Associate in General Education-Nursing (A1030N)

The Associate in General Education (AGE)-Nursing is designed for students who wish to begin their study toward the Associate in Nursing degree and a Baccalaureate 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 shall be granted for a planned program of study consisting of a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit (SHC) of courses.
A student who completes an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Nursing 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 program of his or her choice.

General Education Core

English Composition (6 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
ENG 111	Writing and Inquiry	3	0	3
ENG 112	Writing/Research in the Disc	3	0	3
	or
ENG 114	Professional Research & Reporting	3	0	3

Humanities (6 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
ART 111	Art Appreciation	3	0	3
ART 114	Art History Survey I	3	0	3
ART 115	Art History Survey II	3	0	3
ENG 231	American Literature I	3	0	3
ENG 232	American Literature II	3	0	3
MUS 110	Music Appreciation	3	0	3
MUS 112	Introduction to Jazz	3	0	3
PHI 215	Philosophical Issues	3	0	3
PHI 240	Introduction to Ethics	3	0	3

Social/Behavioral Sciences (15 SHC)

Group 1 (9 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
PSY 150	General Psychology	3	0	3
PSY 241	Developmental Psychology	3	0	3
SOC 210	Introduction to Sociology	3	0	3

Group 2 (3 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
SOC 213	Sociology of the Family	3	0	3
SOC 220	Social Problems	3	0	3

Group 3 (3 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
HIS 111	World Civilizations I	3	0	3
HIS 112	World Civilizations II	3	0	3
HIS 131	American History I	3	0	3
HIS 132	American History II	3	0	3

Natural Sciences (15 SHC)

Natural Sciences

		Class	Lab	Credit
CHM 131	Introduction to Chemistry	3	0	3
CHM 131A	Introduction to Chemistry Lab	0	3	1
	or
CHM 151	General Chemistry I	3	3	4

Natural Sciences - Biology

		Class	Lab	Credit
BIO 168	Anatomy and Physiology I	3	3	4
BIO 169	Anatomy and Physiology II	3	3	4
BIO 275	Microbiology	3	3	4

Mathematics (7 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
MAT 143	Quantitative Literacy	2	2	3
	or
MAT 171	Precalculus Algebra	3	2	4
MAT 152	Statistical Methods I	3	2	4

Academic Requirement (1 SHC)

		Class	Lab	Credit
ACA 122	College Transfer Success	0	2	1

Social Behavioral- Electives (7 SHC)

Must choose Electives from the Transfer Course List in the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in program: 60