Previously Approved Prerequisites for Accelerated B.S. in Nursing Program

Anatomy & Physiology I and II (4 credits with lab for each)

Prerequisite must be completed within 10 years prior to the program start date.

UMass Amherst courses:

• KIN 270 (4 cr) Anatomy & Physiology I w/Lab: Study of the structure and function of cell, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems in the human body. Integration and regulations of system function from an applied perspective through clinical applications.
• KIN 272 (4 cr) Anatomy & Physiology II w/Lab: Study of structure and function of the following systems: endocrine, digestive, urinary, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Integration and regulation of system function from an applied perspective through clinical applications.

Pre-approved Equivalents:

• Asheville-Buncombe Tech CC: Bio 168; A&PI
• Bay Path College: BIO 150 & 151
• Bergen Community College: Biology 109/Biology 115
• Berkshire Community College: A+P 1 & 2 = Bio 201 & 20
• Bunker Hill Community College: BIO 203 and 204, A & P 1 & 2 w/labs
• Bristol Community College: BIO 33/34
• California State Northridge: Physiology; Biology 281
• California Polytech State University: Zoo 331, 332
• Capital Community College (CT): BIO G211-G212
• Cape Cod Community College: MB 107 + 108
• College of Southern Nevada: Biol223/224
• Colorado Community College (online): BIO 201/202
• Community College of Denver: BIO201/202
• Community College of RI: BIOL 1010/BIOL 1020), 8 cr
• Community College of VT: Bio2011/2012
• Community College of Morris, NJ: Bio 101 + 102
• Delgado Community College: Biol 251/252/253/254
• Educational Credential Evaluators, Milwaukee (ECE): A&P I and II courses
• Front Range Community College: BIO201/202
• Geneseo College: Anatomy 4 credits (Bio 367 & lab, Bio 208)
• Goodwin College: Bio 211, 212
• Greenfield Community College: Bio 195 & 196 OR Bio 215 & 216
• Holyoke Community College: A&P 1&2 = Bio 117 and 118
• Hudson County Community College (NJ): Bio 1111Y + 2111A
• Johns Hopkins University: A&P 1
• LaGuardia Community College: SCB 208 and SCB 204
• Lebanon College: SCI1210, SCI211
• Manchester Community College: BIOL110&120
• Mass Bay Community College: BI 115 and BI 116, A & P I and I
• Massasoit Community College: Bio 31-201 - 31-202
• Miami University: Zoo201/Zoo305. Must take both.
• Middlesex Community College: SC 2116-A & P II
• Mt. Wachusett Community College: Bio 203 & 204
• New York University: N41.007
• North Shore Community College: BIO 103 and 104
• Northern Essex Community College: BIO 121-122
• Northern Virginia Community College: BIO231/232
• Portage: A&P1 & 2 (BIOD 151 and BIOD 152)
• Quincy College: Bio 131, 132, 141, 142
• Quinsigamond Community College: Bio 111+112)
• Regis College: BI 105 and BI 106 w/labs
• Roxbury Community College: Sci 201 + 202
• Salem State University: Bio 200 + Bio 201
• Springfield Technical Community College (STCC): Bio 132 + 232 also Bio 138+238 / (Bio130/131 & Bio 132/133)
• Southern California University of Health Sciences (Integrated Science Program): Bio 201/202
• Southern Maine Community College: Bio130/131 & Bio 132/133
• Tarrant County College (TX): BIOL2401/2401L and BIOL2402/2402L
• Temple University: Kinesio100 & 101
• Three Rivers Community College: (CT): BIO K211/BIO K212
• Truckee Meadows Community College: Bio 223 A&P
• University of Akron: 3100:202 and 202
• University of New Mexico: Bio 237+238 w/ 247L AND 248L
• University of Connecticut (UConn): 264/265 or 274/275
• UMass Boston: BIOL 207-208
• UMass Dartmouth: CHEM 101-02
• UMass Lowell: 35-101/35-102
• University of Michigan: Nursing 210
• University of Washington: Bio Structure 301+Bio 118/119
• University of New Hampshire: OOL 507/508
• University of Phoenix: BIO/290 and BIO/291, A&P I & II
• Western Connecticut State University: Biol 105 and 106, A & P I & II
• Westfield University: BIOL 237/239
• Wilbur Wright College: BIO226/227
• William & Mary: HHP 210 (3 credits); HHP 210L (1 credit) or HHP 211L (1 credit); HHP 320 (3 credits); HHP 320L (1 credit)
• Worcester State College: BIO 161 & 16

Don't see your institution or course pre-approved here? In one email, send a syllabus for each course to be considered for approval along with the institution's name to nursing@UMass.edu.

