RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:    Rockford College                   

                                                                                    Rockford, IL

 

Applicants to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the BSN Completion program must complete the following courses, with a grade of “C” or better, before enrolling at Rush University.

 

 

PREREQUISITE                        COURSE NUMBER & TITLE

 

Inorganic Chemistry                   CHEM 105  General Chemistry I

 

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHEM 132  Aspects of Organic and Biochemistry

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology               BIO 101 Principles of Biology

                                                AND

                                                BIO 209  Anatomy & Physiology

 

Microbiology                              BIO 308  Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  MATH 223  Beginning Statistics

                                                OR

                                                MATH 224  Elements of Statistics

 

Intro to Sociology                       A/S 150  Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSYC 100  Introduction to Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                           PSYC 215  Survey of Human Development

& Development                          OR

                                                PSYC 348  Child Development

 

Mathematics                             MATH 101 or above.      

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  English 111 & 112: Composition and Literature I & II

 

 

Social Sciences                         5 Semester Hours.

                                                Social science courses include: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history,        political science, economics, & geography.

 

Humanities                                8 Semester Hours.

                                                Humanities courses include: literature, foreign languages, religion,             philosophy, or history of: art, music, theater, film.  Studio art classes,    instrumental music classes, and speech classes are not acceptable.