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Prerequisites
Prerequisites are courses that are required prior to admission to the RN to BSN option. Prerequisite courses can be taken at any accredited college or university and do not have an expiration date. The nine prerequisite courses must be completed by the end of fall semester or winter quarter prior to admission. To determine how your prerequisite credits will transfer, you should download, print and complete the prerequisite evaluation found at: http://professional.osu.edu/profpdf/PrereqEval.pdf

Department 

Course 

Credit hours

Chemistry

101 Elementary Chemistry*  

5

English   

110 First-Year English Composition**   

5

Sociology   

101 Introductory Sociology**    

5

Biology 

101 Introductory Biology or
113 Biological Sciences#           

5

Anatomy and Medical Education

199 Basic Human Anatomy#

5

Microbiology

509 Basic and Practical Microbiology** 

5

Psychology

100 General Psychology**      

5


Choose one:

Human Nutrition

  


310 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition**   

210 Science of Human Nutrition**


5

 

Choose one:   Statistics   

 

135 Elementary Statistics**   

 

5


145 Introduction to the Practice of

Statistics**

 



Agricultural Education, 387 Data Analysis in Applied Sciences**  


 



Animal Sciences, 260 Data Analysis and Interpretation for Decision Making**

 



Agricultural,  Environmental, and Development Economics 205 Data Analysis for Agribusiness Applied Economics**       



TOTAL

45

*General or special transfer credit in Introductory Chemistry may be used.
** 3-5 credit hours of general or special transfer credit in this area may be used.
#A combination of 10 hours of biology, anatomy or physiology will be accepted for biology and anatomy prerequisite.

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