This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for guaranteed transfer among all Kansas Regents public postsecondary institutions. Additional courses may also be eligible for transfer. Please visit a JCCC counselor or the JCCC Registrar's office, and the Transfer Kansas portal to learn more.
Rockhurst University/St. Luke's College
| Johnson County Community College Transfer Program to the Saint Luke's College | Dr. Ellen King, Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Rockhurst University | 816-936-8781 |
| AAS Nursing to Nursing, B.S.N. | ellen.king@rockhurst.edu |
| Academic Year 2025-2026 | https://www.rockhurst.edu/nursing |
Admission RequirementsAdmission Requirements: To be eligible for participation in Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences “NHS” program, JCCC students must graduate from the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program at JCCC. After this eligibility standard has been met, a student must apply to NHS. NHS’s admission requirements will be applicable. NHS will offer provisional acceptance to graduates from the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program at JCCC while the candidate completes NCLEX and is able to produce an active nursing license, not to exceed the first semester of courses. Transfer of Credits: NHS will receive credits as presented in the NHS-JCCC Articulation Table on page 2, in recognition of students’ previous coursework from the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program from JCCC. Transcript evaluations will be completed. In addition, if any student has completed coursework at another institution of higher education, those transcripts will be evaluated as well for potential eligibility of transfer credits (if applicable). Graduation Requirements: Once a student has been accepted into the Program, a minimum of 30 mandatory NHS RN-BSN credit hours remain to complete the Program at NHS and graduate. Total number of required credits a student will have earned for their BSN degree is 120 credit hours. | |
It is the STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to check for updates to all transfer information. This transfer guide is provided as a service and is updated as needed. Degree requirements at the four-year colleges are subject to change by those institutions. To ensure you have the most accurate information about the program, you must meet with an advisor at the transfer institution. | |
Transfer Requirements
NHS-JCCC Articulation Table
All JCCC General Education courses which JCCC requires as “pre-entry” and as part of ADN course work into the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degree will be accepted by NHS 36 credit hours.
JCCC | RU | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| BIOL 140 & BIOL 225 | Human Anatomy and Human Physiology* | 4 | BL 3040 & BL 3041 | Human Anatomy/Physiology II and Human Anatomy/Physiology II Lb | 4 |
| BIOL 230 & BIOL 231 | Microbiology* and Microbiology Lab* | 3 | BL 3100 & BL 3101 | Microbiology and Microbiology Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 122 | Principles of Chemistry | 5 | CH 1050 & CH 1060 | Principles General Chemistry and Prin General Chemistry Lab | 4 |
| COMS 121 | Public Speaking | 3 | CT 2000 | Fundamentals of Communication | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | |||||
| Composition I* | 3 | EN 1110 | College Composition I | 3 | |
| College Composition I with Review* | 5 | EN 1110 | College Composition I | 3 | |
| ENGL 122 | Composition II* | 3 | EN 1120 | College Composition II | 3 |
| MATH 171 | College Algebra* (or higher required for BSN). Rockhurst will accept College Algebra transferred in. | 3 | MT 1190 | Precalculus | 3 |
| PSYC 130 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | PY 1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 218 | Human Development* | 3 | PY 2400 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | |||||
| Introduction to Sociology | 3 | SO 1000 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 | Rockhurst will accept JCCC ANTH 125 to satisfy the Sociology prereq requirement. | |||
One History course (3 hours): Visit the JCCC catalog for course options in World History, US History, Government OR Economics.
Open Elective (5 hours): Taken at JCCC.
Mandatory NHS General Education - 9 credit hours
JCCC | RU | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Hours | Transfer Code | Transfer Title | Transfer Hours |
| Code | Title | Hours | |||
| BIOL 235 | The Science of Human Nutrition* | 3 | HP 2400 | Nutrition | 3 |
| MATH 201 | Statistics* | 3 | BSS 2100 | Statistics/Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | |||||
| Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | PL 1100 | Reality and Human Existence | 3 | |
| Ethics | 3 | Rockhurst will accept JCCC PHIL 143 to satisfy the Philosophy/Ethics prereq requirement. | |||
Mandatory RN-BSN Major Course Requirements - 30 credit hours
The following courses must be taken at Rockhurst University’s Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences, with a minimum grade of “C”.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NUR 3930 Nursing in Today’s World | 1 | |
| NUR 4010 Role Development and Professional Issues | 3 | |
| NUR 4110 Introduction to Evidence- Based Practice | 3 | |
| NUR 4570 Pharmacology for the RN | 3 | |
| NUR 4820 Community/Public Health Theory | 3 | |
| NUR 4840 Community/Public Health Clinical Project (This course includes a clinical health project) | 3 | |
| NUR 4850 Health Assessment for the Professional Nurse | 3 | |
| NUR 4870 Pathophysiology for the RN | 3 | |
| NUR 4890 Informatics | 3 | |
| NUR 4990 Organizational and System Leadership | 3 | |
| NUR xxxx Elective/Directed Study | 2 | |
All Associated in Applied Science core Nursing coursework from JCCC will be accepted as needed by NHS to equal 120 hours (including LPN coursework) – 45 credit hours (minimum)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 227 Human Pathophysiology* | 4 | |
| NURS 101 Foundational Concepts of Nursing I* | 9 | |
| NURS 102 Health Assessment and Skills for Nursing Practice* | 3 | |
| NURS 105 Foundational Concepts of Nursing II* | 9 | |
| NURS 201 Complex Concepts of Nursing I* | 9 | |
| NURS 205 Complex Concepts of Nursing II* | 9 | |
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JCCC course has a prerequisite or corequisite.
Last Approved 3/10/2026, 2:22:19 PM