Southern Illinois University Carbondale
B.S.N. Nursing - B.S.N. Accelerated Track · Carbondale, IL · school's own site (opens the school's website in a new tab)
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Prerequisites
The courses SIU Carbondale says you need before you start, as published on its own pages. Credits, labs, and minimum grades are shown where the school states them.
- 01General PsychologyIntro to Psychology · PSYC 102
source · catalog.siu.edu
“PSYC 102 (Introduction to Psychology)”
credits3min gradeC - 02College AlgebraCollege Algebra · MATH 106 or MATH 108
source · catalog.siu.edu
“MATH 106 or MATH 108 (College Algebra Enhanced or College Algebra)”
credits3min gradeC - 03Anatomy & Physiology IAnatomy & Physiology I (or Anatomy) · PHSL 240AMust be less than 5 years old. PHSL 240A and PHSL 240B total 8 credit hours.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Anatomy & Physiology I (or Anatomy)*”
min gradeC - 04Anatomy & Physiology IIAnatomy & Physiology II (or Physiology) · PHSL 240BMust be less than 5 years old. PHSL 240A and PHSL 240B total 8 credit hours.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Anatomy & Physiology II (or Physiology)*”
min gradeC - 05General ChemistryChemistry or Intro to Chemical Principles/Gen Chemistry Lab · CHEM 140A or CHEM 200/CHEM 201The CHEM 200/201 option includes a lab.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“CHEM 140A (Chemistry) or CHEM 200/CHEM 201 (Intro to Chemical Principles and Lab)”
credits4min gradeC - 06MicrobiologyMicrobiology · MICR 201Must be less than 5 years old.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“MICR 201 (Elementary Microbiology)”
credits4min gradeC - 07NutritionNutrition · HND 101
source · catalog.siu.edu
“HND 101 (Personal Nutrition)”
credits2min gradeC - 08Medical TerminologyMedical Terminology · AH 105
source · catalog.siu.edu
“AH 105 (Medical Terminology)”
credits2min gradeC - 09OtherManagerial Epidemiology and Population Health · HCM 302Epidemiology; this course is a prerequisite to HCM 340.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“HCM 302 (prerequisite to HCM 340), Managerial Epidemiology and Population Health”
min gradeC
Minimum prerequisite grade
C or higher
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Completion of prerequisite courses or registered to complete prerequisite courses with a C or higher by end of summer session preceding fall nursing courses, with * courses less than 5 years old.”
Prerequisites in progress
Prerequisites may be in progress at application if completed by the end of the summer session before fall nursing courses
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Completion of prerequisite courses or registered to complete prerequisite courses with a C or higher by end of summer session preceding fall nursing courses, with * courses less than 5 years old.”
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Do prerequisites expire?
Course age limit
Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy & Physiology II and Microbiology must be less than 5 years old
No reference date is stated.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Completion of prerequisite courses or registered to complete prerequisite courses with a C or higher by end of summer session preceding fall nursing courses, with * courses less than 5 years old.”
Course attempt limits Not published. Confirm with the school.
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GPA and grades
Minimum cumulative GPA for admission
3.0
Admission is competitive.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Verify a cumulative GPA of 3.0”
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Is there an entrance exam?
Entrance exam
HESI-A2 required
No minimum score is published.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Register for and take the HESI-A2 Admission Assessment. Detailed instructions are available on the Nursing Homepage . Follow the instructions carefully. Failure to carefully follow instructions could result in SIUC BSN program being unable to access your test scores.”
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Where can courses be taken?
Online lab policy Not published. Confirm with the school.
Pass/fail policy Not published. Confirm with the school.
Credit by exam Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Application deadlines and start dates
Upcoming cycles SIU Carbondale publishes. A date without a year on the school's page is noted rather than guessed.
Fall cohortDeadline not publishedNo application deadline is printed. Selection begins the first week of December each year, and nursing courses start in fall. Prerequisites must be completed by the end of the summer session before fall nursing courses. No exact month-day dates are given.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Nursing applicants are placed in an applicant pool and the School of Health Sciences notifies students once they are accepted to the Nursing program. The selection process begins in the first week of December annually.”
