Accelerated Second Career Nursing Program
Admission Requirements
To be considered for the Second Career Program, applicants must have:
- Bachelor's or a graduate/advanced degree from an accredited institution
- 3.0 GPA minimum (highly recommended)
Applicants must also complete the following prerequisites prior to application or complete them by the start of the program if offered admission:
- Prerequisites in general requirements and social sciences:
- English Composition
- Family Concepts*
- Normal Nutrition*
- Developmental Psychology*
- Statistics (The statistics course must have been completed within the past five years at a 4-year institution)
- 2 social sciences, an introductory and an upper-level course or two upper-level courses (Courses must be taken in the following fields: anthropology, psychology, sociology)
- Electives
- Prerequisites in clinical sciences:
- Anatomy & Physiology*
- Organic-Biochemistry
- Pharmacology*
- Pathophysiology* (6 credits) (Without 6 credits of pathophysiology, students must have credits in microbiology and/or genetics in addition to pathophysiology for a cumulative total of at least 6 credit hours)
Please note that all clinical science courses must have been completed within the past 7 years to count for program credit.
* These courses may be satisfied through passing a proficiency exam. Please e-mail sn-osams@umich.edu for additional information.
Application Requirements
Undergraduate Admission Application | The application will be available in early spring 2013. The Second Career Program will begin during winter 2014. |
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Application Required Supporting Material | Resume Official transcripts from high school and all colleges previously attended for bachelor's and post-bachelor's degrees Send transcripts to: Office of Undergraduate Admissions 1220 Student Activities Building 515 East Jefferson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316 |
Standardized Test(s) | SAT 1 or ACT (including writing test/section) Send test score directly to the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor using the following:
If you did not take the SAT or the ACT in high school, these scores are not a required element of your application. International students must also submit scores from the TOEFL, IELTS, or MELAB. For details, see the Entrance Exams webpage. |
See full academic program description.
Attend a Second Career Information Session to learn more.


