RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:    South Suburban College

                                                                                    South Holland, 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                   CHM 113 General Chemistry I

 

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHM 203 Organic Chemistry I

                                                OR

                                                CHM 205 Introductory Organic Chemistry

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology               BIO 185 & 186 Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II

 

 

Microbiology                              BIO 224 Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  MTH 126 Fundamentals of Statistics

                                                OR

                                                MTH 211 Statistics

 

 

Intro to Sociology                       SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                           PSY 211 Human Growth & Development (Life-Span)

& Development                          OR

                                                Child Development (CHD) 104 Child Growth & Development

 

 

Mathematics                             MATH 103 or above.      

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  English 101 & 102: Composition and Rhetoric & Composition and Literature

 

 

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.