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BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Prerequisite Info

In order to be considered for admission to the undergraduate BSN program, the student must have completed, or be in the process of completing all of the following prerequisites:

Minimum High School Requirements:

1) A minimum of four years of high school English
2) Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry
3) A minimum of three years of Science, including:

a. One year of Biology
b. One year of Chemistry
c. One half year of Physics

4) At least two years of the same foreign language
5) A minimum of three years of social studies

College prerequisites:

1) Rhetoric - 4- 8 s.h. This may be satisfied by testing for advanced standing.
2) Animal Biology (002:002)
3) Microbiology (061:164 or 061:157)
4) Human Anatomy (060:110)
5) Psychology (031:001)
7) Human Development & Behavior (096:030)
8) General Chemistry I (004:007)

All prerequisites must be completed prior to beginning classes in the College of Nursing.

If you are planning to take prerequisities at another institution, please follow the link below to the online Transfer Course Equivalency Database and perform a Transfer Institution Search to identify equivalent classes.