RUSH UNIVERSITY

College of Nursing

 

 

Prerequisite Course Requirements if taken at:     Western Illinois University                    

                                                                                    Macomb, 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 101  General Chemistry I

 

 

Organic Chemistry                     CHEM 102  General Chemistry II

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology               ZOO 230&231  Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II

 

 

Microbiology                              MICRO 200 Introductory Microbiology

 

 

Statistics                                  MATH 171  General Elementary Statistics

                                                OR

                                                PSY 223  Statistical Methods & Research Design

 

Intro to Sociology                       SOC 100  Introduction to Sociology

 

 

Intro to Psychology                    PSY 100 Introductory Psychology

 

 

Human Growth                           PSY 221  Psychology of Child Development

& Development                         

 

Mathematics                             MATH 101 or above.      

                                                College level mathematics course in addition to Statistics.

                                               

 

English Composition                  ENG 180 – College Writing  & ENG 280 – College Writing 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.