Postlicensure Applications

• Complete an application to Old Dominion University as a degree-seeking student.
• Once accepted to the University as a degree-seeking student, complete the online supplemental nursing application by following these steps:
  1. Login the ODU Application Portal
  2. Locate the Supplemental Nursing Application section and complete the form.
  • Students previously admitted to the University may not have access to the online nursing application. Email healthsciencesonline@odu.edu for more information and access to the nursing application.

Criteria

Postlicensure applicant review is based on the following criteria:

• ​​​​Admission to the University
• Successful completion of the lower division departmental and general education courses
• A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher
• Unencumbered RN license

For admission the successful RN-BSN applicant must have completed:

• GEN ED. Written Comm. Skills (ENGL 110C) - 3 credits
• GEN ED. Written Comm. Skills (ENGL 211C) - 3 credits
• GEN ED. Literature - 3 credits
• GEN ED. Oral Comm Skills - Satisfied in Major
• GEN ED. Language and Culture - 0-6 credits*
• GEN ED. Information Literacy/Research Skills - Satisfied in Major
• GEN ED. Human Creativity - 3 credits
• GEN ED. Interpreting the Past - 3 credits
• GEN ED. Philosophy and Ethics - 3 credits
• GEN ED./DEPT. Mathematical Skills (STAT 130M) - 3 credits
• GEN ED. /DEPT. Developmental Psychology (PSYC 203S) - 3 credits
• GEN ED. /DEPT. Introduction to Sociology (SOC201S) - 3 credits
• GEN ED./DEPT. CHEM105/106N or CHEM 121/122N - 4 credits
• DEPT. Microbiology (BIO 103) - 4 credits
• DEPT. Human Anatomy I (BIO 250) - 4 credits
• DEPT. Human Anatomy II (BIO 251) - 4 credits
• Free elective - 5 credits

Upper Division Elective Course (cannot be a nursing or health science related course) - 3 credits
Upper Division Elective/Impact of Technology Course (T) - 3 credits