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Pre-Nursing

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Black Hills State University is excited to offer a pre-nursing curriculum through the West River Health Sciences Center. The WRHSC has partnered with The University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University to facilitate the seamless transfer of the Applied Health Sciences associate degree at BHSU to both bachelor of science in Nursing programs at USD and SDSU.  Students can complete courses at BHSU prior to enrolling into these degree programs, which are located in Rapid City.  Students are encouraged to complete the associate degree in Applied Health Sciences at BHSU in preparation for pursuing their bachelor of science in Nursing, however other majors may also be a good fit.  For more information and personalized advising, contact WRHSC@BHSU.edu. 

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing http://aacn.nche.eduSources of Additional Information

National League for Nursing http://www.nln.org/
South Dakota Board of Nursing http://www.state.sd.us/doh/nursing/
South Dakota Nurses Association http://www.nursingworld.org/snas/sd/about.htm

 

Note - Pre-Professional Preparation Programs

These are recommendations based on requirements for professional schools in South Dakota or in this region. Students are advised to contact any particular schools of interest to identify particular prerequisites for that institution. Much of this information is available from Dr. Charles Lamb (CharlesLamb@BHSU.edu).

Program Requirements

 

Requirements   Course Titles  
       
BIOL 121   Basic Anatomy  
BIOL 121L   Basic Anatomy Lab  
BIOL 123   Basic Physiology  
BIOL 123L   Basic Physiology Lab  
BIOL 231   Microbiology  
BIOL 231L   Microbiology Lab  
CHEM 106   Chemistry Survey  
CHEM 106L   Chemistry Survey Lab  
CHEM 107   Organic & Biochemistry  
CHEM 107L   Organic & Biochemistry Lab  
ENGL 101   Composition I  
ENGL 201   Composition II  
HLTH 422   Nutrition  
HLTH 499/452   Human Nutrition  
Arts & Humanities      
Land & Natural Resource   take  course from:  
    AIS/ENGL 256-Literature of the American West  
    BIOL 101/L-Survey of Biology & Lab  
    BIOL 311-Principles of Ecology
MATH 102   College Algebra  
MATH 281   Statistics  
PSYC 101   General Psychology  
PSYC 221   Lifespan Developmental Psychology *  
    or  
SOC 380   Sociology of Life Styles  
SOC 100   Introduction to Sociology  
    or  
SOC 150   Social Problems  
CMST101   Fundamentals of Speech *  
    or  
CMST215   Public Speaking  
    or  
CMST 222   Argument Debate  
WEL 100   Wellness for Life  
WEL 100 LAB   Wellness for Life Lab  

 * Preferred course

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