RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at: Southeastern Illinois College

Harrisburg, 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 121&122 General Chemistry I & II

Organic Chemistry CHEM 241 Organic Chemistry I

Anatomy & Physiology BIO 261 & 262 Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II

Microbiology BIO 242 Microbiology

Statistics MATH 141 Introductory Statistics

Mathematics MATH 128 or above.

College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

Intro to Sociology SOC 121 – Introductory Sociology

Intro to Psychology PSYC 121 – Introductory Psychology

Human Growth PSYC 221 – Child Psychology

& Development OR

EDUC 244 – Human Growth & Development

OR

CCG 111 - Child Growth & Development

English Composition English 121 & 122 Rhetoric & 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.