Career Opportunities
Acute Care Nurse IV Therapy Pediatric Nurse Camp Nurse Managed Care Psychiatric Case Management Managerial Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Maternal/Child Care Rehabilitation Dialysis Nurse Nurse Practitioner Research	Emergency Room Nurse Nursing Educator School Nurse Geriatric and Long Term Care Occupational Health Subacute Home Health Oncology Traveling Nurse Hospice Operating Room Quality Assurance

PRE-RN PREQUISITES
AS Degree COS OR BC
or CSUB (BS Nursing)
2002-03

Lower Division Major Requirements
PC comparable prerequisites courses	College of Sequoias AS degree 2002-2003	Bakersfield College AS degree	CSUB BS degree	Remarks
Chemistry P106 (meets Chem 20)	Chem 20 or 30	Chem B1A	Chem 150	Chem 20 has a prerequisite of Math 200 or 205 or 215) which can met by Math P055 (elem algebra) at College of Sequoias.
Chem P108			Chem 203
Anatomy P110	Biol 30	Biol B14	Biol 250
Physiology P101	Biol 31	Biol B15	Biol 255/256
Microbiology P106	Biol 40	Biol B16	Biol 311
Sociology P101 or Anth P102	Soc 1 or Anth 10 or Nursing 106 (Cultural Diversity in Health/Illness)	Soc B1 or Anth B2	Soc 100 or Anth 100
Psychology P101A	Psych 1	Psych B1A	Psych 100
Speech P101 or Speech P102	Spch 1, 104 or 8	Spch B1 or B2	Comm 108 (only Spch P101 accepted)
English P101A	Engl 1	Engl B1A	Engl P110
Biol P118	Nutrition 18		Biol 370
Life Science P115		MEDS B60 (medical terminology)
INFS P001 or INFS P005		Computer Studies (1 unit) or evidence of proficiency **
Psyc P126 or Psyc 223			Psyc 210 or Psyc 310
No comparable course			Biol 355 (Human Pathophysiology)
Phil P112		Phil B12
Phil P109			Phil 201
Math P055		Math BA or B200A
Math P122			Math 140

Other requirements

• Must have a high school diploma or GED
• Maintenance of a 2.5 or higher GPA on all required pre-nursing courses
• Completion of Nursing Readiness Pre-Test at BC
• Basic Healthcare Provider CPR card current within one year at BC.
• Nurse Assistant course/certification at BC.

To complete the AS degree in Nursing from COS or BC you must:

• Social Science List A - Hist P117, P118 or PolSci P101
• Humanities- prefer Phil P112 (Ethics of Living and Dying)

Bachelor of Science (BSN) additional courses if pursing the bachelor degree

• Biol P118
• Psychology P126
• Chem P108
• Math P122
• Speech P101 is required not Speech P102

Must also complete the General Education Breadth Requirements for CSU

• Engl P101B
• Area C-1 and 2 from C-2  (note: Anth P102 meets one course in C-2)
• Area D three courses (Psych P101, Soc P101 and Hist or PolSci meets course requirements)

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