Application route Not published. Confirm with the school. Our two readings of the page disagreed (“No; apply through the SIUC undergraduate admission application and select Nursing as the major” vs “SIUC undergraduate admission application (not NursingCAS)”), so we are not publishing a value yet.
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Cost
Tuition and fees as the school publishes them. Living costs vary; the source link has the full table.
Tuition Not published. Confirm with the school.
Course fees Not published. Confirm with the school. Our two readings of the page disagreed (“Elsevier fees of $1,026.33 for NUR 300 and NUR 400 and $876.33 for NUR 415; $150 lab fees on several courses” vs “NUR 300 and NUR 400 each carry a $1,026.33 Elsevier fee; several courses carry $150 lab fees”), so we are not publishing a value yet.
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Other requirements
What the school asks for beyond courses and scores.
Prior credit / degree
A minimum of 70 completed credit hours; a prior bachelor's degree is not strictly required
The degree table says the University Core Curriculum is 'Typically satisfied with incoming Bachelor's Degree. If no Bachelor's Degree, University Core Curriculum must be met'.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Verify completion of a minimum of 70 credit hours”
- Students may need to purchase a clinical management system account for clinical placement.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Students may be required to purchase and develop an account within a clinical management system for clinical placement.”
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Good to know
What the school says about the program that is not a requirement: how it selects, how many it admits, what to expect.
Delivery format
Primarily face-to-face with some online courses
source · catalog.siu.edu
“This track will primarily be delivered through face-to-face format with some courses in an online format.”
Start term
Fall
Fall start is implied by the reference to 'fall nursing courses'.
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Completion of prerequisite courses or registered to complete prerequisite courses with a C or higher by end of summer session preceding fall nursing courses, with * courses less than 5 years old.”
Advisor appointment
Applicants should make an appointment with the Nursing program advisor (mkartje@siu.edu)
source · catalog.siu.edu
“Make an appointment with the Nursing program Advisor at mkartje@siu.edu”
Competitive admission
Competitive; admission to SIUC does not guarantee admission to Nursing
source · catalog.siu.edu
“The Nursing programs utilizes a competitive admission process and admission to SIUC does not guarantee admission to the Nursing program.”
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Sources
Every page we read for SIU Carbondale, with when we last checked it. Tier 1 is the program's own pages; tier 2 the nursing school's general pages; tier 3 university-wide pages.
- Nursing Requirements | 2026-2027 Academic Catalog | SIUtier 1 · program page · checked Oct 15, 2026
- SIU Admissions and Aidtier 1 · how to apply · checked Oct 15, 2026
- https://catalog.siu.edu/programs/nur/index.pdftier 1 · pdf · checked Oct 15, 2026PDF text truncated (15 pages)
- https://catalog.siu.edu/programs/nur/requirements.pdftier 1 · pdf · checked Oct 15, 2026
- 2026-2027 Academic Catalog | Southern Illinois Universitytier 3 · catalog · checked Oct 15, 2026
- SIU Web Privacy Policy | Policies | SIUtier 3 · policy · checked Oct 15, 2026
Open questions we're still checking
- No application deadline or opening date is published; only that selection begins in the first week of December annually.
- No minimum HESI-A2 score is published.
- The track admits students with at least 70 credit hours; a prior bachelor's degree is not strictly required.
- Individual credit hours for A&P I and II are not split (PHSL 240A and B total 8 credits), and lab requirements are not stated.
- It is unclear whether outside equivalents of HCM 302 are accepted.
- Tuition is not published on these pages.
- No specific application deadline is published; only that selection begins the first week of December annually.
- No HESI-A2 minimum score is published.
- Tuition for the accelerated track is not published on these pages.
- Lab requirements for A&P and chemistry (for transfer courses) are not stated.
- Two readings of the page disagreed on uses_nursingcas: No; apply through the SIUC undergraduate admission application and select Nursing as the major | SIUC undergraduate admission application (not NursingCAS).
- Two readings of the page disagreed on other: Elsevier fees of $1,026.33 for NUR 300 and NUR 400 and $876.33 for NUR 415; $150 lab fees on several courses | NUR 300 and NUR 400 each carry a $1,026.33 Elsevier fee; several courses carry $150 lab fees.
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