Dual enrollment programs are based on agreements between Arrupe and another Loyola college. In addition to earning an A.A. from Arrupe, you begin taking courses at another college while still working toward your A.A. After graduating with an A.A. in 2 years, you earn a bachelor’s degree in 2-3 years from another Loyola college.

Curriculum

Social & Behavioral Sciences: Pre-Nursing Concentration

A.A. Social & Behavioral Sciences: Pre-Nursing Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
A.1 GECC Core Requirements
ACWRI 105	College Writing I	3
ACWRI 110	College Writing II	3
ACCOM 101	Public Speaking & Critical Thinking	3
or ACCOM 103	Business and Professional Speaking
ACPHI 130	Philosophy and Persons	3
ACENG 110	Interpreting Literature	3
ACSTA 101	Statistics	3
ACHIS 101	Western Civilization to the 17th Century	3
ACFNA 105	Western Art: Renaissance to Modern	3
or ACFNA 100	Art and Visual Culture
ACISC 101	Interdisciplinary Science: Scientific Basis of Environmental Issues	3
ACISC 102	Environmental Processes, Challenges, and Methods	4
ACPSY 201	General Psychology	3
ACPOL 101	American Government and Citizenship	3
A.2 Arrupe Core Requirement
ACTHE 101	Introduction to Christian Theology	3
or ACTHE 107	Introduction to Religious Studies
Select one of the following:		3
ACPHI 205	The Person and Society
ACPHI 274	Logic
ACPHI 284	Society, Justice, and Health Care
ACPHI 281	Ethics	3
ACUNI 101	First Year Seminar	1
or ACUNI 102	Academic Success Strategies
A.3 Concentration (12 cr taken at Arrupe)
ACPSY 273	Developmental Psychology	3
ACPSY 275	Social Psychology	3
or ACPSY 280	Abnormal Psychology
ACCHM 100	Introductory Chemistry	3
ACBIO 101	General Biology I	3
ACBIO 111	General Biology I Lab	1
A.3 Concentration (9 cr taken at Niehoff School of Nursing)
GNUR 155 & 155L	Human Anatomy and Human Anatomy Lab	4
GNUR 156 & 156L	Human Physiology and Human Physiology Lab	4
GNUR 102	Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice	1
Total Hours		69

Notes:

• Students who pursue the Pre-Nursing pathway at Arrupe will earn an A.A. in Social & Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Psychology. In addition to coursework at Arrupe, they take GNUR courses through the Niehoff School of Nursing.
• Students who successfully complete this associate's degree at Arrupe may pursue the 2 year + 3 year degree pathway to earn a bachelor's degree from the Niehoff School of Nursing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Communication: You will communicate effectively, using written, oral, and visual modes appropriate to your audience and purpose.
2. Quantitative Reasoning: You will understand, analyze, and evaluate numerical data and use it to draw or evaluate conclusions.
3. Critical Thinking: You will analyze, synthesize, and evaluate diverse information, ideas, and perspectives in a contextually appropriate manner. You will demonstrate an awareness of your own thinking and decision-making processes, and their importance in academic and non-academic settings.
4. Ethical Reasoning: You will demonstrate historically grounded awareness of ethical concepts and frameworks. You will evaluate, articulate, and apply ethical reasoning in decision-making, showing awareness of the intersectional² and historical nature of the relationships/situations being studied.
5. Social Justice: You will reflect on social, political, and historical events, contexts, and norms that lead to injustice, and then articulate responses that respect and promote the welfare of all beings in global and intersectional² communities.
6. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: You will connect academic knowledge to lived experience in order to identify and critique how diverse thinkers¹ contribute to knowledge in and outside academia.

¹

"Diverse thinkers" refers to the many dimensions of human identity and experience as defined in intersectionality, below.

²

Intersectionality addresses multiple contexts, such as gender, sexuality, race, class, culture, religion, and disability, with attention to power structures that have privileged some identities over others.