{"id":670,"date":"2026-06-15T12:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/xnursing\/?post_type=docs&p=670"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:02:55","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/docs\/handbook\/adn\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sequence of courses in the ADN program is carefully planned to maximize integration of non-nursing courses with nursing courses. Some students elect to take all or most of the non-nursing courses before starting the nursing program or in summer school thus lessening the course load during the two-year sequence of the program. This option is highly recommended for students who plan to be employed during their studies at GCC. However, once admitted to the program, all required courses must be completed by the end of the semester that they are listed in.<\/p>\n

Course descriptions can be found in the academic catalog<\/a>. Credits and hours listed below are per semester<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Course<\/th>\nCredits<\/th>\nLecture Hours<\/th>\nClinical\/Lab Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST YEAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nur 101A Fundamentals of Nursing<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 101C Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIO 215 Human Anatomy and Physiology I**<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PSY 101 Principles of Psychology**<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENG 101, 103, or 105<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUBTOTAL<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AD BRIDGE OPTION 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 111 Introduction to Nursing Process (runs January Intersession)<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SECOND SEMESTER – FIRST YEAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 106A Pediatric Nursing<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 106C Pediatric Nursing Clinical*<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 108A Maternity Nursing<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 108C Maternity Nursing-Clinical*<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIO 216 Anatomy and Physiology II**<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOC 101 Principles of Sociology**<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PSY 217 Human Growth and Development**<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUBTOTAL<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AD BRIDGE OPTION 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 112 Introduction to Professional Nursing and the Nursing Process<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THIRD SEMESTER – SECOND YEAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 201A Medical-Surgical Nursing I<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 201C Medical-Surgical Nursing I – Clinical<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 203A Mental Health Nursing<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 203C Mental Health Nursing-Clinical*<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n37.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIO 205 Microbiology<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUBTOTAL<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n187.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FOURTH SEMESTER – SECOND YEAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 202A Medical-Surgical Nursing II<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 202C Medical-Surgical Nursing II-Clinical<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NUR 205 Entrance into Nursing Practice Capstone<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENG 112, 114, 116<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humanities Elective (3-4 cr course)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUBTOTAL<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL (Excluding Bridge Options)<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n765<\/td>\n637.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
* Completed over one half of the semester
\n** All biological science courses have a seven-year currency requirement and PSY 217 has a seven-year currency prior to entering the ADN Program. However, once admitted to the ADN Program, pre-requisite and non-nursing courses will not expire unless the student is requesting readmission after a break in curriculum progression.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":583,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-670","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/670\/revisions\/671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/583"}],"next":[{"title":"Admission","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/docs\/handbook\/adn\/admission\/","href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/780"}],"prev":[{"title":"Introduction & Overview","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/docs\/handbook\/adn\/introduction-overview\/","href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}