Anyone took pre-reqs at Diablo Valley College

[shelley627]

Hello everyone:

I am wondering if anyone took any of their pre-reqs at DVC? If you did can you recommend a professor and your suggestions? I need to take Anatomy, Physiology, Micro, and Developmental Psychology. Thank you in advance for your help.

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[dianah, ASN]

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[jeanette_]

hey i have the same question for u. im starting diablo valley college this fall and im taking pre reqs their. did you go to the pleasant hill campus?

[paganoid]

An old thread, but replying to Jeanette:

I did all my nursing pre-reqs at the Contra Costa colleges: DVC, LMC, CCC.

I took BIOSC-119 at DVC (can't mention the teacher's name but there's only one who teaches 119 Micro and she is absolutely wonderful).

I took Anatomy and Physiology at LMC because DVC was full. LMC is a very nice campus, smaller than DVC, with real cadavers just like DVC.

I also took CHEM-007 at LMC, and that one semester class takes the place of two semesters of chemistry at DVC!!!

I did freshman english, statistics, speech, and PHILO-130 (critical thinking) at DVC.

I also did SPCH-128 at CCC. This is the preferred communications class for admission to CSUEB nursing program for the bachelor's degree (BSN) program. When I took it we met five Friday evenings and the rest of the class was online. CCC is not a dangerous place on a friday night so don't let people frighten you away from the opportunity. As far as I know, no other local campus has SPCH-128.

I recommend that you get in touch with the DVC pre-nursing club. They put up fliers in the Health Sciences building, and meet on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 5:00pm (tonight, in fact!).

Good luck. Don't let the economy frighten you away from nursing. By the time you finish school, there will be jobs-a-plenty!

paganoid, RN, BSN (soon2be PHN)

CSUEB class of 2010