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
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