Microbiology – 3 credits (no lab needed)

Prerequisite must be completed within 5 years prior to the application deadline.

UMass Amherst course:

• Microbiology 255 (4 cr): With lab. Basic concepts of microbiology with emphasis on microbial pathogenesis and immunity. Medically important microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, viruses, rickettsia, protozoa, and the diseases which they produce. Laboratory exercises develop fundamental skills in aseptic technique, microscopy, pure culture study, and the isolation and identification of pathogenic microorganisms. (Gen.Ed. BS)
• Microbio310 AND 390B
• Microbio 310 AND 312
• Microbio310 AND 265 (lab)
• Food-Sci 466

Pre-approved Prerequisites:

• American International College: Bio 213 & Bio 213LB
• Asnuntuck Community College: Microbio 235
• Atlantic Cape Community College: Bio 203
• Becker College: BI 252
• Berkshire Community College:  Bio 207
• Boston College: BI 22001
• Boston University: BI 114
• Brigham Young University Hawaii: 220. Microbiology (3) and 220L Microbiology lab.
• Bristol Community College: Bio 39
• Bunker Hill Community College: Bio 205
• California State University Chico: Biol 211
• Cape Cod Community College: MB 219
• Capital Community College (CT): Bio G235
• College of Southern Nevada: Biol251
• Colorado Community College (Denver): Bio 204
• Community College of Rhode Island: Biol 2210
• Community College of Morris New Jersey: Bio 310215
• Dean College: Bio 211
• Fitchburg State University: Bio 2700
• Framingham State University: U23307
• Front Range Community College: Bio 204
• Greenfield Community College: Bio 205
• Holyoke Community College: Biol 229
• Johns Hopkins University: NR.110.203
• Lemoyne College: Bio 205
• Manchester Community College: Biol 210
• Marist College: Biol 312
• Massasoit Community College: Bio 231
• Mass Bay Community College: Bio 223
• Middlesex Community College: SC 2123/BIO 235/32
• Mt. Wachusett Community College: Bio 205
• North Shore Community College: Bio 110
• Northern Virginia Community College: BIO231/232)
• Oberlin College: BIOL 213 with BIOL 337
• Philadelphia Community College: Bio 241
• Portage Learning: BIOD 171
• Quincy College: Bio 151 + 152
• Quinsigamond Community College: Bio 232 or Bio 231
• Regis College: BI 108
• Roxbury Community College: Sci 20-204
• Salem State University: Bio 304
• Smith College: Bio 254 or 204
• Southern California University of Health Sciences (Integrated Science Program): Bio301
• Springfield Technical Community College (STCC): Bio 235
• Tarrant County College: BIOL 2420/2420L
• University of Connecticut (UConn): MCB 2610
• University of Hawaii Manoa: Micr 130+140, General Microbiology + lab
• UMass Boston: BIOL 209
• University of New Mexico: Bio 239 L
• University of Southern Florida: MCB3020C
• Westchester Community College: Biol 215 & 216
• Westfield State University: Bio 0223
• Wilbur Wright College: Bio 233
• William & Mary: BIOL 306 (4 credits)
• Worcester State University: BI 204 E1 or BI 206

Don't see your institution or course pre-approved here? In one email, send a syllabus for each course to be considered for approval along with the institution's name to nursing@UMass.edu.

Human Growth and Development through the Lifespan – 3 credits

Prerequisite must be completed within 10 years prior to the application deadline.

UMass Amherst course:

• Nursing 210 – Life Span Growth & Development: The study of human growth and development from a lifespan perspective, emphasizing the evolution of the whole individual. Gross and fine motor development, cognitive growth, language development, and social growth at each age level. The interaction of such variables as culture, ethnicity, class, and gender. Major trends and issues with a focus on individual, institutional, contextual, and cultural influences and effects. Open to non-majors.

Please note: PSYCH350 and PSYCH91 at UMass Amherst are not approved courses at this time.

Pre-approved Prerequisites:

