Maricope CEP requisites. When should I take them?

[MQ Edna]

Hello,

I just got accepted into a nursing program for Scottsdale Fall 2016 in Arizona, which I'm very excited for. I also plan to do CEP for NAU to get my bachelor's.

I tried finishing off ALL of the pre-requisites, but I have about six classes left. Should I save them for the summer semesters or can I take them with my core nursing classes in the fall? I will definitely ask an advisor about this, but maybe someone here has personal experience with making this decision?

the classes I need are: patho, microbiology, like three general education classes (bleh!), and English.

I would really appreciate the advice because I don't know if it's wise to do my first semester of nursing while taking patho or what not.

[Mrs.Bookworm]

So from my personal experiance this semester I would highly recommend taking these classes in the summer. I'm an ASU/GCC student just finishing Block I.

Micro is kind of a hard class so I wouldn't take that with another science. Patho isn't to bad. Any general ed like English you could knock out with in 8 weeks through Rio if you do well with online classes.

[mrsboots87]

You are either confused or are mixing up the programs. To be part of the CEP program you get accepted into it BEFORE starting the nursing program. If you are already accepted into the nursing program, then you cannot apply for CEP later.

Maybe be you are talking about how NAU allows block 3 students to start the RN-BSN bridge program?

In that case, do not take patho and micro at the same time as your nursing courses. The gen eds sure as they are not usually difficult. Just time consuming. But Patho and Micro should be taken over summer. You could just take them over this summer to get them out of the way. Especially because you can't start block 3 until micro is completed. If you take the 8 week patho through RIO it is one of the easiest classes. And what you learn in patho will be gone over in the program.

I I graduated from SCC and they do a really good job at lecturing the pathos of the diseases and conditions you will see commonly as a nurse.