Major Requirements for the Associate Degree in Nursing

The following courses may be taken while on the entry list:
Course		Units
Nursing-Registered 112	Nursing Concepts	1.5
Nursing-Registered 103	Pharmacological Concepts for Nursing	3.0
*Nursing Registered 200	Role Transition	(2.0)

*Must be taken by all advanced placement students

First Year
First Semester
Nursing-Registered 101	Nursing Process: Non-Critical Adults	4.5
Nursing-Registered 101L	Nursing Actions: Non-Critical Adults	5.0
Second Semester
Nursing-Registered 102	Nursing Process: Women, Parents and Children	4.0
Nursing-Registyered 102L	Nursing Actions: Women, Parents and Children	4.6

Second Year
Third Semester
Nursing-Registered 201	Nursing Process: Critical Biological and Psychosocial System Needs I	4.0
Nursing-Registered 201L	Nursing Actions: Critical Biological and Psychosocial System Needs I	5.0
Fourth Semester
Nursing-Registered 202	Nursing Process: Critical Biological and Psychosocial System Needs II	4.0
Nursing-Registered 202L	Nursing Actions: Critical Biological and Psychosocial System Needs II	5.4
		Total: 41.0

Graduation Requirements For the Associate Degree in Nursing:

Course	Units
Total nursing units required	41
**Biology 239, General Human Anatomy	4
Biology 249, Human Physiology	4
Biology 139, Health Microbiology	4
**English 101/101H	4
**Speech Communication 102 or 145/145H (at SAC) OR Communication 101 or 110 (at SCC)	3
**Sociology 100/100H	3
**Psychology 100/100H	3
**Select one course from the Associate Degree Plan A, Social and Behavioral Science category, American Institutions	3
**Select one course from the Associate Degree Plan A, Humanities category	3
	Total: 72

**The asterisks before courses indicate they are not required for Option III - 30 unit option students.

Cultural Breadth, Computer Skills Competency, and Lifelong Understanding/Self-Development requirements are met for nursing students by completion of the major.

Math proficiency for graduation: Successful completion of the Santa Ana College Math Proficiency Exam or completion of Intermediate Algebra 080/081.

The California BRN stipulates that RN students must complete sixteen (16) units of natural, behavioral, and social sciences as well as six (6) units of communications skills, to qualify for examination and licensure.

Please note: Science courses must have been completed within five (5) years prior to the student being added to the waiting list for the nursing program.