APPENDIX A 

EXCELSIOR COLLEGE			TRANSFER GUIDE

SUNY Orange County Community College A.A.S. in nursing
to Excelsior College B.S. in nursing
Revision: January 2013

This program plan outlines how students can transfer credits from the SUNY Orange County Community College A.A.S. in nursing to the Excelsior College B.S. in nursing degree program. Upon completion of your nursing degree and validation of your current, unencumbered RN license, the following credits will apply for students enrolling in the B.S. in nursing program.


SUNY Orange County Community College Credits	Semester Hours	Excelsior College Requirements 		Semester Hours
ENG 101: Freshman English I				3	Written English I				3
BIO 111: Anatomy & Physiology I				4	Human Anatomy & Physiology Core			2
MLT 106: Microbiology for Health Professionals		3	Microbiology Core				3
ENG 102: Freshman English II				3	Humanities Elective				3
BIO 112: Anatomy & Physiology II			4	Human Anatomy & Physiology Core			2
PSY 101: General Psychology I				3	Psychology Core					3
Social Science Elective					3	Social Science/History Elective			3
Electives						6	Arts & Science Elective				12
								Sociology Core					3
								Statistics Core					3
Students can complete General Education requirements through	Humanities Elective				6
Excelsior College via online courses, credit by exam OR		Social Science/History				6
they can take them at another regionally accredited two or	Natural Science Elective			4
four year institution.						Arts & Sciences Elective			3
37 credits to be taken at Excelsior.				INL 102: Information Literacy			1
								Advanced Expository Writing Course		3
Students are required to take a minimum of 12.00 credits from	Upper Level Ethics Course			3
Excelsior to qualify for partner pricing.			NUR 436: Professional Transitions		3
								NUR 442: Health Assessment & Promotion 
								in Nursing Practice				4
Information Literacy, Advanced Expository Writing and Upper	NURx 430: Research in Nursing (exam) 
Level Ethics are pre-requisities for the nursing component.	OR NUR 430: Research in Nursing (course)	3
								NUR 446: Teaching and Learning in a 
								Diverse Society					3
The Capstone must be completed at Excelsior and is the final	NUR 422: Nursing Leadership and Management	4
stand alone nursing course.					NURx 448: Community-Focused Nursing (exam) 
								OR NUR 448: Community Health nursing (course)	4
Excelsior College reviews every student individually and this 	NUR 438: Nursing Informatics			2
guide is just a simple scenario. Actual requirements will be	Upper Level Nursing Elective			3
dependent on the courses a student transfers to Excelsior.	NUR 462: Nursing Capstone			4

Evaluation Summary											Semester Hours
Credits Accepted from Associate's Degree									29

30 semester hours of lower level nursing credit granted for prior learning validated by nursing
education and successful completion of the NCLEX-RN								30

General Education Requirements Beyond the Associates Degree							25

Credits from Excelsior*												37

Total Credits Required for Bachelor of science in nursing degree						121

*Students are required to take a minimum of 12.00 credits from Excelsior to qualify for partner pricing.