High School Diploma

Nursing Pathway Planner

Program

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Semester A + Semester B courses from the same subject area = 1.0 credit
One Semester courses (indicated below) = 0.5 credit

Choose between Traditional Courses and Cambridge Courses:

Traditional Courses

English

English credits required for graduation: 4.0

Title

Credits

Required

English 1 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

English 2 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Sub-Total Credits

4.00

Math

Math credits required for graduation: 4.0

Title

Credits

Required

Integrated Math 1 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Integrated Math 2 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Integrated Math 3 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Personal Finance A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

DC Intermediate Algebra

0.5 (Per Semester)

DC College Mathematics

0.5 (Per Semester)

✓

DC College Algebra

0.5 (Per Semester)

DC Trigonometry

0.5 (Per Semester)

Sub-Total Credits

4.00

Science

Science credits required for graduation: 3.0

Title

Credits

Required

Biology A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Chemistry A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

0.5

✓

0.5

✓

Sub-Total Credits

3.00

Social Studies

Social Studies credits required for graduation: 3.0

Title

Credits

Required

US History A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

World History and Geography A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

0.5

✓

Economics

0.5 (Per Semester)

✓

Sub-Total Credits

3.00

Cambridge Courses

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English

English credits required for graduation: 4.0

Title

Credits

Required

IGCSE English 1st Lang A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

IGCSE English Lit. A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Sub-Total Credits

4.00

Math

Math credits required for graduation: 4.0

Title

Credits

Required

IGCSE Math Year 1 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

IGCSE Math Year 2 A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Cambridge Addit. Math A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

DC Intermediate Algebra

0.5 (Per Semester)

DC College Mathematics

0.5 (Per Semester)

✓

DC College Algebra

0.5 (Per Semester)

DC Trigonometry

0.5 (Per Semester)

Sub-Total Credits

4.00

Science

Science credits required for graduation: 3.0

Title

Credits

Required

IGCSE Biology A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

IGCSE Chemistry A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

0.5

✓

0.5

✓

Sub-Total Credits

3.00

Social Studies

Social Studies credits required for graduation: 3.0

Title

Credits

Required

✓

IGCSE World History A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

DC US History A/B AS

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

Cambridge Economics AS

0.5 (Per Semester)

✓

DC Civics

0.5 (Per Semester)

✓

Sub-Total Credits

3.00

Fine Arts or CTE and Electives are required:

Fine Arts or CTE

Fine Arts or CTE credits required for graduation: 1.0

Title

Credits

Required

Medical Foundations A/B

1.0 (0.5 Credits Per Semester)

✓

Sub-Total Credits

1.00

Electives

Electives credits required for graduation: 7.0

Title

Credits

Required

Computer Info Systems—Dual Credit CIS 110

0.5

Sub-Total Credits

7.00

WAVE Nursing Pathway:

Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate requirements:

Title

Credits

Required

0.5

Sub-Total Credits

4.50

Credits required: 4.5

WAVE Nursing Pathway:

AAS Nursing Degree requirements (in addition to PN):

Title

Credits

Required

0.5

Sub-Total Credits

1.50

Credits required: 1.5

WAVE 13th year

Title

Credits

Required

0.5

Sub-Total Credits

1.50

Credits required: 1.5

AS/A level courses may be eligible for college credit by examination
HOP application required for course at MCC: BIO 181, CHM130, BIO201, BIO22, BIO205, COM121
University bound students may not take Personal Finance

Total Credits

Nursing Pathway

The Nursing Services program is designed and delivered as a coherent sequence of school-based and work-based supervised learning. The Nursing Services students develop leadership, social, civic, and career skills through participation in the Career and Technical Student Organization HOSA (Future Health Professionals).

The Nursing Services instructional program prepares students for entry-level employment, further training, and/or post-secondary education for these and other occupations: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA), Patient Care Technician, Patient Care Assistant, and Caregiver.

Program Completer:

Students must have completed Medical Foundations and NAP 115.

Student must have completed Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology at MCC and NAP 115.

Industry Certifications:

Can earn CNA if a student takes the NAP course at MCC or follows another WAVE program.

CTE/DC Medical Foundations A/B	Students will learn key medical root words, prefixes, and suffixes vital for their careers, studying body systems like the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, digestive, and special senses in the first semester. The second semester will focus on the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic, urinary, endocrine, and reproductive systems.
Medical Terminology-MCC Course	This course is for future healthcare professionals, focusing on medical vocabulary related to body systems, anatomy, medical processes, and diseases. It emphasizes application, spelling, definition, usage, and pronunciation.
Anatomy and Physiology- MCC Course	Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology of the human body. This course examines all 11 body systems including basic concepts of human biology, biochemistry, cytology, histology and pathology. Emphasis will be placed on structure, processes and vocabulary for each body system, as required in allied health professions.
WAVE Nursing Pathway: Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate	Students must take the following courses: BIO 201 Human Anatomy & Physiology I, BIO 202 Human Anatomy & Physiology II, NAP 115 Nursing Assistant, NUR 101 Fundamentals of Nursing Education, NUR 103 Fundamentals of Nursing Education, NUR 111 Medical Surgical Nursing I, NUR 124 Pediatrics in Nursing, NUR 125 Obstetrics in Nursing, NUR 126 Mental Health Nursing. Courses are offered at MCC.
WAVE Nursing Pathway: AAS Nursing Degree requirement	Students must take the following courses: BIO 205 Microbiology, COM 121 Interpersonal Communications, NUR 212 Medical Surgical Nursing II. Courses are offered at MCC.
WAVE 13th year	Students are welcome to take any PN or AAS courses not taken in high school, NUR 213 Medical Surgical Nursing III, and Nursing 250 Nursing Capstone. Courses are offered at MCC.