Pre-Nursing Requirements

Required Rockhurst or equivalent transfer courses:

• BL 1250 - General Biology I (3) and
• BL 1251 - General Biology I Laboratory (1)

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• BL 2929 - Cellular Basis for Human Anatomy and Physiology (1) and
• BL 2928 - Cellular Basis for Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab (1)

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• BL 3030 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3) and
• BL 3031 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory (1)

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• BL 3040 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3) and
• BL 3041 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory (1)

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• CH 1050 - Principles of General Chemistry (3) and
• CH 1060 - Principles of General Chemistry Laboratory (1)

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• BL 3100 - Microbiology (3) and
• BL 3101 - Microbiology Laboratory (1)

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• HP 2400 - Nutrition (3)

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• PY 1000 - Introduction to Psychology (3)

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• SO 1000 - Introduction to Sociology (3)

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• PY 2400 - Developmental Psychology (3)

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• MT 1190 - Precalculus (3) * or higher

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• BSS 2100 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (3)

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• PL 1100 - Reality and Human Existence (3)

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• CT 2000 - Fundamentals of Communication (3)

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• EN 1110 - College Composition I (3) and
• EN 1120 - College Composition II (3)

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• EN 1140 - English Composition (3)

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• EN 1150 - Honors Composition (3)

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• TH 1001 - Religion: Community, Power, and Transcendence (3)

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• TH 1051 - Honors Religion: Community, Power, and Transcendence (3)

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• One History course (3)

Minimum credits required to complete pre-nursing requirements: 60 credit hours

For information regarding Rockhurst’s Nursing BSN program, see Nursing, BSN  .

NOTE:

Rockhurst undergraduate nursing students are required to fulfill the requirements of Rockhurst’s Wisdom Core.

To identify which courses fulfill specific Wisdom Core requirements, search the Course Schedule by “Attribute Type”. The Course Schedule is located on the Rockhurst Registrar’s page at www.rockhurst/registrar.

All Keystone and Threshold requirements of the Wisdom Core will be completed through the junior and senior level nursing coursework. The complete explanation of Rockhurst’s Wisdom Core may be found at Rockhurst Wisdom Core .