Upper Division Admissions
Requirements
Admission to the Upper Division is competitive. To be considered for admission, applicants must:
- have a completed application for lower division on file through the University of Louisville Office of Admissions
- have completed the Lower Division (Pre-Professional) Curriculum or be in the last semester of completion.
- have earned a cumulative and lower division (pre-professional) program grade point average of 2.8 or higher. The cumulative grade point average for admission to Upper Division nursing is calculated based on all course work completed at accredited postsecondary institutions. The lower division (pre-professional) program cumulative grade point average is based on all required lower division (pre-professional) curriculum course work.
- earn a “C” or high in required science, Nutrition and English courses. Science courses must have been completed within the last 10 years. Students must submit to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs an application for acceptance of sciences taken prior to the last 10 years. Transfer credit for science courses taken prior to the last 10 years will be evaluated on an individual basis. There can be no outstanding Incompletes prior to beginning nursing courses.
NOTE: Applicants to the Traditional BSN program that have completed 32 or more semester credit hours of the required lower division coursework at UofL and meet the minimum criteria for admission will have 0.2 points added to their program grade point average during review of upper division applications.
