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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2016-2017
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College, completing general education requirements for the baccalaureate degree,
prerequisite courses for admission to the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University, and
course requirements for the biology/pre-nursing major. Students apply for admission to
the School of Nursing in the fall term of their junior year. If accepted, the student enrolls
at Vanderbilt in the fall term of the following year. After successfully completing the fall
and spring semesters of generalist nursing courses at Vanderbilt University, the student is
awarded the baccalaureate degree from Birmingham-Southern College. The student then
continues for an additional four semesters (summer, fall, spring, and summer) to earn a
Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University.
While at Birmingham-Southern College, students in the program major in biology/pre-
nursing.
Biology/Pre-Nursing (9 units):
BI 115
BI 125 or HON 126
BI 215
BI 225
BI 303
BI 304
CH 120 or CH 149
human anatomy (taken off campus)
one BI elective
Biology/pre-nursing students are strongly encouraged to choose their elective from the
following: BI 301, BI 402, or BI 442.
All pre-nursing students are strongly encouraged to participate in the pre-health
internship.
Additional Vanderbilt prerequisites are required. Contact the College’s health professions
program advisor for additional information.
COURSES
The discipline abbreviations in courses below are those used by Birmingham-Southern
College for permanent records and class schedules. The number in parentheses after
each course indicates the amount of credit given for the course. Units of credit earned
at Birmingham-Southern College may be translated into conventional semester-hour
credits by multiplying the indicated figure by four. They may be translated into
conventional quarter-hour credits by multiplying the indicated figure by six.
Prerequisites for courses follow their descriptions; if no such designation
appears after a description, that course has no prerequisites.