Upper Division

Our rigorous curriculum provides a foundation of nursing courses focused on adult care, childbearing, pediatrics, mental health, and community health. You can expect an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, advanced technology, and access to a variety of clinical settings.  

Applicants with a prior bachelor’s degree are only required to complete core prerequisites. Applicants without a prior bachelor’s degree must complete all listed courses.

• Minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on core prerequisites
• Minimum of 54 credit hours in the following prerequisites (Note: Anatomy and Physiology I & II and Microbiology must have been taken within the last seven years. Core prerequisites may not have been taken more than twice within the last five years.)
  • Anatomy and Physiology I with lab**
  • Anatomy and Physiology II with lab**
  • Microbiology with lab**
  • Nutrition*
  • General Psychology*
  • Human Growth and Development*
  • Statistics*
  • English Composition I*
  • English Composition II
  • Speech or Oral Communications
• One social science elective of three credit hours
• Three humanities electives of nine credit hours
• Three electives of any three credit-hour college level course

*Core prerequisite.
**Core science prerequisites completed through StraighterLine must be finished before Jan. 1, 2026 to be eligible.