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BSN - Prerequisite Info

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High School Prerequisites (collegiate course work can be used to complete high school deficencies):

  1. 4 years of High School English
  2. 1 year of Biology
  3. 1 year of Chemistry
  4. 1 year of Physics
  5. 4th level proficiency (four years) of the same world language, or 2nd level proficiency (two years) of two different world languages
  6. Minimum of Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry
  7. 3 years of Social Studies

College Prerequisites (all require a grade of "C" or higher):

  1. Natural Science Prerequisites (All must be completed within ten years of enrollment in the nursing major; and, all but one must be successfully completed at time of application):
    • General Chemistry I 004:007 (CHEM:1070)*
    • General Chemistry II 004:008 (CHEM:1080)*
    • Intro to Animal Biology 002:002 (BIOL:1141)*
    • Principles of Human Anatomy 060:110 (ACB:2110)*
    • Fundamentals of Human Physiology 027:050 (HHP:1300)*
    • Nursing Microbiology 061:164 (MICR:3164) or 061:190 (MICR:3190)*
    • Nutrition & Health 027:040 (HHP2310) *
  2. Social Science Prerequisites (Two of the three must be completed at time of application)
    • Elementary Psychology 031:001 (PSY:1001)
    • Human Development & Behavior 096:030 (NURS:1030)
    • Sociology (General Education Requirement) 034:001 (SOC:1010) or Social Problems 034:002 (SOC:1020)
  3. General Education Prerequisites (All must be completed before starting the nursing major)
    • Literary, Visual and Performing Arts (General Education Requirement) (3 s.h.)
    • International and Global Issues (General Education Requirement) (3 s.h.)
    • Values, Society and Diversity (General Education Requirement) (3 s.h.)
  4. Additional Prerequisites (All must be completed before starting the nursing major)
    • Rhetoric (General Education Requirement) 010:003 (RHET:1030)
    • Math for Biological Sciences (22M:015 (MATH:1440)
    • Health Care Finance 096:110 (NURS:3110)

Transfer Courses:
If you choose to take courses at another institution, please access our transfer equivalency data base at the following website:  http://isis5.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/transfer/sisearch.page (follow directions at the bottom of the page)