UT Tyler Nursing Program and Dual Credit Questions!

[malyn93]

Ok so I am thinking about transferring to UT Tyler and applying for the nurses program there. I hear it's pretty good and I took a great deal of interest in it. I will (hopefully) be transferring from a junior college--I'm skipping my ADN and going straight for my BSN. I pretty much have all my prereqs so I'm not too worried about that area. It's just my core curriculum classes that I have questions about.

As I've read it require 6 hours of English and 6 hours of U.S. History. The rest of the core curriculum classes I'm not too worried about. Now here's my situation: I'm wanting to know if I have to take these classes or if I can exempt them, saving me time and money. I graduated high school with 12 dual credit hours (6 in English and 6 in History). I'm wanting to know if UT Tyler accepts dual credit or not. If they do, would that help take off the 6 hrs. of English and 6 hrs. of History?? Thank you!!

[BeStillRN]

That is something that really the nursing advisor at Tyler can answer. Just email her she is very helpful. But if it helps any, I had dual credit from high school that did transfer over (since they are college credits afterall). My credits were for english 1 and 2 therefore no I did not have to retake them.

[frivoloussal]

I don't know if this will help or not.

But I received my Associates degree in General Studies at TJC. If another Texas institution considers you core complete (i.e: earning an Associate's degree in General Studies), you are considered core complete at UT Tyler, regardless of what UT's specific core curriculum entails. Because of this, I didn't have to take Sociology or World Literature. The only course I had to take after my degree was Statistics I, plus my nursing prereqs.

I say this, because your dual credit would definitely count towards a General Studies degree at a junior college. Plus, having that degree would be a few extra points on your nursing school application on top of the points you get for being core complete. It may also take less time and/or money, since a core curriculum at the junior college level is a little less strenuous.