Nursing Program Standard Option

Admission Application Dates

• September 25 is the admission application deadline to enter in the Spring Semester.
• January 25 is the admission application deadline to enter in the Fall Semester.
  • The Brookings and Rapid City programs admit students to the nursing major for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
  • The Sioux Falls program admits students in courses each Fall to begin courses each January.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to the Standard Option, students must have:

• a cumulative GPA of 2.7
• a pre-nursing GPA of 2.7 at time of admission
• a grade of “C” or higher in all completed courses required for graduation,
• completed the following core requirements
  • System Graduation Requirement (SGR) #1: Written Communication - ENGL 101 Composition I
  • One course from the System Graduation Requirement (SGR) #1: Oral Communication list
  • One course from the System Graduation Requirement (SGR) #4: Humanities list
  • System Graduation Requirement (SGR) #5: Mathematics (MATH 102 or higher)
  • Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGR) #1: NURS 109 First‐Year Seminar