OCC Nursing Advising Guide for Transfer Students
Undergraduate B.S. Nursing Program
Course Requirements
| Onondaga Community College Course | Fisher Equivalent Course |
|---|---|
| BIO 171 Human Anatomy & Physiology I | BIOL 131 & 131L - Anatomy & Physiology I |
| BIO 172 Human Anatomy & Physiology II | BIOL 132 & 132L - Anatomy & Physiology II |
| BIO 205 General Microbiology | BIOL 107 - Microbes & Disease |
| NTR 104 Contemporary Nutrition or NTR 218 Nutrition/Diet Therapy |
BIOL 108 - Fundamentals of Nutrition |
| CHE 151/L Basic Chemistry for the Health Sciences (and lab) or CHE 171/L General Chemistry I (and lab) |
CHEM 120 - Introduction to Chemistry |
| MAT 118 Exploring Statistics or MAT 151 Statistics I |
ECON 221 - Statistics I |
| PSY 206 Human Growth and Development | PSYC 231 - Development Across the Lifespan |
Recommended
Complete an Ethics course, PHI 108, and additional liberal arts courses (mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and foreign language) to reach a total minimum of 60 liberal arts hours. Please contact an admissions counselor at Fisher and your advisor at OCC to review options for completing this requirement.
Application to Begin the Clinical Year
Priority review of completed nursing applications begins April 1. Applicants enrolled in participating 2+2 nursing programs must have all documentation submitted no later than April 1 if applying to begin the program in the fall. All other applicants will be reviewed on a space-available basis for fall and alternatively for the spring semester. Review of completed applications will continue for both the fall and spring semesters as capacity allows.
- Students applying to the clinical portion of the program must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75.
- Grade of C or higher required in each of the seven nursing prerequisite courses listed above and cumulative GPA of 2.4 or higher.
- Ethics, with a grade of C or higher, must be completed prior to beginning the program.
- Note: Cumulative GPA is calculated using all undergraduate college-level course work.
- Score 84% or higher on the Math Assessment Level A exam (two attempts allowed).
2+2 Nursing Admission Information:
If enrolled in the formal 2+2 agreement between St. John Fisher University and Onondaga Community College, the 2+2 applicant must submit a transfer application a least one semester before intended enrollment and meet the guidelines above for guaranteed acceptance. Please contact the Office of Transfer Admissions (585) 385-8064 or email transfer@sjf.edu.
Last Updated: 2024/2025