Application
Complete the online Nursing Application only during the May 15 to May 31 for the Fall Term, or October 15 to October 31 for the Spring term. Once the application is submitted you will receive notification(s) of your status through your JJC email account.
Online Nursing Application
Important Information about applying
- The nursing application is available May 15 to May 31 to begin the nursing program in the Fall term and October 15 to October 31 to begin the nursing program in the Spring term.
- You must have a current general admissions application on file. If not, complete an online admissions application. (If you have taken classes at JJC but more than one year has passed since the conclusion of your most recent semester then you must complete a new JJC application.)
- To complete the nursing application, you need to know your JJC student ID#, be able to log into your college account, and provide your CNA Certification from the Illinois Health Care Worker Registry.
- Submit an official, sealed high school transcript or high school equivalency (GED or HiSET) transcript to the JJC Admissions Office at Admissions@jjc.edu or drop it off in the Campus Center, room A-1020.
- If you are a transfer student, courses and grades from your previous institutions must have already been posted to your JJC academic record.
Show verification of all general education courses and prerequisites completed with a grade "C" or better PRIOR to submitting the nursing application beginning with the May 2025 application period.
General education courses and prerequisites are listed below:
- BIO 250 – Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4 credits)
- BIO 251 – Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4 credits)
- BIO 240 – Microbiology (4 credits)
- COMM 101 – Principles of Communication (3 credits)
- ENG 101 – Rhetoric I (3 credits)
- HEAL 109 – Principles of Normal Nutrition (2 credits)
- NURS 100 – Introduction to Nursing (1 credit)
- PSYC 101- (General Psychology) (3 credits)
- Elective Course Requirement (4 credits) – Students should use BIO 149 or BIO 151 to satisfy this requirement and fulfill the prerequisite for upper level BIO courses.
- TEAS 7 completed at JJC by the application deadline.
- A minimum overall JJC GPA of 2.0
- If you already submitted an online nursing application for the previous semester, you still need to submit a new application. No previous applications are kept on file.