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BSN Program
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The lower division curriculum consists of 60 semester credits of course work distributed across State University System (SUS) Common Prerequisites for Nursing and General Education Requirements, as described below. Applicants must have completed 60 semester credits of prerequisites prior to full admission into the BSN program; however, they may apply for admission to the baccalaureate nursing program before completing all 60 semester credits of lower division course work. Applicants with uncompleted lower division course work at the time of application must provide assurance that all required *General Education Requirements and SUS Common Prerequisites for Nursing will be completed prior to the specified enrollment date. Such applicants must document the courses completed, courses in progress (via official registration document), and their plan for completing any remaining courses. If selected for admission, applicants must submit official documentation attesting to successful completion of all courses prior to the first class day of the semester in which accepted.

*General educational requirements: students are expected to complete 36 credit hours of General Education coursework. Some coursework can be used to satisfy both General Education and Common Pre-requisites.

STATE-MANDATED COMMON PREREQUISITES RECOMMENDED
FGCU COURSES
Number Course Title CR HR  
BSC X085C Human Anatomy & Physiology I (or any human anatomy & physiology I course or human anatomy) with lab 3-4 BSC 1085C
BSC X086C Human Anatomy & Physiology II (or any human anatomy & physiology II course or human physiology) with lab 3-4 BSC 1086C
CHM XXXX Comprehensive College General Chemistry (such as CHM 1030 or CHM 1032 but NOT lower level principles such as CHM 1025) with lab  4-6 CHM 1045C
DEP X004 Human Growth & Development Across the Life Span (or any human growth & development across life span course)  3 DEP 2004 or
HUS 3020
HUN X201
or NUR 1192
Human Nutrition (or any human nutrition course)  3 HSC 2577
MCB X010C Microbiology with lab (or any microbiology w/ lab course)  4 MCB 2010C or
MCB 3020C
PSY X012 General Psychology (or any general psychology course)  3 PSY 2012
STA X014 Statistics (or any statistics course)  3 STA 2023 or
STA 2037
SYG X000 Introduction to Sociology (or any introduction to sociology course)  3 SYG 2000
 

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