Associate Degree Nursing

Associate Degree Nursing

Advanced Placement Program
Offered at the Levelland Campus
Advanced placement will be granted to qualifying students
in accordance with their previous nursing education, nursing
experience and completion of RNSG 2307, 2260 and 1115.
Credit for specific nursing courses will be granted to students
on an individual basis and in accordance with the nursing
curriculum by examinations and evaluation. The prerequisite
non-nursing courses must be completed before registering in
RNSG 2307, 2260 and 1115. The following curriculum meets
the requirements for the Associate of Applied Science degree.

Associate of Applied Science Degree

PREREQUISITE COURSES*
BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I .............................4
CHEM 1406 Introductory Chemistry I ............................4
ENGL 1301 Composition I ...............................................3
PSYC 2301 General Psychology .......................................3
Total Semester Hours .............................14

FIRST SEMESTER
RNSG 1115 Health Assessment .......................................1
RNSG 2260 Clinical-Nursing
(RN Training) Transition ..............................................2
RNSG 2307 Transition to Nursing Practice ....................3
RNSG 2213 Mental Health Nursing ................................3
PSYC 2314 Human Growth and Development ...............3
Total Semester Hours .............................12

SECOND SEMESTER
BIOL 2402 Anatomy and Physiology II ...........................4
BIOL 2420 Microbiology ..................................................4
Total Semester Hours ...............................8

THIRD SEMESTER
RNSG 1412 Nursing Care of the Child-Bearing
and Child-Rearing Family ............................................4
RNSG 2261 Clinical Nursing (RN Training)
Mental Health Nursing .................................................2
RNSG 2462 Clinical Nursing
(RN Training) Maternal/Child ......................................4
Elective** .........................................................................3
Total Semester Hours .............................13

FOURTH SEMESTER
RNSG 1146 Legal and Ethical Issues for Nurses ............1
RNSG 1443 Complex Concepts of Adult Health .............4
RNSG 2121 Management of Client Care .........................1
RNSG 2461 Clinical Nursing (RN Training)
Complex Concepts ........................................................4
Humanities Elective*** ...................................................3
Total Semester Hours .............................13

+ Upon successful completion of RNSG 2307 and RNSF
2260, academic credit for RNSG 1513, RNSG 1105,
RNSG 1144, RNSG 1160, RNSG 1115, RNSG 1441 and
RNSG 2460 will be awarded.
* The program and courses within the program are
subject to approval and changes mandate by the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Board of
Nurse Examiners.
** Possible electives include: RNSG 1172 Local Needs in
Nursing- Genetics, RNSG 1172 Local Needs in Nursing-
Alternative Therapies in Health Care, HPRS 1106
Medical Terminology, or any Arts and Sciences elective
course.
*** Select one of the following courses: ENGL 2322, ENGL
2326, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2334, FREN, HUMA, PHIL,
SPAN 1501 or higher, HIST 1302, or HIST 2301.