Prerequisite Courses

The accelerated program at Penn Nursing offers two start dates for applicants, a student can begin in late-June 2010, which is the shorter program, or in September 2010 (this option is for someone that would like to complete the majority of the prerequisite courses at Penn).
 
The prerequisites to begin in September 2010 (27 months for the BSN):
8 Credits of Chemistry with lab (Inorganic Chem)
4 Credits of Biology with lab
4 Credits of Microbiology with lab
 
The prerequisites to begin in June 2010 are (18 months for the BSN): 
8 Credits of Chemistry with lab (Inorganic Chem)
4 Credits of Biology with lab
8 Credits of Anatomy and Physiology with lab
4 Credits of Microbiology with lab
3 Credits of Nutrition; 3 Credits of Human Development via the life-span and 3 Credits of Statistics

Please note official approval of transfer credit is completed by the faculty after acceptance into the program.   It is strongly recommended that the prerequisite courses be completed within the last five years in order to ensure transfer credit.  All courses must be completed at an accredited institution and have a grade of C or higher for posting.

To view the Course Descriptions and Course Syllabi for the Penn Nursing Prerequisite courses, please see links below:

Accelerated Program Prerequisites

Sample Penn Nursing Course Syllabi

If you are unsure of what information is covered in the Penn Nursing courses please view and compare our syllabi below with your current courses.  Posted below are course syllabi for all of the nursing prerequisite courses:

Nursing 40    Principles of General and Organic Chemistry

Biology 175  Introduction to Microbiology

Nursing 131  Human Anatomy & Physiology I

Nursing 132  Human Anatomy & Physiology II

Nursing 51    Human Development

Nursing 230   Introduction to Statistics