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Prerequisite requirements vary between schools.

  • Check requirements for each school
  • Some accelerated nursing programs may have additional requirements and/or recommended courses
  • Some courses are not offered at Berkeley
  • To find a list of nursing programs, please check the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Member Program Directory
  • We strongly recommend you compile a list of your interested programs in order to keep track of required courses

UC Berkeley courses that most students use to fulfill requirements

General Chemistry, 1 semester of general chemistry with lab

Chem 1A/1AL and Chem 1B

Biology, 2 semesters with lab

Bio 1B and 1A/1AL (while not many programs require general biology, these courses are a prerequisite to upper-division biology coursework at Berkeley)

Microbiology, 1 semester with lab

MCB C112/112L

PH 162 (offered Summer and Fall)

Human Anatomy, 1 semester with lab

IB 131/131L

Physiology, 1 semester with lab

MCB 32, MCB 32L: Introduction to Human Physiology; Introduction to Human Physiology Laboratory

IB 132, IB 132L: Human Physiology; Human Physiology Laboratory.

MCB 136, MCB 133L: Physiology; Physiology and Cell Biology Laboratory

Nutrition, 1 semester

NSTX 10

Statistics, 1 semester

Stat 2

English, 2 semesters

R1A/R1B (any R&C sequence)

Humanities, Social & Behavioral Science, most schools require 1 semester of an introductory course in psych and additional social science coursework

Psych 1 or Psych 2
and
Soc 1

Lifespan/Human Development Psychology, some schools require this course

Not offered at UC Berkeley– we recommend taking at a community college

Oral Communication, some schools require this course

Not offered at UC Berkeley– we recommend taking at a community college