FLCC Nursing Advising Guide for Transfer Students

Traditional B.S. Nursing Program

Nursing Prerequisite Course Requirements

Finger Lakes and Fisher Courses Equivalencies for Nursing Program
Finger Lakes Community College Course Fisher Equivalent Course
BIO 171 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 131 & 131L - Anatomy & Physiology I (with lab)
BIO 172 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL 132 & 132L - Anatomy & Physiology II (with lab)
BIO 230 - Microbiology BIOL 107 - Microbes & Disease
CHM 121 - General Chemistry I CHEM 120 - Introduction to Chemistry
MAT 121 or MAT 200 - Statistics ECON 221 - Statistics I
NS 115 - Introduction to Nutrition BIOL 108 - Fundamentals of Nutrition
PSY 200 - Developmental Psychology PSYC 231 - Development Across the Lifespan
PHL 103 - Ethics PHIL 124 - Introductory Ethics

Additional liberal arts courses from humanities, social sciences, math/natural science, and other liberal arts courses to reach a total minimum of 60 liberal arts hours. Please contact an admissions counselor at Fisher and your advisor at FLCC to review options for completing this requirement.

Application to Begin the Clinical Year

Students must first apply to the University and upon acceptance, will be directed to submit supplemental materials as required by the Wegmans School of Nursing. Formal 2+2 applicants must submit all nursing application materials no later than April 1 for fall admission (September start) and September 1 for spring admission (January start).

  • To be considered for admission to the clinical portion of the program, students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
  • Nursing prerequisite GPA of at least 2.4 (average of all attempts of the eight prerequisite courses listed above).
  • Note: Cumulative GPA is calculated using all undergraduate college-level coursework.
  • Score 84% or higher on the Math Assessment Level A exam (two attempts allowed).

Last Updated: 2024