RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:       Southern Illinois University

                                                                                    Carbondale, 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 200-3 Introduction to Chemical Principles

 

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHEM 340-3 & CHEM 341-2 Organic Chemistry I & Lab

 

 

Human Anatomy                        PHSL 301-4 Survey of Human Anatomy

 

 

Human Physiology                     PHSL 201-3 Human Physiology

                                                OR

                                                PHSL 310-5 Principles of Physiology

                                               

 

Microbiology                              BIOL 306-3 Cell Biology

                                                OR

                                                MICR 301-4 Principles of Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  MATH 282-3 Introduction to Statistics OR SOC 308-4 Statistics for Social Science

 

 

Intro to Sociology                       SOC 108-3 Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSYC 102-3 Introduction to Psychology

                                               

 

Human Growth                           PSYC 301-3 Child Psychology

& Development                          OR

                                                Health Education (HED) 311-3  Human Growth and Development

 

 

Mathematics                             MATH 108-3 or above.   

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  English 101-3 & 102-3: English 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.