• American International College: Psy 614 or 309
• Asnuntuck Community Tech College: Psy 102, Psy 201
• Assumption College: HRS 121
• Bay Path College: Psy205;206;345 (must take all three)
• Berkshire Community College: Psych 204
• Boston University: CAS PS 243
• Bridgewater State University: SCWK 321
• Bunker Hill Community College: Psy 213
• Camden Community College: PSY 109-Developmental Psychology
• Cape Cod Community College: HB 233
• Capital Community College (CT): PSY G201
• Chadron State University: PSYC 334-79
• CLEP Exam: Human Growth & Devt
• Colorado Community College system: PSY235
• Community College of Rhode Island: Psyc 2030
• Community College of Vermont: PSY-1050-VU02
• Delaware County Community College: Psych 210
• East TN State University: HDAL 2310
• Elms College: SWK 204
• Fitchburg State College: PSY 2200
• Front Range Community College: Psy 235
• George Washington University: PSYC2013
• Goodwin College: PSY 212
• Greenfield Community College: Psy 217
• Holyoke Community College: Psy 216
• Manchester Community College: PSY 201
• Mass Bay Community College: HLT 150 or PS 118 - Life Span Psychology
• Massasoit Community College: PSC 205
• Mass General Hospital: HPSYCH-450
• McGill University (Canada): SWRK 224
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: BIO 2924
• Montgomery County Community College: PSY*206*CC
• Mount Holyoke College: Psych 230 – Devel Psych
• Mount Wachusett Community College: Psych 110
• Northeastern University: PSY 4111
• Northern Essex Community College: Psy 118
• Northern Virginia Community College: Psy231/232
• Oakton Community College: Psy 120
• Portage: PSYC 140
• Quinsigamond Community College: Psy 121- Survey of Life Span Development); Also, Psy 160
• Quincy College: Psych 216- Growth & Development
• Rochester University (Evantage): NSG305
• Rutgers University: 01:830:330
• Salem State College: Psy 218 + 322
• Springfield College: Psyc 109
• Springfield Technical Community College (STCC): PSYC 210
• Saint Lawrence University: Psy 207
• Southern Maine Community College: Psy 220
• Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU): PSY 211
• Tarrant County College: PSYC2314
• Texas A&M: PBSI 225 Lifespan Development
• Truckee Meadows Community College:HDFS 201
• University of California Davis: Psc 140+HDE 100C
• University of Colorado Boulder: PSYC 4684 – Developmental Psychology
• University of Connecticut (UConn): HDFS 1070 (Human Development and Family Studies)
• University of Hawaii Manoa: Psy 240
• University of Maryland Baltimore City: Psych 306
• University of New Mexico: N224
• University of Phoenix: Psy 280
• University of Rhode Island: PSY 232 – Developmental Psych
• University of Rochester School of Nursing: NSG 305
• University of Southern Maine: HRD 200J
• Wake Forest University: Psy 241
• William Paterson University: Psy 2100-80
• Wilmington University: MCC6402

Don't see your institution or course pre-approved here? In one email, send a syllabus for each course to be considered for approval along with the institution's name to nursing@UMass.edu.

Nutrition – 3 or 4 credits

Prerequisite must be completed within 5 years prior to the application deadline.

UMass Amherst courses:

• Nutrition 130: Introduction to the science of human nutrition and the relationship of food and nutrients to health and disease. Topics covered include digestion, and functions of macro and micronutrients as well as current recommendations for nutrient intake. We will also discuss energy balance and weight control. 4 credits. (Gen.Ed. BS)
• Nutrition 230: Basic Nutrition Basic principles of human nutrition. Energy needs. Chemical structures, physical characteristics, and metabolism of protein, carbohydrate, lipids, minerals, and vitamins. Human requirements at various ages. Food sources. Effects of deficiency or excess on health. Prerequisites: general biology and chemistry; organic chemistry concurrent.

Pre-approved Prerequisites:

• Asnuntuck Community Technical College: Bio 110, Bio 111 (online)
• Atlantic Cape Community College: ALHT 108 (online)
• Berkshire Community College: AHS 150
• Boston University: HS251
• Bunker Hill Community College: BIO 111
• Brookdale Community College: (NJ): HESC-115
• Camden Community College:  (NJ): FNS-105
• Cape Cod Community College: TH 201, HEA201-20
• Capital Community College (CT): Bio 111
• Community College of Denver: HWE 100
• Community College of Vermont: BIO-1030-VU03
• El Paso Community College: HECO 1322
• Front Range Community College (CO): HWE 100
• Greenfield Community College: Bio 130
• Holyoke Community College: NTR 101, NTR 104 or CUL 203
• Colorado Community College system: HWE 100
• Kirkwood Community College: Bio 151
• Manchester Community College: Biol 150
• Massasoit Community College: Biol 138
• Mass Bay Community College: NS101
• Middlesex Community College: Bio 108
• Montgomery County Community College: ESW*206*WC
• Mount Wachusett Community College: NUT 101
• Nassau Community College: Bio 111/112
• Northern Essex Community College: Bio 103
• Northern Virginia Community College: DIT121
• Ocean Community College: NUR 174
• Penn State University: BI SC004
• Portage: BIOD 121
• Quincy College: BIO 106
• Quinsigamond Community College: BIO 241
• Regis College: NUTR 205
• Scripps College: BIO 151
• Sonoma State University: KIN 317
• Springfield College: NUTR 101
• Springfield Technical Community College (STCC): BIO142; 115
• Syracuse University: NSD 225
• Tarrant County College: FDNS1341 10/5/2017
• Truckee Meadows Community College: NUT 223
• UC Berkeley Extension: General Nutrition 63-X18
• University of Bridgeport: DNUTR 205
• University of Colorado Boulder: IPHY 3420-0
• University of Connecticut (UConn): NUSC 1165
• UMass Boston: BIO 108
• University of Hawaii Manoa: FSHN 185
• University of Phoenix: SCI 220 (online)
• University of Rhode Island: FSN 207
• University of Rochester: NSG310
• University of SC Columbia: HPEB 502
• Westfield State University: MOVP 0212 or MOVP 0332
• Wilbur Wright University: BIO 107
• William & Mary: HHP 330; HHP 331; and HHP 332
• Worcester State University: HE120

