Registered Nurse Associate Degree

 

Associate Degree Requirements

NOTE: All courses in the major must be completed with a "C" grade or higher. Prerequisite science courses (Anatomy, Physiology and Microbiology) must have a minimum combined GPA of 2.5. 

 

Course

Title

Units

Nursing 118

Nursing Pharmacology 

2

Nursing 120

Fundamentals of Nursing

8

Nursing 130

Medical-Surgical Nursing I

5

Nursing 132

Obstetric and Pediatric Nursing

5

Nursing 220

Medical-Surgical Nursing II

5.5

Nursing 222

Psychiatric and Community Health Nursing

5.5

Nursing 230

Medical-Surgical Nursing III

8

Biology 144 and

Anatomy and Physiology I and

4

Biology 145

Anatomy and Physiology II

4

OR

Biology 140 and

Human Anatomy and

(5)

Biology 141 and

Human Physiology and

(3)

Biology 141L 

Human Physiology Lab

(1)

Biology 152

Paramedical Microbiology

5

Comm 122

Public Speaking

3

OR

Comm 120

Interpersonal Communication

(3)

English 120

College Composition and Reading

3

OR

English 124

Advanced Composition: Critical Reasoning and Writing

(3)

OR

 

 

ESL 122

College Rhetoric

(6)

Psychology 120 

Introductory Psychology

3

Sociology 114

Introduction to Sociology of Minority Group Relations

3

OR

Sociology 120

Introductory Sociology

(3)

 TOTAL REQUIRED

64-68

 

Plus General Education
Requirements for Nursing Majors

 

*6 units=

3 units Quantitative Reasoning (Math 103 or higher)

 

6*

 TOTAL REQUIRED

70-74