Nursing (ADN)

Associate in Health Science
Credit Requirements: 68 Semester Credit Hours
Students entering Fall Semester

The Associate Degree Nursing program requires a minimum of two years to complete. A graduate of the ADN program is eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination-RN (NCLEX-RN). Upon satisfactory completion of the examination, graduates are titled Registered Nurses (RN).

The ADN program has three options for student completion: the Generic Option, the LPN-to-ADN Option and the CNA-to-ADN Option.

Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the Program Specific Admission Requirements below, applicants must also meet the General Admission Requirements and General Nursing Program Admission Requirements.

Specific Admission Requirements
1. Meet ONE of the following five admission options:

1. Hold an associate degree or baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited school.
   OR
2. Achieve the required minimum scores on the SAT (Verbal 400 and Math 400 if taken before April 1, 1995; Verbal 480 and Math 440 if taken on or after April 1, 1995), or ACT English component score of 19 and math component of 18. Students who have not taken either the SAT or ACT, or who have taken one of the tests but do not meet the minimum test requirements, must take TTC’s placement test and achieve one of the following:
   

   COLLEGE PLACEMENT TEST (CPT):
   RDG–75  SS–93    ARIT–61  EALG–50

   COMPASS:
   READ–86                WRTG–75           ALG–45

   ASSET:
   READ–45                WRTG–45           NUSK–39        EALG–48

   OR
3. Complete the Developmental Studies and bridge courses and the Pre-Nursing Certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing Certificate may be repeated, and no one course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement.
   OR
4. Transfer college-level English/math courses to TTC and complete the Pre-Nursing Certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing Certificate may be repeated, and no required course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement.
   OR
5. Achieve the required placement test scores for the diploma program, complete the MAT 101 requirement and complete the PN program with a cumulative GPA of 2.5.

Recommended Sequence of Courses