Admission to the Pre-Nursing program (First Time Freshman and Transfer students)

Pre-Nursing is a pre-professional track that consists of approximately two years of general education, prerequisites, and supporting courses needed for admission to the Traditional or Accelerated Option BSN. If students wish to transfer credits from another institution, it is highly recommended that they contact our pre-nursing advisors after submitting their application to ensure that the courses taken are equivalent to those required by Barry University. Transferred credits are reviewed by our professional transcript evaluators and are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

  1. Freshmen Applicants (First Time College Students)
    • High School GPA of 2.5 or higher
    • Combined SAT score of 800 or above (or 17 on the ACT)
    • Minimum grade of C in the following courses:
      1. Algebra II or equivalent
      2. Biology and Lab
  2. Transfer Students
    • Minimum GPA of 3.0 cumulative college GPA
    • Less than a total of five Ws, Ds, or Fs
    • Minimum of a C in all Liberal Arts courses
    • A student may transfer in any of the following courses with a minimum grade of C (without repeats or withdrawals)
      1. Anatomy & Lab
      2. Physiology & Lab
      3. Microbiology & Lab

Pre-requisites to the Traditional Option Program

Required Courses (55 credits)

ENG-111FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION & RHETORIC

3

ENG-210WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

3

SPE-101FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH

3

BIO-220Foundations of Human Anatomy

3

BIO-240FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (4,1)

4

BIO-253Microbiology for Health Sciences

3

MAT-152ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

3

PSY-281INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

3

PSY-283DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

SOS-
Any History, Economics, Geography, Political Science

3

PHI-
Philosophy Distribution

3

THE-
Theology Distribution

3

HUM-
Humanities Distribution

3

ARTS-
Arts Distribution

3

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HUM-
An additional course in HUM

3

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Or

ARTS-
An additional course in ARTS

3

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CS-180INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL LITERACY

3

PHI-353BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS

3

Note:

Please click on PHI, THE, HUM and ARTS for courses description.

SOS: Please click on HIS, ECO, GEO and POL for course description.

BIO-220, BIO-240 and BIO-253: with lab

PHI-353: can be taken with nursing if needed

Note: ORI-100 Freshmen Seminar (1 credit) course is strongly recommended for first time freshmen students.