First Degree RN to BS Option Prerequisites

Prerequisites - 60 credits/semester hours

All courses should be completed with a B or better.

Natural Sciences - 17-23 cr

• Human or Animal Anatomy and Physiology - 6-8 cr (within the past 5 years)
• Microbiology - 3-4 cr
• Chemistry - 6-8 cr
• Nutrition - 2-3 cr

Humanities - 9 cr

• English, Writing or Composition - 3 cr Literature - 3 cr
• (choose one) Logic, Philosophy, Ethics, Foreign Language, Speech, History of Art or Music, Mathematics - 3 cr

Social Sciences - 15 cr

• Intro to Psychology - 3 cr
• Intro to Sociology - 3 cr
• Human Growth and Development or Developmental Psychology covering the entire lifespan - 3 cr
• (choose two) Anthropology, Economics, Family or Community Sociology, Geography, History, Political Science, or Psychology - 6 cr

Statistics - 3 cr
Should include topics of correlation and linear regression; experimental design such as t-tests, analysis of variance and chi-square. Suggested departments: psychology, sociology, education, biology and mathematics. The departments whose statistics courses are more theory-based and lack the experimental design component are business, management and economics.

Electives - 10-16 cr
Electives may be selected from any academic discipline. Credits in studio or performing arts are not acceptable. Only one physical education course will be accepted.