RN Baccalaureate Completion Program

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing for RNs

For individuals who are licensed registered nurses with an associate degree and wish to earn a baccalaureate degree.

Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) invites you to consider completing a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing at one of the nation's most respected Schools of Nursing (SON). Our nursing faculty desire to assist you in the pursuit of the bachelor's degree. Minnesota State Mankato's nursing program is accredited by:

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
202-887-6791 (V)

Minnesota State Mankato has offered the professional nursing program since 1953. Graduates will have met the requirements for certification as public health nurses and licensure as school nurses in Minnesota. In 1974 the SON developed an RN Option for registered nurses to obtain a baccalaureate degree. The SON redesigned the RN Option into a RN Baccalaureate Completion during the 2004–05 academic year. The redesign included the following:

1. Student self–selected enrollment in three out of five support nursing courses.
2. Faculty identification of five required core courses.
3. Course delivery changed from face–to–face to an expanded online distance education format.

Faculty are accessible by e–mail, voice mail, and office appointment.

Program Goals

• Provide nursing care in a variety of settings
• Focus on prevention of illness and promotion of health
• Care for individuals and families with complex problems
• Provide health teaching and counseling
• Assume leadership roles
• Participate in nursing research
• Demonstrate a caring commitment to people
  

Other School of Nursing Programs

If you are currently not a registered nurse and do not have a baccalaureate degree, please inquire about the Basic Program.

If you have a non–nursing baccalaureate degree (BS or BA), please consider the Accelerated Nursing Program.