RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:    Waubonsee Community College

                                                                                    Sugar Grove, 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 121 General Chemistry

                                               

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHM 231  Organic Chemistry I

                                               

 

Anatomy & Physiology               BIO 270 & 272 Anatomy & Physiology I & II

 

 

Microbiology                              BIO 250  Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  BUS 207  Business Statistics

                                                OR 

                                                MTH 107  Basic Statistics         

 

Intro to Sociology                       SOC 100  Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                           PSY 205  Life Span Psychology

& Development                          OR      

                                                PSY 220  Child Psychology       

                                                OR

                                                ECE 115 Child Growth & Development

 

Mathematics                             MATH 101 or above.      

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  ENG 101 & 102 Freshman English 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.