School Nurse Certificate Program

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing

Admissions and Prerequisites

Admissions Requirements: For Illinois nurses interested in ISBE Type 73 School Nurse Certification, in order to be admitted, you must:



1. Have an Illinois RN license, a BSN including required course content (grades of B or better in the required course content), and an overall GPA of 2.75 in the last 60 hours of your BSN.



Required course content:



* Public Health Nursing (Public Health Nursing Theory, Practice, or Community)

* Human Growth and Development (Human Development or Child Health Nursing)

* Social Science (Sociology, Psychology, or Cultural Anthropology)

* Mental Health (Mental Health Nursing, Psych Nursing, Child or Adolescent Psychology)



2. Pass two education courses (typically not part of the BSN):
Educational Psychology and Exceptional Child. Use our self-evaluation tool to see if your coursework meets the course requirements!



3. Pass the ISBE Test of Basic Skills, which is administered by the Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS).



4. Apply and be accepted as a non-degree student to both the UIC College of Nursing and the UIC Graduate School. Find out exactly how to apply.



5. Have basic computer skills. No student will be admitted who is not proficient in the following: e-mail, attachments, word processing, cutting and pasting, search engines, web resources, etc.

Application Procedures

Once a student has been admitted to UIC, students must register via the Web for Student system (Banner). Students should consult with their academic advisor for questions regarding in which courses to register.