The UAB School of Nursing offers a special initiative. The Veterans Career Advancement in Nursing (Veterans CAN!) is for our military veterans, active duty reservists and members of the National Guard who wish to transition into a professional nursing career and earn a BSN degree in nursing.
UAB School of Nursing also supports the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program (NECP) and AMEDD Enlisted Commissioning Program (AECP). For information on UAB School of Nursing eligibility requirements and the processes for applying for NECP/AECP at the School, contact Crimsynn Dover at cdover@uab.edu. For information on VCAN!, contact Rachel Sasser at rmshaw@uab.edu.
Goals of Veterans CAN:
- Recognize the experience and training of veterans and members of the military who desire a career in nursing.
Highlights:
- Early admission review for qualified applicants.
- Dedicated advisors and peer support.
- Opportunity for academic credit for select coursework based on military training and experience completed within the past 5 years (training and experience completed longer than 5 years ago will require a waiver and additional validation process).
Eligibility:
- For military veterans, active-duty reservists, and those in the National Guard
- Must be admitted to UAB prior to applying for Veterans CAN
- Career goal is to become a registered professional nurse
- Provide a copy of DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty
- Completion of a minimum of eight nursing pre-requisite courses, including a minimum of two science courses and an English composition course equivalent to EH 101 with a minimum 2.75 GPA
- Students transferring in less than 24 credit hours to UAB will follow the Blazer Core curriculum. Students transferring 24 or more credit hours into UAB can select between the Blazer Core curriculum or the Core Curriculum (AGSC).
Pre-nursing Course Requirements
The following courses must be completed prior to entering the BSN Program:
| Core Curriculum (AGSC) (Transfer students with 24 or more credits) | Blazer Core Curriculum (New freshmen or transfer students with less than 24 credits) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Nursing Foundation Courses | Credit Hours | Pre-Nursing Foundation Courses | |||
| Core Area I: Written Composition | EH 101 English Composition I | 3 | EH 101 English Composition I | First Year Writing | |
| EH 102 English Composition II | 3 | EH 102 English Composition II | |||
| Core Area III: Natural Sciences and Mathematics | MA 105 Pre-Calculus or MA 110 Finite Math | 3 | MA 105 Pre-Calculus or MA 110 Finite Math | Quantitative Literacy | |
| CH 105/106 Intro to Chemistry I | 4 | CH 105/106 Intro to Chemistry I | Scientific Inquiry | ||
| CH 107/108 Intro to Chemistry II1 | 4 | CH 107/108 Intro to Chemistry II1 | |||
| Core Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts | Fine Arts | 3 | Creative Arts course | Creative Arts | |
| Humanities | 3 | Communicating in the Modern World course | Communicating in the Modern World | ||
| Area II Elective | 3 | Reasoning course | Reasoning | ||
| Literature2 | 3\6 | 3 | History & Meaning course | History & Meaning | |
| Core Area IV: History, Social & Behavioral Sciences | History2 | 3\6 | |||
| PY 101 Psychology | 3 | PY 101 Psychology | Humans & Their Societies | ||
| Area IV Elective | 3 | City as Classroom | City as Classroom | ||
| Area V: Pre-Nursing | BY 115 Human Anatomy | 4 | BY 115 Human Anatomy | Nursing Foundation | |
| BY 116 Human Physiology | 4 | BY 116 Human Physiology | |||
| BY 261 Microbiology | 4 | BY 261 Microbiology | |||
| NTR 222 Nutrition | 3 | NTR 222 Nutrition | |||
| Descriptive Statistics | 3 | Descriptive Statistics | |||
| PY 212 Developmental Psychology | 3 | PY 212 Developmental Psychology | Humans & Their Societies | ||
| UAB: FYE | NUR 100 or other approved FYE Course3 | 2 | 3 | NUR 100 or other approved Local Beginnings Course3 | Local Beginnings |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS (All Pre-Nursing Prerequisite Coursework) | 61 | 59 | TOTAL CREDIT HOURS (All Pre-Nursing Prerequisite Coursework) | ||
| 1 Students may take an additional approved science with lab (see UAB Pre-Nursing Advisor for eligible substitutions). | |||||
| 2 Students need either a 6-hour sequence of literature (Area II) or history (Area IV) under AGSC. | |||||
| 3 Exceptions may apply for transfer students. Students transferring 24 or more credit hours into UAB are not required to complete an FYE course. | |||||
| Note: Pre-nursing foundation courses are listed in blue. | |||||
Contact
Crimsynn Dover
Rachel Sasser
