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Pre-Nursing

The following two-year UNK Pre-Nursing Program is broadly designed to meet the College of Nursing requirements for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Other requirements for admission include completion of 58 credit hours of pre-nursing pre-requisites with a grade of "C+" or better. Admission to the UNMC nursing program is competitive and based on scholastic record and personal recommendations. Students accepted to the program may complete the two-year nursing curriculum on the UNK campus in the Health Science Education Complex. The students will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from UNMC. For more information on the BSN degree from UNMC, see UNMC College of Nursing, Kearney Division. Students applying to nursing schools other than the UNMC College of Nursing should consult with their advisor and check with those schools for specific course and admission requirements.

Pre-Nursing Requirements:

• MATH requirement
  • 3 hours of College Algebra or higher Math - 3 hours
• Take all of the following:
  • BIOL 225, Human Anatomy and Physiology (I) - 4 hours
  • BIOL 226, Human Anatomy and Physiology (II) - 4 hours
  • ENG 101, Introduction to Academic Writing - 3 hours
  • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
  • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
  • SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
• Take 1 course from:
  • FSID 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3 hours
  • PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
• Take 4 hours from:
  • CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
  • CHEM 150GS, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 4 hours
  • CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 20 or better OR permission of instructor)
  • CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
• Microbiology
  • Take:
    • BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
• Nutrition
  • Take:
    • FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
• Statistics
  • Take 1 course from:
    • STAT 235GS, Introduction to Statistics for Social Sciences - 3 hours
    • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
    • BIOL 305, BioStatistics - 3 hours
    • MGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours
• Ethics
  • Take 1 course from:
    • PHIL 120GS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours
    • BIOL 311, Bioethics - 3 hours
    • SOWK 172, Human Service Ethics and Experience - 3 hours
• *Cultural, Race, Ethnicity or Gender - 3 hours
  • Suggested Courses (See Advisor for Additions, including Portal Courses):
    • GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
    • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
    • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
    • SOC 225, Global Cultures and Diversity - 3 hours
    • SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
• *Humanities - 3 hours
  • Suggested Courses (See Advisor for Additions, including Portal Courses):
    • ENG Literature
    • ART 100GS, Art Structure - 3 hours
    • ART 120GS, Drawing I - 3 hours
    • MUS 100GS, Music Appreciation - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours
• *Family and Human Behavior - 3 hours
  • Suggested Courses (See Advisor for Additions, including Portal Courses):
    • FSID 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours
    • FSID 250, Infant Development - 3 hours
    • FSID 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours
    • SOC 430, Sociology of Family - 3 hours
• *Political Science & Social Organization - 3 hours
  • Suggested Courses (See Advisor for Additions, including Portal Courses):
    • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
    • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • PSCI 170GS, Democracy as a Political Idea - 3 hours
• Free Electives - 3 hours
  • Maximum of 12 credit hours can be P/NP, CLEP.
• Total = 58

*See Nursing Advisor for additional course selections