NWCCD Catalog 2025-2026 
  
    Mar 09, 2025  
NWCCD Catalog 2025-2026

Associate Degree in Nursing


The Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) at NWCCD is designed to prepare nursing students for entry into the workforce as a Registered Nurse or transfer into an upper division program for a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN). The degree prepares students for licensure as a Registered Nurse.

Institutional Requirements:

  1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours at 1000 level and above.

  2. Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours at NWCCD.

  3. Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in 1000-level classes and above.  The ADN degree does require a 2.5 cumulative grade point average in 1000-level classes and above.

 

Required

Credit Hours

COMMUNICATION - Must earn a grade of “C” or better

 

 

 

Basic Writing

3

 

 

Advanced Writing

3

MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENT - Must earn a grade of “C” or better

4

CULTURAL STUDIES

4

SCIENCE

12

US & WY CONSTITUTIONS

3

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS

29

PROGRAM CREDITS

39

TOTAL CREDITS FOR ADN

68

The following courses will satisfy the various categories of general education requirements listed above.  The same course may not be used to satisfy more than one General Education requirement.