Don't see your institution or course pre-approved here? In one email, send a syllabus for each course to be considered for approval along with the institution's name to nursing@UMass.edu.

Statistics (3 credits)

Prerequisite must be completed within 10 years prior to the application deadline. Descriptive statistics, elements of probability theory, and basic ideas of statistical inference. Topics include frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, commonly occurring distributions (binomial, normal, etc.), estimation, and testing of hypotheses.

UMass Amherst courses:

• Stats 111
• Stats 240
• Res Econ 211/212 (Introductory Statistics for Social Scientists)
• Psychology 240
• Sociology 212
• Anthro 281
• Educ 276/555/656
• PubHlth 223/391B, or 540

Pre-approved Equivalents:

• Amherst College: PH 391B; ED 276; EDUC 555; EDUC 656 Statistics; Psych 240; Resource Economics 212; ANTHRO 281
• Asnuntuck Community Technical College: Stat 110
• Bay Path College: Mat 120
• Berkshire Community College: Mat 123
• Bristol Community College: MTH 19
• Boston College: EC1151 (4 cr Econ)
• Boston University: EB701
• Bowdoin College: PSYC 2520
• Bridgewater State: SCWK 375
• Brown University: BIO 0495
• Bunker Hill Community College: Math 181 or 183
• Cape Cod Community College: MA 106
• Community College of Denver: MAT 135
• Community College of Vermont: MAT 2021
• Community College of Rhode Island: MAT 1550
• County College of Morris New Jersey: Math 124
• Curry College: Math 1150
• Farmingdale University (NY): Math 110
• Fitchburg State University: Math 1700
• Front Range Community College: Mat 135
• Greenfield Community College: Math 114
• Greenville Tech College South Carolina: Math 120
• Hampshire College: NS 265
• Holyoke Community College: Math 142 or Psych 142
• Johns Hopkins: NR110.202 Biostats
• Manchester Community College: Math 202
• Marist College: Math 130
• Massachusetts Bay Community College: ST 233, MA 105
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA): Math 232-51
• Massasoit Community College: Stat 38131, Math 13110, Intro to Stats
• Middlesex Community College: MA 1113, Mat 177
• Mira Costa College (CA): Math 103
• Mount Holyoke College: Psych 201
• Nassau Community College (NY): Math 102
• North Shore Community College: Mat 203, Mat 143
• Northern Essex Community College: MA 5506
• Palomar College (CA): Math 120
• Penn State University: Stat 220/QBA 201
• Portage: Math 110
• Purdue University: SOC 38200
• Quincy College: Math 207
• Raritan Valley Community College: M222, Stats 1
• Regis College: MA 201
• Salem State University: Math 1420
• Scripps College: Econ 120
• Smith College: Gov 203
• Southern New Hampshire University: IHP 525 Biostats
• Southern Maine Community College: Mat 216
• Springfield College: AEXS 335, Math 215
• Springfield Technical Community College (STCC): Stats 142
• Syracuse University: Mat 122
• SOKA University (CA): BIO205 Biostatistics
• Tarrant County College (TX): Math 1342
• Temple University: Stats 1167
• Truckee Meadow Community College: Stats 152
• Tufts University: CH 0031
• UMass Boston: Mat 125, Psy 2270
• UMass Dartmouth: Mth 231-81
• UMass Lowell: Math 92.183.022
• University of Connecticut (UConn): Stat 1100Q
• University of Hartford: Psy 274
• University of Hawaii Hilo: Math 121
• University of Phoenix: Mth 231
• University of Rhode Island: Sta 220
• Walden University: Pubh 6033
• Westfield State University: Math 0108
• Western New England University: Math 120
• Wilmington University: Mat 201
• William & Mary:  PSYC 301 (4 credits)
• Winthrop University (SC): Quant Methods 205
• Worcester State University: Math 140, PS 275

Don't see your institution or course pre-approved here? In one email, send a syllabus for each course to be considered for approval along with the institution's name to nursing@UMass.edu.