RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:                        Saint Xavier University

                                                                                    Chicago, 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 107 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry

 

 

Organic Chemistry                              CHEM 108 Principles of Organic & Biochemistry

 

 

Human Anatomy                                  BIO 202 Human Anatomy

 

 

Human Physiology                              BIO 203 Human Physiology

 

 

Microbiology                                         BIO 206 Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                               MATH 305 Probability and Statistics I

                                                                OR

                                                                MATH 132 Business Statistics

                                                                OR

                                                                PSYC 300 Statistics for the Social Sciences

                                                                OR

                                                                BIO 303  Biostatistics

 

 

Intro to Sociology                                 SOC 101 Introduction Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                              PSYC 101 Principles & Methods of Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                                    PSYC 199 Human Development Through the Life Cycle

& Development                                    OR

                                                                PSYC 200 Child Development

 

 

Mathematics                                         MATH 112 or above.           

                                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                                               

 

English Composition                         English 101 Critical Thinking and Writing

                                                                AND

                                                                English 102  Research & Writing

 

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.