Associate in General Education - Nursing (A1030N)
The Associate in General Education (AGE)-Nursing program is designed for students who wish to begin their studies toward the Associate Degree in Nursing and a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing as based on Blocks 1 through 3 of the Uniform Articulation Agreement between the University of North Carolina’s Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs and the North Carolina Community College Associate Degree Nursing Programs which was approved by the State Board of Community Colleges and the UNC Board of Governors in February 2015. The AGE-Nursing (A1030N) is a planned program of study consisting of a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit (SHC) of courses.
Students who choose this program of study may take courses that are also required in the Associate Degree Nursing program, but a student in the (AGE)- Nursing program of study has not been accepted into the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program. These are two different programs of study. Students who wish to apply to the Associate Degree Nursing program should find the Associate Degree Nursing (A45110) page in the catalog.
A student who completes both the ADN program with a GPA of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in the AGE-Nursing courses listed below, and who holds a current unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina will have fulfilled the UNC institutions lower-division general education requirements as well as nursing program entry requirements. However, because nursing program admissions are competitive, no student is guaranteed admission to the student's program of choice.
This curriculum complies with the standard approved by the State Board of Community Colleges.
Students may be required to take developmental courses in Math and/or English as a result of high school GPA or pre-enrollment placement tests. Therefore, the student may need more than the minimum number of semester hours listed for graduation. Consult a program advisor for more information.
English Composition (6 SHC)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Humanities/Fine Arts (9 SHC)
(Select 6 semester credit hours from the following)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ART 111 Art Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ART 114 Art History Survey I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ART 115 Art History Survey II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
MUS 110 Music Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Literature
(Select 3 semester credit hours from the following)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENG 231 American Literature I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ENG 232 American Literature II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Social/Behavioral Sciences (15 SHC)
The following three courses are required (9 SHC)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PSY 150 General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PSY 241 Developmental Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Sociology (03 Credits)
(Select 3 semester credit hours from the following)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SOC 213 Sociology of the Family | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
SOC 220 Social Problems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
History
(Select 3 semester credit hours from the following)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIS 111 World Civilizations I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
HIS 112 World Civilizations II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
HIS 131 American History I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
HIS 132 American History II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Natural Sciences (15-16 SHC)
Anatomy and Physiology
(8 semester credit hours required)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIO 168 Anatomy and Physiology I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
BIO 169 Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Microbiology
(3-4 semester credit hours required)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIO 175 General Microbiology | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Chemistry
(4 semester credit hours required)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHM131 Introduction to Chemistry AND CHM 131A Introduction to Chemistry Lab* | 3 AND 0 or | 0 AND 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 AND 1 or |
Mathematics
(7-8 semester credit hours required)
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAT 152 Statistical Methods I | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Other Required Hours (7-8 SHC)
Academic Transition (1 SHC)
All AGE-Nursing students are required to take the following course. Course should preferably be taken the first semester, but no later than the second semester.
course | class | lab | Clinic | work Exp. | credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACA 122 College Transfer Success | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Transfer Elective (6-7 SHC)
Electives must be selected from the Transfer Course List in the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement which is located at:
http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/academic-programs-college-transferarticulation-agreements
(Suggested electives include foreign language, speech, culture, and computer science)
*Denotes a corequisite, course cannot be taken by itself.
Total Semester Credit Hours in Program: 60