Bowling Green Community College

Bowling Green Community College of Western Kentucky University Office of the Dean

REPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

DATE: 11 April, 2008

FROM: The Curriculum Committee of the Bowling Green Community College Type of Item Description of Item and Contact Information Action Proposal to Revise a Program: Associate Degree Nursing Program. Contact: [email protected] Phone: 780-2510 Proposal Date: March 27, 2008

Bowling Green Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program Health Science Division Proposal to Revise A Program (Action Item) Kacy Harris, 270-780-2510, [email protected]

1. Identification of program: 1.1 Current program reference number: 273 1.2 Current program title: Associate Degree Nursing Program 1.3 Credit hours: 72 hours

2. Identification of the proposed program changes: Grade point average for the applicant with an earned bachelor’s degree or higher will be calculated using only the nursing program’s required non-nursing courses.

3. Detailed program description:  Applications must be completed for admission to  Applications must be completed for admission to Bowling Green Community College of Western Bowling Green Community College of Western Kentucky University and the Associate Degree Kentucky University and the Associate Degree Nursing Program. Nursing Program.  (Applications must be obtained from the Bowling  (Applications must be obtained from the Bowling Green Community College before enrolling in Green Community College before enrolling in Nursing courses. Nursing courses.  Nursing Program application must be received by  Nursing Program application must be received by February 1 for fall semester. For spring February 1 for fall semester and September for admission, applications must be received by spring admission. September 1.  The applicant must achieve a minimum score of  The applicant must achieve a minimum score of 72 on the Educational Resources Incorporated’s 72 on the Educational Resources Incorporated’s Nurse Entrance Test (NET) in order to be Nurse Entrance Test (NET) in order to be considered for admission. The following courses considered for admission in spring 2007. The must be completed or in progress in order to be following courses must be completed or in considered for admission; BIO 131C, MA 109C, progress in order to be considered for admission; or MA 116C and CFSC 111C. BIO 131C, MA 109C, or MA 116C and CFSC  The applicant must have 10 or more earned 111C. university credits and must have a cumulative  The applicant must have 10 or more earned grade point average of 2.75 in order to be university credits and must have a cumulative considered for admission. grade point average of 2.75 in order to be  The applicant with 10 or less earned university considered for admission. credits must submit ACT examination results with  The applicant with 10 or less earned university application. Consideration for admission cannot credits must submit ACT examination results with be given until these scores are available in the application. Consideration for admission cannot department. be given until these scores are available in the  Grade point average for the applicant with an department. earned bachelor’s degree or higher will be calculated using only the nursing program’s required non-nursing courses. The program’s required science courses must have been taken within the last 5 years.

4. Rationale for the proposed program change:

This change will allow students with a less than 2.75 overall GPA on their previously earned bachelor’s degree or higher to be considered in the Associate Degree Nursing Program (ADN). This policy will increase the number of qualified students eligible for the ADN program each semester. Students with earned degrees have completed a large number of credit hours overall. Their GPA may be below 2.75; however, the required non-nursing course grades reflect a higher GPA. These are the grades the program deems most pertinent for success in the nursing program.

5. Effective Catalog Year: Spring 2009

6. Dates of prior committee approvals:

Health Sciences Division: 4/2/08

Bowling Green Community College Curriculum Committee 4/11/2008

University Curriculum Committee ______

University Senate ______

Attachment: Program Inventory Form