College Credit Plus
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree is comprised of prerequisite courses, General Education (GE) coursework, nursing major classes and electives. Students who plan to apply to the BSN major should be aware of the following considerations when completing coursework through College Credit Plus:
- Credit will transfer following the state guidelines. Credit that does not meet a specific degree requirement will be elective credit.
- Not all College Credit Plus courses apply to the degree requirements for the nursing major.
- The College of Nursing requires applicants to complete the direct equivalent coursework to the prerequisite requirements. Students completing College Credit Plus are encouraged to use transferology.com to confirm the transferability of coursework.
- Although a student may have a significant amount of College Credit Plus, this will not reduce time to graduation. The BSN is a full 3-year, lock-step program, that cannot be expedited.
- Students are still required to apply to the major, despite the amount of credit earned.
- Students must submit transcripts according to the timeline found here in order to be considered for the BSN.
- Transfer credit is considered college coursework, and therefore is calculated into your overall GPA for the BSN application.
- Please visit this webpage for more information on where to submit transcripts.
For more information on College Credit Plus, please visit:
https://www.ohiohighered.org/ccp/students-families
AP Information
Students who have AP credit can refer to this information when sending in AP scores.
- AP scores of a 3, 4 or 5 will be accepted as credit coming in from high school.
- Click here to view exact scores needed to receive AP credit.
- To earn credit for AP scores, contact College Board at 1-888-225-5427 to have your official score report sent to recipient code #1592,The Ohio State University Testing Center, 585 Student Academic Services Building, 281 W. Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43210.
- Go to buckeyelink.osu.edu to view your credits, advising report and degree audit. For help, contact your academic advisor.
- Ohio State receives and posts scores electronically; scores are typically posted the same day as received. Scores for incoming students sent to Ohio State on exam day are usually processed by July 10. Scores sent after exam day are generally processed within three weeks from the request date.