TTUHSC's online RN to BSN
TTUHSC's RN to BSN is a 30-credit online program for registered nurses, finished in two semesters full time or within sixteen months part time. Its one experiential course is NURS 4393 Integrated Nursing Immersion, built around a practice, leadership or quality-management focus that you select. TTUHSC does not publish who arranges that experience, so ask course faculty at the start; if the setting is yours to find, our placement desk can find it.
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The program at a glance
The RN to BSN is the TTUHSC School of Nursing's bachelor's completion program for nurses who are already licensed, or about to be. Everything is online, the plan is short, and admission opens three times a year, which gives a working nurse room to choose the term that suits the job.
| Item | What TTUHSC states |
|---|---|
| Catalog name | Nursing, RN to BSN, BSN |
| Format | Online |
| Credits | 30 (web plan: 14 in the first semester, 16 in the second) |
| Full-time length | 2 semesters |
| Part-time limit | Finish within sixteen months (4 semesters) |
| Start terms and applications | Fall: May 1 to Aug. 1; Spring: Aug. 15 to Nov. 15; Summer: Jan. 1 to April 1 |
| License | Current, unencumbered U.S. RN license; the web page describes provisional admission until you pass the NCLEX |
| Clinical ratio | 1 credit to 3 clock hours, as in all TTUHSC BSN programs |
| Clinical hours | Not published |
Two semesters of coursework
The ttuhsc.edu plan lays the full-time program out as two semesters. The immersion course sits in the first, which means the practice experience starts almost as soon as you do.
| Semester | Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NURS 4342, NURS 4344, NURS 4393 Integrated Nursing Immersion, NURS 4233, NURS 4347 | 14 |
| 2 | NURS 4345, NURS 4346, NURS 4332, a 42XX nursing elective, NURS 4349, NURS 4234 | 16 |
Part-time students spread the same courses over as many as four semesters. TTUHSC does not print a part-time sequence, so ask your advisor where NURS 4393 lands in your version of the plan. If it falls in your first term, the planning for it starts the day you are admitted, not once classes open.
The Integrated Nursing Immersion course
NURS 4393 is the program's hands-on piece. TTUHSC describes it as a self-selected focus in one of three areas: practice, leadership or quality management. That choice shapes where the experience happens and who works with you, and it is the part of the program most likely to reach outside the online classroom.
Much of the rest is not public. TTUHSC's pages do not say who arranges the setting, how many hours the course requires, or what agreement or approval applies. Before the term starts, get answers to these from course faculty.
- Pick your focusDecide between practice, leadership and quality management, and have a reason ready that ties it to your career plans.
- Ask who arranges the settingFind out whether faculty place you or expect you to propose an organization and a mentor.
- Ask about hours and paperworkConfirm the hour requirement, any agreement the setting or mentor must sign, and the date it is due.
- Line up the setting earlyIf the search is yours, start it as soon as faculty confirm the rules, especially when the course falls in your first semester.
Immersion at your own workplace
If you already work as a nurse, your own employer is the natural first idea for the immersion. TTUHSC's handbook sets limits for undergraduates: clinical hours on your own unit need the Program Director's permission, and the handbook also bars "double-dipping". RN to BSN students are undergraduates, so treat those rules as applying to you until faculty tell you otherwise.
Another department in the same organization, or a different organization nearby, may avoid both concerns, though faculty make that call. Raise the question with course faculty before you approach your manager. The workplace clinicals guide compares the rule across TTUHSC's programs.
Calendar and pace
For 2026-27, the SON's terms are Sept. 8 through Dec. 18 (Fall), Jan. 11 through April 23 (Spring) and May 24 through Aug. 13 (Summer). Any add needs sign-off from your Enrolled Student Advisor, and TTUHSC warns that a drop may slow your progression.
Session length is worth confirming. The 2025-26 SON calendar included first and second 8-week sessions reserved for RN-BSN students, while the 2026-27 web calendar shows one set of dates per term with no 8-week rows. Check the dates on your own course schedule rather than assuming either pattern. The academic calendar guide has the add, drop and withdrawal cutoffs for each 2026-27 term.
Clearance and license
- Keep a current, unencumbered U.S. RN license; TTUHSC's MSN rule is narrower, and the RN license guide compares the programs.
- Order your criminal background check from the vendor TTUHSC has approved; the handbook sends RN to BSN, MSN and DNP students down that route.
- Be ready for a drug screen: TTUHSC runs them ahead of most clinical placements, at random and for cause, and gives you five days to finish one.
- Get your immunization records approved by TTUHSC's Office of Institutional Health before you register, and keep BLS certification current.
- Renew HIPAA training yearly and keep the proof, since the handbook keeps students without it out of clinical activity.
Ask your advisor which of these the immersion setting itself adds to; some organizations set their own requirements on top of TTUHSC's. The background check and drug screen guide walks through that part of clearance.
After the BSN, and how we help
A BSN opens TTUHSC's graduate programs, and several of them ask for RN experience you may already have. Family practice needs a year of RN work for the MSN FNP and two for the BSN to DNP FNP. Adult-gerontology acute care wants a year of ICU, emergency or flight nursing inside the last five years, and both pediatric NP tracks want two years spent caring for children as an RN. In each of those graduate NP tracks, finding preceptors is the student's job, with SON staff and faculty approving every preceptor and facility.
That search is what we do best. We track down preceptors and clinical settings close to where you live, matched to each TTUHSC clinical course, then prepare the details the approval requires before every semester and keep a replacement ready if a preceptor drops. If your immersion setting turns out to be yours to find, we can search for that too, fitted to the focus you choose. TTUHSC decides every approval; we make sure it receives a complete, rule-ready file. Start with how it works, then reach us through the form at the bottom of the page.
Questions TTUHSC students ask
Is TTUHSC's RN to BSN fully online?
The coursework is online, and TTUHSC lists no campus days for the program. The one experiential course, NURS 4393 Integrated Nursing Immersion, centers on a practice, leadership or quality-management focus you choose, so part of that course may happen in a real organization. Ask course faculty how your section runs.
Can I start TTUHSC's RN to BSN before passing the NCLEX?
The program page describes provisional admission until you pass the NCLEX, while the handbook expects RN to BSN students to hold a current, unencumbered U.S. RN license. Ask the Admissions Team how long provisional status can last and what happens if your exam date slips, before you register for your first term.
Who arranges the Integrated Nursing Immersion setting?
TTUHSC's public pages do not say. The course is built around a focus you select, in practice, leadership or quality management, but the arranging, the hour count and any agreement are left to course faculty to explain. Ask them before the term; if they expect you to propose a setting, our placement desk can search for one.
How fast can I finish TTUHSC's RN to BSN?
Full time, the plan takes two semesters: 14 credits and then 16. Part-time students must finish within sixteen months, or four semesters. With starts in Fall, Spring and Summer, a nurse who applies by Aug. 1 could begin in Fall and, full time, finish at the end of Spring.
Does the RN to BSN include clinical hours?
TTUHSC does not publish a clinical-hour figure for the program. All of its BSN programs convert clinical credits at one to three, and the Integrated Nursing Immersion course is where practice experience appears in the plan. Your syllabus and course faculty will state what that course requires in your term.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-26
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