Nursing (BSN) - Accelerated Career Entry (ACE)

Major: Nursing
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 218.0
Co-op Options: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.3801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 29-1141

About the Program

Drexel University offers the Accelerated Career Entry Option, a one-year intensive nursing program for students who already have bachelor’s or graduate degrees. The program is ideal for working adults or college graduates who want to change careers and earn a new degree in one year. This innovative program is geared to students who will benefit from intense education in nursing science rather than the traditional program, which takes three or four years.

Like their counterparts in the traditional baccalaureate nursing program, graduates of the accelerated program emerge with a set of skills that will serve them well in their chosen profession. Our graduates:

• Utilize the growing compendium of knowledge and information sources from nursing and other disciplines to learn, teach, heal the sick and conserve health.
• Contribute to the profession by sharing knowledge and skills with clients, peers and other professionals in a variety of methods.
• Utilize multiple technologies that access and manage information to guide professional practice.
• Participate in culturally sensitive health promotion activities that contribute to the community’s health and wellness.
• Participate in ongoing educational activities related to personal growth, professional practice and community service.
• Apply knowledge and skills appropriate to their selected areas of career clinical practice.
• Develop personal potential for leadership in a changing health care environment.
• Integrate ethical concepts and principles, The Code of Ethics for Nurses and professional standards into practice within professional, academic and community settings.
• Utilize critical-thinking skills to improve the health outcomes of patients, families and communities across the continuum of care.

Additional Information

For more information about this program, please contact askcnhp@drexel.edu.

Admission Requirements/Prerequisites

Candidates for admission must have a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 overall GPA or a 3.0 GPA in their most recent 60.0 semester hours of coursework completed. Admitted students must complete all prerequisites before continuing with the program. Applicants whose native language is not English and/or were born outside of the United States are required to take both the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and the TSE (Test of Spoken English) and achieve a passing score in each.

Degree Requirements

Prerequisites

The following 8 courses, in semester terms, are prerequisites for the ACE program:

Degree Requirements

Students should contact their academic advisor for any changes to their plans of study prior to registration due to ongoing curriculum updates.

Prerequisites:**

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The anatomy, physiology, and microbiology courses must have been taken within five years of beginning the program. 

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Drexel University requires 180.0 quarter credits for conferral of a Bachelor’s degree. Students will transfer in 134.0 quarter credits, 96.0 quarter credits from their previous Bachelor Degree and 38.0 quarter credits from their pre-requisites totaling 134.0 quarter credits. Upon completion of the NACE program they will receive an additional 84.0 quarter credits, bringing the total to 218.0 quarter credits.

Writing-Intensive Course Requirements

In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.

A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.

Sample Plan of Study

11-Month Plan of Study

24- Month Plan of Study

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Drexel's Accelerated Career Entry in Nursing program admits new students in Fall and Spring terms each year. Students that begin in Spring will progress in the same sequence as indicated above.

Program Level Outcomes

Nursing Faculty