG
• 3 credits of physical or biological sciences with a prefix of BSC, CHM, or PHY
• 4 credits of Anatomy & Physiology 1 (including a lab component)
• 4 credits of Anatomy & Physiology 2 (including a lab component)
• 4 credits of Microbiology (including a lab component)
• 3 credits in Statistics
• 3 credits of Human Growth and Development or Developmental Psychology
• 3 credits of Human Nutrition

Please Note: The Admissions Committee uses a holistic assessment process that considers many factors, including student experiences, attributes, and academic metrics. Due to classroom and clinical space limitations, not all qualified applicants are admitted.

All applicants must meet admissions requirements by the end of the spring semester before the fall term they intend to apply to be considered for admission. Any questions regarding course equivalency for use towards any prerequisites will require a detailed course syllabus to determine content.

Important notification: All admitted nursing students, regardless of campus status, must complete a background check, mandatory immunization verification (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B, Varicella, Influenza, Tetanus, Tuberculosis), fingerprinting*, and drug screening. The College of Nursing follows CDC guidelines and adheres to the safety regulations of our clinical partners. Additionally, all students must provide proof of current health insurance. Upon admission into the program, students will be given the steps to complete this process.

Students must disclose any arrests or criminal charges in their UF Program application. Upon disclosure, further information may be requested. All students must undergo a new background check, fingerprinting, and drug test. Disclosure of arrest or conviction information may impact your admission to the Nursing Program.

Ready to Apply?

The NursingCAS application for the Fall 2025 Traditional BSN track is now open for submission. The application deadline for the Fall 2025 application cycle is February 1, 2025.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to take the next step towards your nursing career.

• Submit the NursingCAS application.
  • Essays that respond to questions must be submitted with the NursingCAS application.
  • Unofficial transcripts from all colleges/universities attended are submitted with the NursingCAS application.
  • Please refer to the NursingCAS website for more information.
• All transfer applicants must submit the University of Florida Transfer application.
  • Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended, and any necessary test scores must be sent to the University of Florida in addition to the Transfer Application.
  • Please refer to the University of Florida Office of Admissions website for more information.
• Complete the HESI A2 examination.
  • HESI A2 exam registration for Fall 2025 Traditional BSN application cycle will be available soon.
  • All applicants must complete the HESI A2 by the application deadline.
  • Applicants may only complete the HESI A2 for the University of Florida once.
  • The HESI AS Entrance Exam is used by Nursing Programs nationwide as a tool to help screen applicants.
  • The HESI A2 consists of both an academic portion and a personality portion. The required examination areas for the University of Florida College of Nursing include Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Grammar, Math, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Learning, and Personality Styles.
  • The HESI A2 exam must be completed in a single session. Please ensure that you have adequate time to complete the exam before starting.
  • Should applicants have any questions or need assistance, please get in touch with the following:
    • Elsevier Support at (800) 222-9570 for questions related to setting up an Elsevier account
    • Please direct questions about ProctorU to (855) 772-8678

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