NURSING (A1010I)

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
Forty-four semester hours of credit in General Education Core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers.

English Composition (6 SHC)  Two English composition courses are required.

• ENG 111, Expository Writing, is required as the first composition course.
• The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 112: Argument-based Research
  ENG 114: Professional Research and Reporting

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a literature course. One 3 SHC speech communication course may be substituted for one 3 SHC humanities/fine arts course except literature.

• Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
• Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
• Literature (ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262)
• Music (MUS 110, 113)
• Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
• Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)
• Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas.

• One course must be HIS 121: Western Civilization I (3 SHC) or HIS 122: Western Civilization II (3 SHC).
• The following courses are required (9 SHC):
  • PSY 150: General Psychology (3 SHC)
  • PSY 241: Developmental Psychology (3 SHC)
  • SOC 210: Introduction to Sociology (3 SHC)

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14 SHC)

• Natural Sciences (8 SHC)—The following chemistry sequence is required:
  • CHM 151: General Chemistry I
  • CHM 152: General Chemistry II
• Mathematics (6 SHC)—
  • The following course is required (3 SHC): MAT 171 (or higher) College Algebra (3 SHC)
  • Higher math courses: MAT 172, 175, 271
• The following courses is required:
  MAT 151: Statistics I (3 SHC)

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20 Semester Hours Credit)

• Academic Related (1 SHC): ACA 115  [Note: Beginning with the fall semester 2005, this course is required for new students to Sandhills.]
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• The following courses are required (6 SHC):
  • PSY 281: Abnormal Psychology (3 SHC)
  • SOC 213: Sociology of the Family (3 SHC)
• The following course sequence is required (12 SHC):
  • BIO 165: Anatomy and Physiology I (4 SHC)
  • BIO 166: Anatomy and Physiology II (4 SHC)
  • BIO 275: Microbiology (4 SHC)

Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64