Nursing Course Plan
This is a general course plan for students interested in attending an accelerated nursing program after graduation from SLU and who are completing a biology major.
(Students could also complete other majors such as chemistry, neuroscience or psychology). This plan must be personalized for you through discussions with your advisor, allowing for situations like study abroad or completing a minor. Accelerated nursing program prerequisites are italicized; other listed courses are biology major and general graduation requirements.
First-Year
Fall
- General Biology with Lab (Environmental literacy distribution)
- General Chemistry with Lab (Natural Science with Lab distribution)
- Intro Psychology (without Lab)
- FYP
Spring
- General Biology with Lab
- General Chemistry with Lab
- 100 level sociology course (Social Science distribution)
- FYS
Sophomore
Fall
- Microbiology with Lab
- Developmental Psychology
- Arts distribution (Rhetoric & Public Speaking is a great choice!)
- Statistics (Quantitative reasoning distribution)
Spring
- Human Nutrition
- Introduction to Cell Biology or Genetics
- Course of your choice*
- Diversity course
Junior
Fall
- Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab
- Course of your choice*
- Humanities distribution
- Health Coaches**
Spring
- Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab
- Course of your choice*
- Diversity course
- Health Coaches**
Senior
Fall
- Upper Level Biology course with Lab***
- 3 courses of your choice*
Spring
- 4 courses of your choice*
* One unit course of your choice. These suggestions are also appropriate for the slots indicated by a “*” in upcoming semesters as well: Medical Sociology, What’s So Bad About Aging?, Women’s Health and Aging, Cultural Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Positive Psychology, Hormones and Behavior, Social Psychology, Community Psychology, The Human Skeleton, Dealing with the Dead, Health Psychology.
** Health Coaches is 0.5 unit per semester. If you complete the courses as listed above in the spring or fall semester, this is 3.5 units total, which is full-time student status. You may choose to take another 0.5 unit or 1 unit course in addition to the courses above for the fall or spring semester. Discuss with your advisor to determine what the best plan is for you.
*** Potential course options of interest: Introduction to Neuroscience with Lab, Immunology with Lab, Research Methods in Fluorescent and Confocal Microscopy (Lab), Research Methods in Molecular Biology (Lab), Research Methods in Cell Biology. (Lab) One semester of SYE could also complete this Upper Level Biology with Lab slot.