General Education, A.G.E. - Nursing

A1030N Total credit hours: 60

Note: The intent of this pathway is to provide licensed RN’s and potential nursing students with the course sequence required for the BSN. This degree pathway alone will not lead to RN licensure or a BSN degree. The BSN degree must be obtained from a 4-year university.

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.

Note: Individual UNC RN to BSN nursing programs may require a maximum of two courses totaling no more than six credits to meet school specific degree requirements that are not a part of the RN to BSN Articulation Agreement. In no case will these additional requirements necessitate completing more than 128 credits in order to earn a BSN. Each UNC RN to BSN institution will develop, publish, and maintain on their website a RN to BSN degree plan that identifies specific degree requirements that are not part of the RN to BSN AA.

Upon successful completion of the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science or Associate in General Education, the student should be able to:

Communicate effectively.
Think critically.
Demonstrate information literacy.
Demonstrate interdependence

Program Requirements

General Education Courses

(Can be taken in any order):

ACA-122 College Transfer Success (CAA) Credit Hours: 1.00
ART-111 Art Appreciation (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
BIO-168 Anatomy and Physiology I (CAA) Credit Hours: 4.00
BIO-169 Anatomy and Physiology II (CAA) Credit Hours: 4.00
BIO-275 Microbiology (CAA) Credit Hours: 4.00
CHM-131 Introduction to Chemistry (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
CHM-131A Introduction to Chemistry Lab (CAA) Credit Hours: 1.00
COM-231 Public Speaking (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
ENG-111 Writing and Inquiry (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
ENG-112 Writing and Research in the Disciplines (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
ENG-231 American Literature I (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
HIS-131 American History I (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
HUM-115 Critical Thinking (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
MAT-143 Quantitative Literacy (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
MAT-152 Statistical Methods I (CAA) Credit Hours: 4.00
PSY-150 General Psychology (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
PSY-241 Developmental Psychology (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
SOC-210 Introduction to Sociology (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
SOC-213 Sociology of the Family (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
Take 3 credits from the courses below:
ECO-251 Principles of Microeconomics (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
ECO-252 Principles of Macroeconomics (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
ENG-232 American Literature II (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
HIS-132 American History II (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00
MAT-172 Precalculus Trigonometry (CAA) Credit Hours: 4.00
POL-120 American Government (CAA) Credit Hours: 3.00