Nursing Advanced Placement Program
To qualify as a candidate for Advanced Placement (LPN to RN) you must have the following:
- Current resident status for the COCC college district. See the COCC website for residency requirements.
- Current State of Oregon LPN license that must be active and unencumbered.
- 400 hours of direct patient care experience in an acute or long-term (skilled) setting, or 600 hours of direct patient care in other nursing settings such as clinics, home health, or assisted living as an LPN within the last two years.
- Official copy of transcripts showing completion of the required prerequisite and support courses (or their equivalent).
Prerequisites:
You must complete all of the Nursing prerequisites before entering the program.
| Course | Course Title | Credits |
| BI 231 | Anatomy and Physiology I* | 4 |
| BI 232 | Anatomy and Physiology II* | 4 |
| BI 233 | Anatomy and Physiology III* | 4 |
| BI 234 | Microbiology* | 4 |
| MTH 105 or higher | Math in Society | 4 |
| WR 121 |
Academic Composition |
4 |
|
PSY 215 |
Developmental Psychology |
4 |
|
FN 225 |
Human Nutrition |
4 |
|
WR 122 or |
Argument, Research, and Multimodal Composition |
4 4 |
|
CH 104 or |
Introduction to Chemistry* |
5 5 |
|
choose one of the following: AH 115 or |
|
3-4
|
*The science courses must have been completed within 5 years prior to admission. Older course work may be accepted by petition process on a case-by-case basis.
In addition to completing all prerequisites with a "C" grade or better, applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher between WR 121, Math 105 (or higher), BI 231, BI 232, BI 233 and BI 234.