University Leader — Dr. Clinton D. Gardner

government/accreditation agency. Cases in which the degree received and/or approving agency is unverifiable, a third-party foreign credential evaluation is required.

Community College Student Admission

CalSouthern welcomes students from Community Colleges to continue their college studies toward a bachelor’s degree. The University recognizes a particular problem that many CC students face—the problem of transferring the courses and credits earned at the CC to a senior 4-year institution. CalSouthern has developed our bachelor’s programs to solve this problem: CalSouthern accepts up to 90 semester credits in Community College and Junior College courses and degrees in transfer toward our bachelors. Community College and Junior College students are admitted as Regular/Matriculating learners and start right off on their bachelor’ s in business administration, applied science, psychology, criminal justice, or nursing.

Admission Categories: Regular/Matriculating and Conditional/NonMatriculating

CalSouthern admits learners in one of two categories depending on their qualifications for admission: (1) Regular/Matriculating; or (2) Conditional/Non-Matriculating. Matriculating learners have met the required academic preparation and have provided official transcripts from prior accredited or approved post-secondary institutions, if applicable. Conditional admission is for applicants who do not satisfy all the admission requirements but wish to enroll and start taking courses. This category includes applicants without official transcripts, applicants from schools that are State Licensed or authorized, or applicants without a high school diploma or GED. This category is designed to give applicants the opportunity to earn a college degree by demonstrating they can successfully complete courses.

Conditional learners are enrolled to take one or more courses on a course-by-course basis. CalSouthern believes that learners who successfully complete two (2) courses in their intended degree program demonstrate they have the motivation, ability, commitment, and psychological support to earn a degree. By completing four undergraduate courses with a "C" or better grade they can advance from Conditional to Regular Matriculated. Learner Support Services is available to guide these learners in selecting and completing courses.

Nursing Programs for International Learners:

All prospective international learners/applicants must have their International Nursing Curricula and Registered Nursing (RN) Licenses evaluated by an Approved Agency/Organization. This process is conducted to determine if the International Nursing Curricula and the International RN Licensure processes are equivalent to the USA Nursing Curricula and RN Licensure processes, and that all requirements are equivalent to the U.S. individual State Boards of Registered Nursing (SBRN) Licensure Process of NCLEX-RN. Your Admissions Representative and the Registrar will assist in this process. After a successful evaluation of all required CalSouthern admissions criteria and review by the School of Nursing department chair, the prospective learners will be enrolled into the BSN program. Once the learner successfully completes the CalSouthern nursing program, CalSouthern will confer an appropriately earned BSN. The BSN degree equips the graduate with the knowledge, the professional integrity, and the nursing skills required to deliver quality and safe nursing care to a variety of populations in the United States and International Communities and for international learners to international communities.