University of Colorado COLLEGE OF NURSING
Prerequisite Information
COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Arapahoe Community College
Community College of Denver
Morgan Community College
Pikes Peak Community College
Trinidad State Junior College
Colorado Northwestern Community College
Front Range Community College
Northeastern Junior College
Pueblo Community College
Community College of Aurora
Lamar Community College
Otero Junior College
Red Rocks Community College
Courses listed below are available at the Colorado Community College System and satisfy the specific prerequisite course
requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Science Program at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. Applicants
without a Bachelor Degree are required to complete the prerequisite courses listed below by the application deadline.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree are only required to complete the first 5 prerequisites by the application deadline.
* Either General Chemistry or the Science requirement must have an associated lab.
Prerequisite Courses
Approved Course
Anatomy
BIO 201-4
Human Anatomy and Physiology I
Physiology
BIO 202-4
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Microbiology
Microbiology OR General College Microbiology
Statistics
BIO 204-4 OR
BIO 208-5
MAT 135-3
General Chemistry *
CHE 101-5
Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab
College Algebra
MAT 121-4
General Sociology
SOC 101-3
One course from the following: biology, biochemistry,
organic chemistry, genetics, or physics.
College Algebra (MAT 030-MAT 120 DO NOT
FULFILL THIS REQUIREMENT)
Introduction to Sociology I
General Psychology
PSY 101-3
Introduction to Psychology I
Developmental Psychology
PSY 235-3 OR
PSY 237-3 AND
PSY 239-3
ANT 101-3
Human Growth and Development OR Child and
Adolescent Psychology AND
Adolescent and Adult Development
Cultural Anthropology OR a course in multicultural
studies
ENG 122-3
English Composition II
HWE 100-3
One non-performance course in fine arts, music,
theatre, literature, film, or other creative arts. Or a
third or fourth level language course with a literature
component.
Human Nutrition
Science *
Cultural Anthropology or Multicultural
Studies
English Composition II
Creative Arts
Human Nutrition
Political Science, History, Microeconomics,
Philosophy, or Foreign Language
Introduction to Statistics
Two courses are required. A foreign language course
is strongly recommended. Each course must be from
a different subject area.
NOTE: For applicants without a Bachelor Degree, prerequisite courses may or may not total 60 semester credit
hours. The remainder of the required 60 semester hours may be selected from most academic disciplines; we will
not accept any commercial, vocational, or doctrinal courses in religion. Please contact the College of Nursing if
there are any discrepancies on this list from offerings in your school’s catalog.
Office of Student Affairs and Diversity
College of Nursing
303-724-1812
Web site: http://www.nursing.ucdenver.edu/
Revised 6/2010