Prerequisites
All prerequisites and degree required courses must be completed with grades posted before applying to the nursing program.
Prerequisites Requirements
Required General Education Prerequisites
Complete the general ed. prerequisite courses with a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0:
Required General Education Prerequisites Complete the general education courses with a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0:
- ENGL 101 (Freshman Composition)
- MATH 108 (Statistics) or PSYCH 105 (Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences)
- COMM 100 (Elements of Public Speaking) or COMM 111 (Interpersonal Communication)
- PSYCH 100 (Introduction to Psychology)
- SOC 100 (Introduction to Sociology) or ANTHRO 102 (Cultural Anthropology)
- HUMANITIES (Choose two Humanities courses)
- Humanities are selected from Category III of the SBVC Graduation Requirements. Humanities must be representative of 2 different disciplines and only 1 applied humanities course is accepted.
- ETHNIC STUDIES (Choose one course)
- As of Spring 2024 application period, students will be required to have one Ethnic Studies course from Category VI of the SBVC Graduation Requirements.
Required Science Courses
Complete the science courses below with a minimum G.P.A of 2.8:
- BIOL *250 & *251 (Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II)
or - BIOL 260 & *261 (Human Anatomy & Human Physiology)
- BIOL *270 (Microbiology)
Resources
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