Prerequisites and Application Process

Associate Degree Nursing (ADN)

The nursing program application process and criteria at ACC is changing. Information about the NEW requirements will appear on this page when they are available. The program had a “first-come-first-served” application process from 2003 until 2008, and as a result created a waitlist. As a result, the average time between award of a waitlist number and acceptance into the program was three years. Currently, no applications are being accepted for the nursing program.

The application process will be reopened when all students previously on the waitlist have been offered admission into the nursing program. The estimated time to re-open our competitive selection process is fall 2011.

Students interested in applying to the ADN Program must complete five prerequisite courses, the Nurse Aide Certification and meet basic skills assessment scores::

Five required prerequisites:

• ENG 121 English Composition I      3 credits
• PSY 235 Human Growth and Development      3 credits
• BIO 201 Human Anatomy and Physiology I      4 credits
• BIO 202 Human Anatomy and Physiology II      4 credits
• BIO 204 Microbiology      4 credits

NOTE: The cumulative GPA for these five courses must be 3.0 or higher with no grade less than "C". All BIO courses must be completed within seven years, both at the time of application and when the student is accepted into the program.

You are required to have a Nurse Aide Certificate to apply.

You must attain the basic skills assessment score(s) for college requirements.

• ACCUPLACER for college level math of 63 within two years of application to the nursing program, or in some cases, may obtain a waiver. You may obtain a waiver if MAT 090 or higher has been completed within two years of application, or if you have completed MAT 103 within two years of application to the nursing program.

Four additional courses may be completed prior to application and/or admission into the nursing program. These are not required to apply to the program, but may be completed prior to beginning the nursing program. The courses are required for the ADN degree.

• MAT 103 Math for Clinical Calculations - 3 credits first semester course; suggested to be taken within one year of starting program
• HPR 108 - Nutrition 1 credit first semester nursing program course. (may substitute HWE 100)
• BIO 216 - Pathophysiology - 4 credits second semester course suggested to be taken within one year of starting program
• Humanities/Social Science, must be selected from the Guaranteed Transfer Course list.

LPN to ADN Program option 

The LPN to ADN program is for students who possess a License as a Practical Nurse and wish to complete the ADN program. The LPN to ADN Program at ACC is temporarily closed to new applicants at this time.

Practical Nurse (PN) Certificate

As an ADN student, you have the option to take the LPN licensing exam at the end of the first year of nursing course work. The PN certificate is available only to students who have been accepted into the ADN program and have completed all prerequisites, the first two semester courses of the Associate Degree Nursing program and NUR 169. NUR 169 is offered infrequently at Arapahoe Community College.