RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:    Sauk Valley                    

                                                                                    Dixon, 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                   CHE 105 & 106  General Chemistry I & II

 

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHE 201  Organic Chemistry I

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology               BIO 109 & 110  Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II

 

 

Microbiology                              BIO 111  Introduction to Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  MAT 240  Elementary Statistics

                                                OR

                                                BUS 214  Business Statistics

 

 

Intro to Sociology                       SOC 111  Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSY 103  Introduction to Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                           PSY 200  Human Growth and Development

& Development                          OR

                                                PSY 217  Child Psychology

 

Mathematics                             MATH 105 or above.      

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  English 101 & 102: Composition 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.