Pre-Nursing Certificate

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(Code 110N)

Students must successfully complete the Pre-Nursing Certificate to be eligible for admission into Montcalm Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program. Criminal background checks and drug screenings are required.

Program Requirements

GNST 105 - College Success for Health Occupations 0.5 credit ¹
BIOL 201 - Microbiology 4 credit ²
BIOL 202 - Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credit ²
BIOL 203 - Anatomy & Physiology II 4 credit ²
CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 credit ⁵
ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 credit ³
POLI 240 - American Political System 3 credit ³
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 credit ³
NRSG 110 - Nutrition & Diet Therapy in Nursing 2 credit ⁶

Humanities:

2.0 grade or higher

One of the following courses:

PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 credit (recommended)
ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 credit
ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I 3 credit
ENGL 201 - American Thought & Literature II 3 credit
ENGL 220 - English Literature from the Beginning to 1798 3 credit
ENGL 221 - English Literature from 1798 to Present 3 credit
ENGL 265 - Introduction to Film 4 credit
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 credit
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 credit
GERM 101 - German I 4 credit
GERM 102 - German II 4 credit
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 credit
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 credit
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 credit
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 credit
Click here for other courses that meet MCC”s Humanities and Fine Arts requirement, but may have limited transferability

Mathematics:

3.0 grade or higher in last four years prior to program entry

One of the following:

MATH 102 - Mathematical Investigations 4 credit
MATH 104 - Intermediate Algebra 4 credit
MATH 120 - Trigonometry 3 credit
MATH 159 - College Algebra 4 credit
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 credit
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 credit
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 credit

Note:

Minimum of 30 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) required.

Note:

Should be taken in the first semester of the Pre -Nursing Certificate or as soon as minimum COMPASS scores have been attained
3.0 grade or higher in last four years prior to program entry/maximum of two attempts
2.0 grade or higher
3.0 grade or higher in last four years prior to program entry
2.0 grade or higher in last four years prior to program entry/maximum of two attempts
2.3 grade or higher in last 18 months prior to program entry/maximum of two attempts; core nursing course
2.3 grade or higher/maximum of two attempts; competency test available
2.3 grade or higher; competency test available
2.3 grade or higher
Competency test available

Associate of Applied Science in Nursing

is also available.

Students should also consider higher level courses Transferable to Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) Programs.