Monroe County Community College and Lourdes College recognize the need for and importance of facilitating the transfer of students from Monroe County Community College to Lourdes College as they pursue their educational goals. In an effort to facilitate the transfer process and to promote the closer coordination of academic courses and programs and degrees offered by our institutions, Monroe County Community College and Lourdes College do hereby enter into the following articulation agreement. Further, we commit to work collaboratively to foster, extend, and enhance transfer opportunities for recipients of the Monroe Community College Associate of Science Degree-Registered Nurse Program seeking, to earn the Bachelor of Science in Nursing through Lourdes College.

Transfer students are subject to the catalog in force at Lourdes College at the time of their enrollment into the nursing program at Monroe County Community College.  Previous articulation agreements remain in effect for the student who entered Monroe County Community College prior to Fall 1997. Once admitted to Lourdes College, the transfer students are subject to the same regulations governing applicability of catalog requirements as all other students. To ensure that the transition to Lourdes College is as smooth as possible, Monroe County Community College and Lourdes College agree to participate in regular reviews of program requirements and appropriate advising procedures.

It is recognized that individual graduates of Monroe County Community College must meet all of the admission, progression, and graduation requirements of Lourdes College and its Department of Nursing.

This Articulation agreement will remain in effect until such time as there is a change in either program or the articulation agreement is deemed unsatisfactory to either party. At that time the college initiating the discontinuation of this agreement will notify the other college of its intent to void this agreement and, if desired, initiate a new articulation agreement.

Requirements of admission to the Nursing Major

1. Graduation from the Registered Nurse Program at Monroe County Community College.
2. Cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or above.
3. Current active, unencumbered license to practice as Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.
4. Admission to Lourdes College.
5. Satisfactory completion of prerequisite course requirements as listed below.
6. Professional liability/malpractice insurance coverage of $1 million per incident million aggregate, Health Care Provider CPR, and satisfactory compliance with all health assessment and immunization requirements prior to clinical nursing courses.

Critical Thinking Ability (3 hours)
Lourdes College
PHL 101 or
PHL 102 or
PHL 103

Aesthetic Awareness (6 hours)
Lourdes College
ENG Literature 3 hours

Art of Music 3 hours

Ethical Perspective (3hours)
Lourdes College
PHL 310 Bioethics

Historical Consciousness (3 hours)
Lourdes College
1 History

Cultural Awareness (3 hours)
Lourdes College

Scientific Literary (28 hours)
Lourdes College
BIO 230 (Anatomy & Physiology)
BIO 231 (Anatomy & Physiology)
BIO 235 (Microbiology)
PSY 110 (General Psychology)
PSY 210 (Development Psychology)
CHM 111 (General Chemistry)
CHM 311 (Pharmacology)
BIO 310 (Pathophysiology)

Religious Perspective (6 hours)
Lourdes College
2 Religion Courses

Quantitative Competence (3 hours)
Lourdes College
MTH 212 Statistics

Personal Wellness Responsibility (4 hours)
Lourdes College
CHM 211 (Nutritional Chemistry)

Monroe County Community College
PHIL 151 or
PHIL 152

Monroe County Community College
ENG 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, or 260

ART 155 or
HUM 151 or
DRAMA 151 or
MUSIC 157, 265, 266, or 268 or
DANCE 251

Monroe County Community College
None

Monroe County Community College
1 History Course (HIST)

Monroe County Community College

Monroe County Community College
BIOL 157
BIOL 158
BIOL 260
PSYCH 151
PSYCH 254
CHEM 160
HLSTSC 120
BIOL 259

Monroe County Community College
PHL 253

Monroe County Community College
MTH 162

Monroe County Community College
CHEM 160 and HLTSC 151

The following courses must be completed at Lourdes College:

* Will be awarded 7 hours after completion of Portfolio