Admission Information

Professional courses for the Generic Associate Degree Nursing program are offered in sequence and require two years for completion. Professional courses for the Practical Nursing program are offered in sequence and require three and one-half semesters for completion. The course for the Nursing Assistant program requires one-half semester for completion.

Prior to beginning clinical experiences in the nursing programs, students must have current CPR certification, medical professional liability insurance (included in tuition), major medical insurance, a physical examination and all required immunizations and tests.

In these programs students are required to purchase uniforms, laboratory supplies, and other course materials.

Since students will be assigned to off campus clinical sites, they must have reliable transportation.

Conviction of a crime (other than a minor traffic violation) could make the student ineligible to take the licensing exam required by the profession upon graduation. Early notification to the appropriate board is suggested.

All students applying to the nursing programs are required to have a completed criminal background check. In reponse to a new Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standard, the nursing division is working with local healthcare agencies to determine the extent of the background check now needed. At this point we know that the background check for students will include, at minimum, the following:

• Social Security Number Verification
• Criminal Search
• Employment Verification to include reason for separation and eligibility for re-employment
• Violent Sexual Offender and Predator Registry Search
• HHS/OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
• GSA List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs
• US Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, List of Specially Designated Nationals
• Applicable State Exclusion List

Should a background check disclose adverse information the student will not be able to participate in clinical rotations.

Starting Terms for the Nursing Programs 

Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Term
Nursing – ADN Generic Option
Nursing - ADN Accelerated Option (Summer entry only)
Nursing – LPN to ADN Option
Practical Nursing – PN
Practical Nursing – CNA to PN Option
Nursing Assistant – NA
Pre-Nursing
 Nursing – ADN
Nursing – LPN to ADN Option
Practical Nursing – PN
Practical Nursing – CNA to PN Option
Nursing Assistant
Pre-Nursing
Pre-Nursing 

Admission to the Nursing Programs

Admission to the nursing programs available in the curriculum is on a “first-qualified, first-admitted” basis.  Applicants who complete the admission requirements to enter the College, and the nursing program for which they are applying, are admitted on a space available basis.

Admission requirements vary with the nursing program the student wishes to pursue and may be found under the specific program of interest listed in the Catalog/Student Handbook.

Application Process

Students desiring to enter a nursing program must complete the application process required by that program. This process is explained under each program in the Catalog/Student Handbook.

Transfer to Specific Programs

Students seeking admission to a nursing program at TTC who have been enrolled in (and not completed) another nursing program must complete the following to be considered for admission:

• Meet the College’s admission requirements.
• Meet the nursing program’s admission requirements. Submit a letter from the dean or director of the former nursing program which addresses the student’s
  • theoretical standing
  • clinical standing 
  • eligibility for readmission to that program

Note: Only students who have no more than one unsuccessful attempt in a clinical nursing course are considered for admission.

• Meet the College’s requirements for 25 percent of the curriculum credit hours to be taken at TTC.
• Meet all prerequisite and corequisite courses applicable to the term for which the student is seeking entry. 
• Laboratory sciences must have been taken within five (5) years of the date of entry into the program.
• Once the student is eligible for admission, he/she may request consideration for transfer credit for nursing courses taken within the last two years.