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.
- 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:
- Algebra II or equivalent
- Biology and Lab
- 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)
- Anatomy & Lab
- Physiology & Lab
- Microbiology & Lab
Pre-requisites to the Traditional Option Program
Required Courses (55 credits)
ENG-111 | FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION & RHETORIC | 3 |
ENG-210 | WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE | 3 |
SPE-101 | FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH | 3 |
BIO-220 | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN ANATOMY | 3 |
BIO-240 | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (4,1) | 4 |
BIO-253 | MICROBIOLOGY HEALTH SCIENCES | 3 |
MAT-152 | ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | 3 |
PSY-281 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
PSY-283 | DEVELOPMENTAL 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-180 | INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL LITERACY | 3 |
PHI-353 | BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS | 3 |
Note: ORI-100 Freshmen Seminar (1 credit) course is strongly recommended for first time freshmen students.