Minimum LPN/LPTN Admission Requirements:
Admission is selective, limited, and competitive. Students apply for admission to the nursing major after successful completion of required prerequisite courses. Minimum requirements to the nursing major are:
- Current unencumbered Arkansas LPN or LPTN license.
- Submission of work experience documentation if required by articulation plan.
- Up to 13 hours of specified UCA BSN nursing hours completed through validation or challenge.
- Completion of 34 or 47 credit hours of prerequisites with a "C" or above. (Depends on whether 2 ½ or 3 year track selected.)
- Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above. Admission GPA is based upon the cumulative GPA or GPA of the required 34 or 47 hours of nursing prerequisites (listed below).
- A grade of "C" or above for all of the 34 or 47 hours of nursing prerequisites. Transfer students should check to see what comparable courses are offered at other Arkansas schools.
- WRTG 1310--Intro to College Writing
- WRTG 1320--Academic Writing
- MATH 1390--College Algebra
- PSYC 1300--General Psychology
- SOC 1300--Principles of Sociology
- FACS 1300--Nutrition Life Cycle
- BIOL 1400--Biology for General Education (BIOL 1440 will substitute for BIOL 1400)
- BIOL 2405--Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL 2406 and 2407 will substitute for BIOL 1440 or 1400 and 2405)
- CHEM 1402--Physiological Chemistry I (CHEM 1402 and 2450 are recommended for nursing majors but CHEM 1450 and 1451 may be substituted)
- CHEM 2450--Physiological Chemistry II (CHEM 1402 and 2450 are recommended for nursing majors but CHEM 1450 and 1451 may be substituted)
- Presentation of a complete application within published deadlines, with a $25 application fee by check or money order payable to the UCADepartment of Nursing.
- Completion of a Computerized Exam. Consists of arithmetic, reading comprehension, and sentence structure. Scores on all three exams will be considered for admission and remediation purposes.
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