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Part-Time Nursing Program Application Guide – Winter 2013 Submit one official (unopened) transcript from every college or university ever attended. You do not needto submit a transcript for courses taken at MHCC.o Transcripts are considered official if they are issued directly by the school or college, are mailed ordelivered in an unopened envelope and are recently dated. If MHCC holds your official transcript fromanother college for a recent admission requirement, you do not need to submit another one unless newcoursework has been completed. However, in some cases, it may be necessary to provide an updatedtranscript or verification of non‐attendance from that college. You do not need to submit a transcriptfor courses taken at MHCC. Transfer coursework from foreign Institutions must be evaluated by the application deadline by an outsidecredential evaluation service. The evaluation company must be either AACRAO Foreign Education CredentialService (www.aacrao.org) or a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services(NACES). For a list of NACES memberships, please refer to their website at www.naces.org. The evaluationmust be a course‐by‐course evaluation with an official copy submitted to the AR&R Office. The courseworkmust qualify as a post‐secondary level, have comparable MHCC accreditation status and be parallel incontent to MHCC coursework. The outside evaluation must also be completed for secondary level educationfor any evaluation of that coursework toward MHCC admission requirements. Non‐accredited college transcripts will not be considered in the evaluation of your application nor can theybe considered toward any degree requirements. If an applicant has taken an equivalent course elsewhere which has a course number, title, or credit hour(s)different from the MHCC course, the applicant is strongly encouraged to contact MHCC’s Academic Advisingand Transfer Center for an unofficial transcript review as far in advance of the application deadline aspossible.PREREQUISITE COURSES• The cumulative GPA for all prerequisite courses must be at least a 3.0.• Each prerequisite course must be taken for a letter grade and must be completed with a grade of "C" orhigher.• The required mathematics, anatomy and physiology (A&P) I, II, III; nutrition; and microbiology must becompleted within the last seven years (during or after 2005). All grades from repeated anatomy &physiology I, II and III courses are included in the anatomy & physiology I, II, or III GPA computation.The following courses must be completed by the application deadline date.• A&P I (BI231) (4 credits) – Anatomy & Physiology I, first course in the full sequence of human anatomy andphysiology with laboratory (200 level or above).Note: CH103 and BI112 are perquisites for BI231 at MHCC. Students who complete the A&P courseswithout these prerequisites do not have to take CH103 and BI112 to be eligible to apply at MHCC. However,a biology with genetics course must be documented before the start of the nursing program courses. Also,discretionary points can be earned for CH103 and BI112.• MTH95 or higher (5 credits)This admission requirement can be met in one of two ways:• Completion of MTH95 or a higher level mathematics course, excluding MTH211(Note: completion of MTH95 will not count toward the BSN degree.)OR• Placement into MTH105/111 on the MHCC College Placement Test. (No credit given)If the admission math requirement is met by placement into MTH105 or higher, students must selectfrom any other prerequisite courses or microbiology to attain the minimum 30 credits. Also, if acceptedPART‐TIME WINTER 2013 NURSING APPLICATION GUIDE 090611 final per J GriffinPage 4 of 11
Part-Time Nursing Program Application Guide – Winter 2013to the program, students must have a transcripted qualifying math course by completion of the programto meet graduation requirements.To meet the rest of the minimum 30 credits to apply, applicants must select from any of the remainingprerequisite courses. If accepted to the Part‐Time Nursing program, ALL of these courses must be completed bythe end of fall term, 2012, except for BI234 Microbiology. BI234 must be completed prior to the beginning of the2 nd term of nursing.Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) BI232, BI233 (8 credits). Remainder of the full sequence of human anatomyand physiology with laboratory (200 level or above), inclusive of all body systems.Biology Course with Genetics (4‐5 credit hours)Introduction to Genetics (a course or a module within a course): Any human biology course that includes ahuman genetics component in the course and indicates this inclusion in the college catalog course description.This requirement may not be met through the Microbiology or Anatomy and Physiology courses.English Composition, WR121, WR122 (8 credit hours)Requirement is waived with completion of a bachelor’s degree or higher. Students who have completed abachelor’s degree by the application deadline must select from any of the other prerequisite courses ormicrobiology to attain the minimum 30 credit hours. Students who have taken these courses prior to Summer2010 may use the 3‐credit hours version to satisfy the WR121 and WR122 requirement.Nutrition, FN225 (4 credit hours)Class covers biological functions, dietary sources of essential nutrients and the relationship of diet to health. Thiscourse must be completed with a grade of “C” or better within the last seven years (during or after 2005).Human Development, PSY237 (4 credit hours)The course must cover the developmental process of human life covering the full life span and must becompleted with a grade of “C” or better. In addition, PSY237 does fulfill MHCC’s human relations generaleducation degree requirement.• Human Development courses that cover only part of a life span will not be accepted.• PSY201 is the prerequisite to PSY237 at MHCC and can count as a Social Science elective.Social Science (6‐7 credit hours)A minimum of six credit hours which can include PSY201 General Psychology. You may select from any collegelevelsocial science distribution course listed in the MHCC 2011 – 2012 College Catalog available atwww.mhcc.edu/catalog.Humanities (3 credit hours)For the Nursing program, skill‐oriented humanities will not fulfill the humanities requirement. You may selectfrom any college‐level humanities distribution course listed in the MHCC 2011 – 2012 College Catalog availableat www.mhcc.edu/catalog.Important Notes:• Some of the nursing pre‐program courses have prerequisites such as general biology or chemistry. It isimportant to meet with an adviser to plan your schedule so you ensure all requirements are completed bythe application deadline.• Course numbers listed here are for courses offered at MHCC. If you have completed or plan to complete theprerequisite credit hours at another college, please meet with a MHCC academic adviser at the AcademicAdvising and Transfer Center to verify equivalency. The Academic Advising and Transfer Center is openMonday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Advisers are available on a walk‐in basis, by calling 503‐491‐7315 orby emailing advisque@mhcc.edu.PART‐TIME WINTER 2013 NURSING APPLICATION GUIDE 090611 final per J GriffinPage 5 of 11
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