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Professional Curriculum
The professional curriculum is offered to traditional non-licensed individuals and to licensed
individuals. An associate of applied science degree with a major in nursing is granted upon
graduation.

A student enrolled in the Accelerated Track for LPN/LPTN and Certified Paramedics is required
to have a total of seventy two (72) credits to complete the track: one (1) credit for Spiritual
Perspectives in Healthcare; thirty-one (31) credits for the required general education and science
courses; twenty-nine (29) nursing course credits; and the remaining twelve (12) credits
associated with the freshman and sophomore nursing courses are granted gratis at graduation and
recorded on the official transcript. After successful completion of the seventy-two (72) credits
the student may qualify academically for graduation candidacy.

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Freshman Credit by Validation 12

General Education
* Human Anatomy and Physiology I (Transfer) 4
* Human Anatomy and Physiology II (Transfer) 4
* Fundamental Chemistry I (Transfer) 4
* Microbiology (Transfer) 4
* English Composition I (Transfer) 3
* English Composition II (Transfer) 3
* Psychology (Transfer) 3
* College Algebra (Transfer) 3
* Computer Concepts/Sociology (Transfer) 3
Total Credits 31

SEMESTER I (Sophomore I)
* NSG 2308 Professional Nursing Transition/Adult Nursing II 8
* NSG 2307 Women’s and Children’s Health 7
* NSG 2301 Pharmacology II 1
* SPRN 0001 Spiritual Perspectives in Healthcare 1
Subtotal 17

SEMESTER II (Sophomore II)
* NSG 2407 Adult Nursing III 7
* NSG 2304 Mental Health 4
* NSG 2401 Pharmacology III for Accelerated Students 1
Subtotal 12

Total Program Credits: Accelerated Track for LPN/LPTN and Certified Paramedics:
Nursing: 29 Credit Hours
Validation: 12 Credit Hours
General Education: 31 Credit Hours
Total: 72 Credit Hours

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