This course of study facilitates educational and career nursing mobility from an EMT-Paramedic to the Nursing (RN) Associate of Science (A.S.) degree program. The EMT-P must have three years of employment as a paramedic and hold a valid, active Maryland license as a paramedic and National Board of Registry Certification (NREMT). (Students must be graduates of an accredited program.) Upon satisfactory completion fo the transition course, NUR 1070, the student can progress to the second year of the Nursing (RN) A.S. degree program. The total number of credits required for graduation is 70.
Curriculum
Learning Foundations Overall Requirements
- All students must read English at an acceptable level in order to begin college-level courses. The college assesses two levels of reading proficiency as shown below. Both must be satisfied in order to enroll in college-level classes.
- Meet a basic reading standard by placement exam score by taking DVR-0051 or ESL-0105, or by exemption due to prior college coursework.
- Meet college-level reading standards by placement exam score, by taking DVR-0061 DVR-0071 or ESL-0106, or by exemption as a result of prior college coursework.
- The college assesses English writing proficiency at three levels as a prerequisite to enrollment in EGL-1010, the first college-level writing course. Those three levels are outlined below.
- Meet the minimum English proficiency requirement by placement exam score, by completing DVE-0009 or ESL-0102 or by exemption as a result of prior coursework.
- Meet intermediate level English proficiency requirements by placement exam score, by completing DVE-0011 or ESL-0201, or by exemption as a result of prior coursework.
- Meet pre-college level English requirements by placement exam score, by completing EGL-0100 or ESL-0202, or by exemption as a result of prior coursework.
- All students must satisfy the college's requirement for a solid foundation in mathematics. Students can document this foundation either with satisfactory placement test scores, with an exemption posted as a result of courses taken elsewhere, or with satisfactory performance in one or more developmental mathematics courses. In addition, all students must complete either PAS-1010 or PAS-1030 along with their first developmental math course.
- Meet the most basic arithmetic requirement by completing DLS-0011 or a satisfactory score on the placement test.
- Meet prealgebra requirements by completing DVM-0031 or with a satisfactory placement test score.
- Meet elementary algebra requirements by completing DVM-0071 or achieving a satisfactory placement score.
- Meet intermediate algebra requirements by completing MAT-0104 or by achieving a satisfactory placment test score.
- Complete either PAS-1010 or PAS-1030 in the same semester you take DVM-0031.
General Education - English Composition
- Take two courses in English Composition. EGL-1340 is recommended for Composition II.
- COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES: EGL-1020, EGL-1100, EGL-1320, OR EGL-1340:
General Education - Interpersonal Communication
General Education-Humanities Group 2 AA/AS
- Complete one Art, Music, Theater, Philosophy, Literature, or Foreign Language course from the approved general education list.
General Education - Mathematics
- Complete MAT-1120 or higher.
General Education - Science
- Complete BIO-2010, BIO-2050 and BIO-2060.
General Education -RN Social Sciences
- Complete PSY-1010 and SOC-1010.
EMT to RN Transition (A.S.)
- Complete ALL the courses listed. An additional 11 credits will be awarded upon successful completion of NUR-1060 per the Maryland LPN to RN articulation model.