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Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2014-2015
requirement, environmental study students must complete their first
year requirements at Duke University in order to receive the degree from
Birmingham-Southern. Students who do not complete their first year at
Duke University will not receive a degree from Birmingham-Southern
unless they return to the College and complete the requirements for
another major as well as any remaining graduation requirements.
Dual Degree in Nursing
Susan Buckingham, Advisor
Students who participate in this dual degree program attend
Birmingham-Southern College for three years, 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, the requirements for which are listed below:
Biology/Pre-Nursing (9 units):
BI 115
BI 125 or HON 126
BI 215
BI 225
BI 303
BI 304
Human Anatomy (taken off campus)
one BI elective
CH 120 or CH 149
Biology/pre-nursing students are strongly encouraged to choose their
elective from the following: BI 301, 402, 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.
