Transferring from Carl Sandburg College
PNW is the perfect place to complete your bachelor’s degree after attending Carl Sandburg College. We’re here to make that transition process as seamless for you as possible!
Carl Sandburg College to PNW Transfer Guide
Associate Degree in Nursing to RN-to-BSN Program
This transfer guide is for Carl Sandburg College students who complete their Associate Degree in Nursing who plan on transferring to the Online RN-to-BSN program at PNW.
Transferrable Credits Guide
Math/Science/Pharmacology Requirements (17 credit hours)
The list of courses include but are not limited to anatomy & physiology, microbiology, chemistry, math, pharmacology. Any combination of credit hours of the courses will be considered. Zero credit or developmental courses cannot be applied.
| Carl Sandburg College | Purdue University Northwest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Course Credits | Course Name | Course Credits |
| BIO 211 Anatomy & Physiology 1* | 4 | BIOL 21300 Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| BIO 212 Anatomy & Physiology 2* | 4 | BIOL 214 Human Anatomy and Physiology II* | 4 |
| BIO 200 General Microbiology* | 4 | BIOL 22100 Introduction to Microbiology | 4 |
| NAD credits (surplus used here)* | 3 | College Level Math/Sci/Chem/Pharm | 3 |
| NAD 130 Pharmacology* | 2 | College Level Math/Sci/Chem/Pharm | 2 |
Humanities/Social Science Electives and Free Electives (30 credit hours)
Humanities and Social Sciences may include but are not limited to human growth and development, sociology, nutrition or others. Free electives can be any for-credit college-level course that has not been applied to any other requirement within the student’s curriculum. Zero credit or developmental courses cannot be applied.
| Carl Sandburg College | Purdue University Northwest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Course Credits | Course Name | Course Credits |
| PSY 101 Intro to Psychology* | 3 | PSY 12000 Elementary Psychology | 3 |
| SPE 120 Intro to Public Speaking** | 3 | COM 11400 Fund. Of Speech Communication | 3 |
| PSY 265 Developmental Psychology* | 3 | HDFS 21000 Human Growth & Development | 3 |
| SOC 101 Intro to Sociology* | 3 | Social Science or Humanities | 3 |
| NUT 110 Nutrition* | 3 | Social Science or Humanities | 3 |
| PHL 103 Biomedical Ethics* | 3 | Social Science or Humanities | 3 |
| NAD credits (surplus used here)* | 4 | Free Elective 1 | 3 |
| NAD credits (surplus used here)* | 3 | Free Elective 2 | 3 |
| Free Elective 3 | 2 | Free Elective 3 | 3 |
| Free Elective 4 | 3 | Free Elective 4 | 3 |
English Composition and Statistics (9 credit hours)
This section consists of college-level writing composition courses and a college-level statistical methods course.
| Carl Sandburg College | Purdue University Northwest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Course Credits | Course Name | Course Credits |
| ENG 101 Freshman Comp 1* | 3 | ENGL 10400 English Composition 1 | 3 |
| ENG 102 Freshman Comp 2** | 3 | ENGL 10500 English Composition 2 | 3 |
| MAT 210 or SSC or MAT 1100** | 3 | SOC 38200 Statistics for Sociology | 3 |
Lower Division Nursing Requirement
These requirements consist of 30 credit hours of lower division nursing coursework from an Associates Degree.
| Carl Sandburg College | Purdue University Northwest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Course Credits | Course Name | Course Credits |
| ADN Nursing Credits* 42 total (12 surplus credits used above) | 30 | Nursing Coursework | 30 |
Purdue University Northwest Online RN-to-BSN Program Nursing Coursework (34 credit hours)
This list includes the graduation requirements of 120 credit hours (including the transfer credits). A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required for all nursing core courses and prerequisite courses, including ENGL 10500 and SOC 38200.
| Purdue University Northwest | |
|---|---|
| Course Name | Course Credits |
| NUR 18200 Conceptual and Theoretical Thinking in Nursing | 2 |
| NUR 39700 Nursing Care of the Aged, Disabled and Chronically Ill | 3 |
| NUR 391 Professional Ethics | 2 |
| NUR 39401 Health Promotion and Education | 2 |
| NUR 41500 Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR 48200 Nursing Leadership and Management | 3 |
| NUR 39000 Nursing Research | 3 |
| NUR 38801 Health Assessment for Nursing | 3 |
| NUR 45100 Nursing Informatics | 3 |
| NUR 45200 Quality and Safety in Professional Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NUR 48300 Community and Public Health Nursing | 4 |
| NUR 49800 Capstone Course in Nursing | 3 |
*Courses are part of the student’s ADN curriculum.
**Courses are not part of the ADN curriculum to graduate.
- Courses that are specified by title at partnering college have already been articulated as an acceptable transfer to PNW to meet requirements. Courses may transfer in to PNW as undistributed credit (UND or XXX)- these courses are accepted toward program requirements.
- Courses that are listed by title are part of the student’s curriculum based on the 2022-23 Carl Sandburg Catalog.
- Nursing credit taken beyond the required 30 credits can be applied to Free Electives if needed.
- Indiana State Board of Nursing Requirement 848IAC 1-2-17 states Math and/or Sciences may be integrated into nursing courses – therefore lower division nursing credit, when applicable, may be applied to the 17 credit hours of Math/Science/Pharmacology Requirement.