RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at: University of St. Francis

Joliet, 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 General Chemistry I

AND

CHEM 122 General Chemistry II – prerequisite to CHEM 224

Organic Chemistry CHEM 224 & 225 Organic Chemistry I & Lab

Anatomy BIOL 221 Human Anatomy

Physiology BIOL 252 Human Physiology

Microbiology BIOL 211 Microbiology

Statistics MATH 105 Introduction to Statistics

Intro to Sociology SOCI 111 Principles of Sociology

Intro to Psychology PSYC 111 General Psychology

Human Growth PSYC 240 Life-Span Development

& Development OR

PSYC 341 Child Development

Mathematics MATH 108 or above.

College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

English Composition English 111 & 112: College Writing 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.