Transferring from Lincoln Land Community College

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Lincoln Land Community College to PNW Transfer Guide

Associate Degree in Nursing to Online RN-to-BSN Program

This transfer guide is for Lincoln Land Community College students who complete their Associate Degree in Nursing who plan on transferring to the Online RN-to-BSN program at PNW.

Transferrable Credits Guide

Math/Science/Pharmacology

Including but not limited to anatomy and physiology, microbiology, chemistry, math and pharmacology. Any combination of credit hours of the above courses will be accepted. Zero-credit or developmental courses cannot be applied.

Lincoln Land Community CollegePurdue University Northwest
Course NameCourse CreditsCourse NameCourse Credits
BIO 101, BIO 107 or BIO 111*4College-Level Bio/Math/Sci/Chem/ Pharm4
BIO 175 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I*4College-Level Bio/Math/Sci/Chem/ Pharm4
BIO 176 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II*4College-Level Bio/Math/Sci/Chem/ Pharm4
BIO 220 - Microbiology*4College-Level Bio/Math/Sci/Chem/ Pharm4
ADN 114 (using 1cr out of 8 here)*1College-Level Bio/Math/Sci/Chem/ Pharm1

Humanities/Social Science Electives and Free Electives

Humanities and Social Sciences may include but are not limited to human growth and development, sociology, nutrition or others. Free electives can be any for-credit college-level course that has not been applied to any other requirement within the student’s curriculum. Zero credit or developmental courses cannot be applied.

Lincoln Land Community CollegePurdue University Northwest
Course NameCourse CreditsCourse NameCourse Credits
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology*3Psychology Elective3
(Additional) CMN 101 or CMN 1043Communication Elective3
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology*3Social Science or Humanities Elective 13
(Additional) Social Science/Humanities Elective 23Social Science or Humanities Elective 23
(Additional) Social Science/Humanities Elective 33Social Science or Humanities Elective 33
(Additional) Social Science/Humanities Elective 43Social Science or Humanities Elective 43
(Surplus Nursing*) ADN 114 Nursing I (using 7cr out of 8 here)* AND (Additional) Free Electives12Free Electives12

English Composition and Statistics

This section consists of college-level writing composition courses and a college-level statistical methods course.

Lincoln Land Community CollegePurdue University Northwest
Course NameCourse CreditsCourse NameCourse Credits
EGL 101 - Composition I*3English Composition I3
EGL 102 - Composition II*3English Composition II3
(Additional) MAT 141- Introductory Statistics4College-Level Statistics3

Lower Division Nursing Requirement

These requirements consist of 30 credit hours of lower division nursing coursework from Associates Degree.

Lincoln Land Community CollegePurdue University Northwest
Course NameCourse CreditsCourse NameCourse Credits
ADN Nursing Credits*38 (apply 8 credit hours towards Free Electives/Math/Science/Pharm Req.)Nursing Coursework30

*Courses are a part of the student’s ADN curriculum.

  1. Courses that are specified by title at partnering college have already been articulated as an acceptable transfer to PNW to meet requirements. Courses may transfer in to PNW as undistributed credit (UND or XXX)- these courses are accepted toward program requirements.
  2. Courses that are listed by title are part of the student’s curriculum based on the 2022-23 Lincoln Land Community College Catalog.
  3. Students can also look up course-for-course transfer credit equivalencies.
  4. Nursing credit taken beyond the required 30 credits can be applied to Free Electives, if needed.
  5. Indiana State Board of Nursing Requirement 848IAC 1-2-17 states Math and/or Sciences may be integrated into nursing courses- therefore lower division nursing credit, when applicable, may be applied to the 17 credit hours of Math/Science/Pharmacology Requirement.