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Practical Nursing:

General Core Courses: Follow College policy*

All new PN students are required take ALHS 1011. The PN Dept. will take transferred students that have both BIOS 2113 and 2114 as substitutes for ALHS 1011. If a transfer student has BIOS 2113 and declares PN as their program, they may take BIOS 2114 instead of ALHS 1011 and the PN department will accept the course.

Program Science Courses: (ALHS/AHS) must be repeated if five (5) years or older at the time of admission to the College. It is recommended that any course with an ALHS or AHS prefix be repeated if more than five (5) years at the time of admission to the program. EXCEPTION: ALHS 1060 must be repeated if one (1) year or older at the time of admission to the program.

Program Technical Courses: (PNSG/NSG/NPT) must be repeated if one (1) year or older at the time of admission into the program.

• All practical nursing students will be required to take the TEAS (Test of Essential Aptitude Skills) which includes English, reading, and math, for admission to the practical nursing program. Please contact faculty advisors for additional information.

*Courses in Academic Areas I, II, III and IV are always accepted if from an accredited college. There is no cutoff on the number of years a general education course is acceptable at GPTC.