Associate in Pre-Nursing Degree

I. General Requirements (minimum 18 credits):

II. Distribution Requirements (minimum 68.5 credits):

III. Electives (7 credits):

 Select from courses numbered 100 or above in order to bring the total credits to 90.

• PSYC& 200 - Lifespan Psychology 5.0 Credits OR
• SHS 185 - Human Growth and Development:CD 5.0 Credits OR
• EDUC 185 - Human Growth/Development:CD 5.0 Credits

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• Note: A five-credit course in Developmental Lifespan Psychology is required. Some BSN programs may accept only one of these classes; students should check with the program(s).

  Students are advised to consult with a faculty adviser quarterly. If transferring, you should consult with the appropriate department at the intended transferring school for entrance requirements.

   

Associate of Arts Degree Outcomes

Students will demonstrate outcomes in each of the following areas:

Written Communication

• Knowledge of Rhetoric: Writing in a clear, organized way with respect to audience, context, and purpose
• Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing: Demonstrating an understanding of the interactions among critical reading, critical thinking, and writing
• Knowledge of Processes: Producing finished writings by generating ideas, developing and revising drafts, editing texts, and proofreading final copies
• Control of Conventions: Controlling mechanics, academic conventions and documentation style appropriate to the discipline or context

Humanities

Students will apply Humanities based concepts and techniques to artistic and cultural experiences and expressions in order to make meaning, solve problems, or communicate interpretations, solutions, or insights in one or more of the following ways:

• Analyzing and critically evaluating major ideas, concepts, or trends in the Humanities
• Demonstrating knowledge of cultural practices, intellectual trends, or aesthetic productions of their own culture and other cultures
• Critically and imaginatively applying insights from Humanities studies to social, cultural, professional, or political contexts
• Developing and communicating their own intellectual, expressive, or aesthetic processes and finished work

Social Sciences

Using discipline-specific methods, student will demonstrate their engagement in a number of the following ways:

• Knowledge and understanding of the methodological foundations of a variety of the social sciences
• Organize, analyze, and critically evaluate empirical information germane to the disciplines
• Critically apply insights from the social sciences, both historical and current, to cultural, academic, professional, ethical, political, and/or individual contexts (i.e., “how does this apply to me?”)
• Develop and demonstrate a critical understanding and appreciation of the diversity and interdependence of peoples and culture

Natural Sciences

Using discipline-specific methods and modes of inquiry, students will demonstrate knowledge, comprehension, and application of science concepts in at least four of the following ways:

• Knowledge and understanding of the nature of science, including its limitations
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data appropriately
• Use mathematical reasoning and/or methods to understand the fundamental concepts of the discipline
• Use and understand specialized vocabulary and terminology to communicate scientific concepts and relationships
• Critically apply insights from science, both historical and current, to social, cultural, professional, ethical, political, and/or individual contexts

Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning

• Apply algebraic, geometric, statistical or logical reasoning to solve abstract and applied problems appropriate to an individual discipline
• Interpret mathematical, quantitative or symbolic models such as formulas, graphs, tables, schematics and computer programs, and draw inferences from them
• Employ basic symbolic or quantitative reasoning to support a position or conclusion

Health/PE

• Demonstrate logical, disciplined critical thinking strategies to resolve emergency care problems and to facilitate understand of contemporary health issues within a diverse population (or)
• Develop a lifelong exercise, nutrition and fitness program to enhance health and well-being and to improve total self-image (or)
• Develop specific performance skills, including improved strength, endurance, muscle tone, speed and reaction in selected individual and team sport activities, with emphasis on understanding group dynamics and interpersonal communication