So I've just received my pre-nursing schedule at my CC and I only have 5 classes which is Biology 1, Biology 1 w/ Lab 1, Communications, College Algebra, and English 101.
So is it just me or does this not look like a pre-nursing schedule to you all? I seriously thought I was going to get atleast A&P or an introductory to nursing class, but now I think my advisor has scammed me. Did everyone else schedule look like this when they were doing pre-nursing?
1000x what mrsboots187 said. If you are going BSN you will have 2 years of pre-reqs regardless. Everyone has done it and it really doesn't matter if you take bio before English. Honestly. They are just courses and just because you didn't get the class you want now doesn't mean it isn't coming. Your advisor put you in those classes because you NEED them. He specializes in students with your major. He isn't doing it to spite you.
I did tell him but he wouldn't listen. I even told him to place me in English 102 since I got a 26 in English on my act.
The only thing that proves is that you are ready for English 101 and not remedial English. In order to get credit for English 101 you need to either take it or test out of it for credit if they even offer CLEP exams anymore.
I suggest going to your university's website and looking up the pre'-nursing curriculum. Everything you've listed looks right for the beginning of any pre-nursing program.
BSN programs require 120ish credit hours. Usually only the last 4 or 5 semesters are actual nursing classes. Which you will likely have to apply to get into. In most cases, being accepted as pre-nursing does not mean you are "in nursing school".
This is what the curriculum at one of the local BSN programs looks like .... Look familiar??? Also, you have to apply to get into the 4th semester nursing portion.
If it is a community college make sure your advisor/ counselor is associated or at least familiar with the nursing program and its prerequisites. Our local CC has several campuses located across the region. Our local campus counselors have no idea what is required for the nursing program. I have known a couple of people taking all the wrong classes and not find out till a semester or even 2 later. One guy this happened to was in his 50's. Never been to college at all and it was a full year before he found out nearly all the classes he had taken would not go towards pre-req's for the ADN program.
Edit: just re read the OP and saw it is for a BSN program. The above probably won't apply at all. 4 year colleges are a lot different than CC.
It absolutely looks like the first semester of pre-nursing. Biology is most likely a pre-requisite for A&P, and Intro to Nursing may not be allowed until you are almost finished with pre-req or actually in the program.
I'd like to add that just because you test out of a class doesn't mean that you should skip it. I tested out of College Algebra, and man, it really regretted skipping it in Trig and Calculus (didn't take those for nursing).
Your 3 on the Biology AP exam doesn't indicate a mastery in Intro Biology. Even if you do know everything, just think of it as an easy A that will boost your GPA when you apply to nursing school. Same for Engl 101. Your GPA will be very important.
Biology makes sense for a couple of reasons: 1) you need to understand cell structure, genetics, energy production and use, etc. as a basis for A&P; 2) the people in the program may come from high schools of varying quality. This will both get everyone on the same page, and may help persons who might otherwise never make it through A&P by showing them that they need to remediate first.
Communications is a core thing that nurses do every single day. English 101 is something all college students take. And, even if you think you can write well, you may not be at college level and may need to learn how to use APA, etc. You will write many papers in school, and will write things for the rest of your life. Being able to write well is a make-or-break skill. If you are bad at it, you will go much less far in your career, so take it seriously, ask for feedback, and use it to improve.
When you get to NU courses, you will learn how to do medication calculations. You will face a math quiz on which you will be expected to score 100% after (at most) 3 attempts. If you don't succeed, you will be out of luck. (Please don't panic--it is at best 9th grade math.) That explains why you need Algebra.
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You have received excellent advice on this thread. Take the advice and run with it. Everyone here seems to be in agreement except you