Prerequisite Courses for the RN to BSN

Required Courses: (Must be completed with a grade of C” or better. Prerequisite courses must be completed prior to enrollment into Nursing Clinical Courses.)

1. One course in Anatomy* including a laboratory (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB course: BIOL 250.) May be combined with Physiology as 10 quarter units or 6 semester units.
   
   
2. One course in Physiology* including a laboratory (6 quarter units or 4 semester units). (CSUB courses: BIOL 255, BIOL 256.)
   
   
3. One course in Microbiology* (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB course: BIOL260.)
   
   
4. Inorganic Chemistry* or Organic Chemistry* (10 quarter units or 6 semester units). May be a combination inorganic/organic chemistry course and bio chemistry (5 semester units or 7.5 or greater quarter units). (CSUB courses: CHEM 150 or CHEM 203.)
   
   
5. One course in Statistics* (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB course: MATH 140 or PSYC 200.)
   
   
6. English*: (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB courses: ENG 110.)
   
   
7. Public Speaking (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB course: Comm 108.)
   
   
8. Introduction/General Psychology* course (5 quarter units or 3 semester units). (CSUB course: PSYC 100.)
   
   
9. One course in Sociology* or Anthropology* (5 quarter units or 3 semester units) (CSUB courses: SOC 100, ANTH 100.)
   
   

* It is recommended that prerequisite courses be taken within the past ten years prior to graduation. See Department of Nursing for course currency policy.