2025-2026 College Catalog 
    
    Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 College Catalog

Associate in Arts, Pre-Bachelor Degree Nursing


(2024*03)

The college transfer (BSN) nursing curriculum is composed of a variety of college transfer courses designed to meet the general education needs of individuals who are continuing their education to pursue a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing.  Requirements for degrees in nursing vary according to the four-year college or university.  For more information, see the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement between the North Carolina Community College System and the University of North Carolina System for further information.

This program requires a 2.2 or greater high school GPA from a College Prep Curriculum, 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.

General Education Hours (40 SHC)


Humanities/Fine Arts (9 SHC)


Mathematics (4 SHC)


Natural Sciences (4 SHC)


Additional General Education Hours (8 SHC)


Total Associate in Arts in Pre-Bachelor Degree Nursing: 61 Credits


Students must meet the receiving university’s foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.

*One semester hour of credit may be included in a 61 SHC Associate in Arts program of study. The transfer of this hour is not guaranteed.

For more information:

Dr. Alexis Welch
Dean of Health Sciences and Nursing

Floyd Health Sciences Center (Building 006), Room 103
Phone: (252) 527-6223, ext. 801
Fax: (252) 520-9598
Email: abwelch27@lenoircc.edu