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Request to revise the criteria for admission as Pre-nursing and criteria for progression as Pre-nursing

Memo Date: 
Monday, May 10, 2010
To: 
College of Health and Human Services
From: 
Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Administrative Assistant
Approved On: May 5, 2010
Implementation Date: 2010

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs.  Insertions are underlined.

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Pre-Nursing Status

In order to declare Pre-nursing, freshmen and transfer students admitted to the University must must have a GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.0 based on all university/college course work.  In order to progress in Pre-nursing, students must meet the following:

  1. Overall GPA of 3.0 or better at the completion of the courses in the first two semesters.
  2. Grade of B or better in all pre-requisite science courses:
  1. CHEM 1203 and Lab
  2. CHEM 1204 and lab
  3. BIOL 1273 and lab
  4. BIOL 1274 and lab
  5. BIOL 1259 and lab

  1. Grade of B or better in the following pre-nursing courses

  1. NURS 2100: General Nutrition
  2. NURS 2200: Human Growth and Development

  1. Overall GPAA of 3.0 or better at the completion of courses in each of the 3rd and 4th semesters.

  2. Completion of all nursing pre-nursing pre-requisite course with a pre-requisite GPA of 3.0 or better.