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2024-2025 College Catalog

Associate in General Education, Nursing, AGE


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Program Code: A1030N

(2019*03)

This program requires a 2.2 or greater high school GPA from a College Prep Curriculum valid within 10 years, or a placement test demonstrating placement into college-ready English 111 and math.  If either of these requirements is not met, the student will be placed into Associate in General Education – First Year (A10300-FY).  *See the A10300FY – Associate in General Education-First Year Program page for more information.

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.

General Education Hours: 54 Hours


Social/Behavioral Sciences: 15 Hours


The following courses are required:


Select one course from the following:


Select one course from the following:


Humanities/Fine Arts: 9 Hours


Select one course from the following:


Natural Science/Mathematics: 24 Hours


The following courses are required: 20 hours

Other Required Hours: 7 Hours


Select two courses from the following:


Total Associate in General Education Nursing, AGE: 61 Credits


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.

*Denotes courses (23 Semester Hours of Credit) in Block 1 of the Five Block Degree Plan that are completed as part of the North Carolina Community College AAS Nursing degree.

For additional information about Blocks 4 and 5 (which contain nursing courses) of the Five Block Degree located within the Uniform Articulation Agreement between the University of North Carolina RN to BSN please visit:
http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/academic-programs/college-transferarticulation-agreements/uniform-articulation-agreement-rn-bsn

For more information:

Vicki Barker
Associate Degree Nursing Program Chair/Instructor

Floyd Heath Sciences Center (Building 006), Room 203
Phone: (252) 527-6223, ext. 806
Fax: (252) 520-9598
Email: vpbarker75@lenoircc.edu

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