University of Kansas

Johnson County Community College Transfer Program to the University of Kansas School of Nursing
School of Nursing 913-588-1619
Community College Nursing Partnership Program soninfo@kumc.edu
Academic Year 2025-2026 http://nursing.kumc.edu/

Program Description

The University of Kansas Community College Nursing Partnership offers the comfort and convenience of being a nursing student at JCCC while pursuing both the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Nursing (AAS) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The program bypasses the traditional pre-licensure associate degree nursing step. Instead, this curriculum makes it possible for students to complete the AAS and BSN through on-campus courses at JCCC and online courses through KU. After completing the program, students are awarded both JCCC’s AAS and KU’s BSN. 

Admission Requirements

  • Admission Requirements: Applicant must be admitted to JCCC’s AAS in Nursing program and complete 62 credit hours of community college specific prerequisite credit hours (listed below) with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.50, a professional resume, and three letters of reference in addition to the online application.
  • Application Deadline: Students must begin both the BSN and AAS nursing curriculum during the same fall semester. To have an application considered for admission, all parts of the application (including transcripts and references) must be submitted through the KU Medical Center online application site by July 1 for your anticipated start date.  Admission decisions are made as applications are received. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early.
  • GPA Calculation: When calculating GPA, all non-vocational and non-remedial courses from all colleges and universities attended are considered. Except for Intermediate Algebra, remedial courses are not factored into the GPA. When a course is repeated, both the original and the new grade are factored into the GPA. Courses that do not transfer are not factored into the GPA.
  • Pass/Fail Policy: No Pass/Fail courses will be accepted. Courses with grades of “D” or “F” will not be counted towards the degree.

Prerequisite Requirements

Community College Nursing Partnership Program Prerequisite Requirements 

JCCC
KU
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse HoursTransfer CodeTransfer TitleTransfer Hours
BIOL 140Human Anatomy ^4 BIOL 240 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy/Lab
BIOL 225Human Physiology* ^4BIOL 246Principles of Human Physiology3
BIOL 227Human Pathophysiology* %4 BIOL N Human Pathophysiology
BIOL 230
& BIOL 231		Microbiology* and Microbiology Lab* 5BIOL 200
& BIOL 203		Basic Microbiology
and Introductory Microbiology Lab		5
BIOL 235The Science of Human Nutrition*3HSES 330Princ of Nutrition Health3
BIOL 240General Pharmacology* %3 PHAR U General Pharmacology
Select on of the following:
CHEM 122
Principles of Chemistry*5CHEM 110Introductory Chemistry5
CHEM 124
& CHEM 125
General Chemistry I Lecture* and General Chemistry I Lab* 5CHEM 130General Chemistry I5
Select one of the following:
COMS 120
Interpersonal Communication 3 COMS 130 Speaker-Audience Communication
COMS 121
Public Speaking 3 COMS 130 Speaker-Audience Communication
COMS 125
Personal Communication 3 COMS 130 Speaker-Audience Communication
Select one of the following:
ENGL 121
Composition I*3ENGL 101College English I3
ENGL 119
College Composition I with Review* 5 ENGL 101 Composition
ENGL 122Composition II* 3ENGL 102Critical Reading and Writing3
MATH 171College Algebra*3MATH 101College Algebra3
Select one of the following:
MATH 161
Elementary Statistics* 3 MATH 107 Introductory Statistics
PSYC 209
Statistics in Psychological Research*3PSYC 210Statistics Psychological Rsrch3
PHIL 143Ethics 3PHIL 160Introduction to Ethics3
PSYC 130Introduction to Psychology 3PSYC 104General Psychology3
PSYC 218Human Development* 3 PSYC 250 Statistics in Psychological Research
Select one of the following:
SOC 122
Introduction to Sociology 3SOC 104Elements of Sociology3
SOC 125
Social Problems 3SOC 160Social Problems Amer Values3

 

Humanities Elective

Select 3-hour Humanities Elective from AAS General Education Electives. 

Applicants must have a total of 62 credit hours of prerequisite courses, which means that most applicants will need 4-7 credit hours of liberal arts electives. Electives may be fulfilled with any course that is transferable to KU as specified on KU CredTran.  

Examples of elective areas of study are foreign language, philosophy, literature, creative writing, history, oral communication, physics, mathematics, political science, western civilization, biological sciences, economics, etc.  

*

JCCC course has a prerequisite or corequisite.

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Note: Students may take BIOL 144 Human Anatomy and Physiology* and an additional 3 credit hour elective in lieu of BIOL 140 Human Anatomy and BIOL 225 Human Physiology

Last Approved Mon Aug 18 18:40:43 2025