Graduation Requirements:

The California Community College Chancellor's Office, California Board of Registered Nursing, and Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, have approved a Concept-Based Curriculum that has been implemented in Spring 2017 for first semester and phased into subsequent semesters. Consequently, the Major Nursing requirements are displayed in two different tables.

The first table lists the original Nursing Program courses and sequencing (for students who entered Fall 2016 and before). The second table lists the Concept Based Curriculum courses and sequencing (for students who entered Spring 2017 and after). The third table indicates the general education course requirements for the Associate Degree in Nursing. 

Table 1: Nursing Program courses and sequencing (Fall 2016 and before)

Table 2: Nursing Program Concept-Based Curriculum courses and sequencing (Spring 2017 and after)

Table 3: Nursing Program's Graduation Requirements for the Associate Degree in Nursing:  

 **The asterisks before courses indicate they are required for Option III - 30 unit option students.

Cultural Breadth and Lifelong Understanding/Self-Development requirements are met for nursing students by completion of the major.

Math proficiency for graduation: Successful completion of the Santa Ana College Math Proficiency Exam or completion of Intermediate Algebra.

The California BRN stipulates that RN students must complete sixteen (16) units of natural, behavioral, and social sciences as well as six (6) units of communications skills, to qualify for examination and licensure.

Please note: Science courses must have been completed within seven (7) years prior to the student applying to the nursing program.​​

Webpage Updated 05/16/2017