MCC Nursing Advising Guide for Transfer Students
Traditional B.S. Nursing Program
Nursing Prerequisite Course Requirements
| Monroe Community College Course | Fisher Equivalent Course |
|---|---|
| BIO 144 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I | BIOL 131 & 131L - Anatomy & Physiology I (with lab) |
| BIO 145 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II | BIOL 132 & 132L - Anatomy & Physiology II (with lab) |
| BIO 202 - Microbiology | BIOL 107 - Microbes & Disease |
| BIO 117 OR 217 - Consumer Nutrition/Nutrition | BIOL 108 - Fundamentals of Nutrition |
| CHE 124 OR 151 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry / College Chemistry I | CHEM 120 - Introduction to Chemistry |
| MTH 160 - Statistics I OR MTH 162 Statistics for the Social Sciences | ECON 221 - Statistics I |
| PSY 212 - Developmental Psychology - Lifespan | PSYC 231 - Development Across the Lifespan |
Choose PHL 103 (Ethics) or PHL 250 (Professional Ethics) or PHL 255 (Professional Ethics for Science and Medicine)
Additional liberal arts courses (mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and foreign language) to reach a total minimum of 60 liberal arts hours. Please contact an admissions counselor at Fisher and your advisor at MCC to review options for completing this requirement.
Application to Begin the Clinical Year
Priority review of completed nursing applications begins April 1. Applicants enrolled in participating 2+2 nursing programs must have all documentation submitted no later than April 1 if applying to begin the program in the fall. All other applicants will be reviewed on a space available basis for fall and alternatively for the spring semester. Review of completed applications will continue for both the fall and spring semesters as capacity allows.
- To be considered for admission to the clinical portion of the program students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 with preference to (GPA) of 3.0.
- Grade of C or higher required in each of the seven nursing prerequisite courses listed above and at least a cumulative prerequisite GPA of 2.4.
- Ethics, with a grade of C or higher, must be completed prior to beginning the program.
- 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: 2023/2024