CAMPUS RESOURCES
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
ALL ABOUT NURSING
COUNTING CREDITS
DO'S DON'TS & DEADLINES
100

A person that students can talk to when they don't know what classes to take

Who is an Academic Advisor?

100

A document that includes an instructor's name and contact info, the class schedule, grading system, and assignment and exam dates

What is a syllabus?

100

The number of prerequisite courses required to enter into the nursing program

What are 12 prerequisite courses? (BONUS)

100

The total number of credits required to graduate from KSU

What are 123 credit hours?

100

The first week of class each semester when students can make changes to their schedules with no academic consequences

What is Add/Drop Week?

200

A program that offers peer-led, free study sessions out of class for traditionally difficult classes

What is Supplemental Instruction?

200

Something that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timed

What is a SMART goal?

200

The lab science courses required for students to take before they can take any other lab science for the nursing program

What are CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151 lab? 

(or CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211 lab)

200

The number of credit hours a student must register for to be considered full-time

What are 12 credit hours?

200

The maximum amount of withdrawals that an undergraduate student is allowed

What is 8 Withdrawals?

300

A place where students go to find volunteer opportunities

What is VKSU?

300

A powerful way that people convey a message without actually using words that is important to always be cognizant of

What is nonverbal communication?

300

The exam that must be taken before a student is eligible to apply to the nursing program

What is the TEAS exam? (BONUS)

300

The number of credit hours a student should take each academic year on average to graduate in 4 years

What are 30 credit hours?

300

A range of dates assigned specifically to each student to inform them of when they can add or drop classes

What is a Registration Time Ticket?

400

A resource where students can find a list of all registered student organizations

What is OWL Life?

400

A number that is calculated using grades, quality points, and hours attempted and helps students keep track of their academic standing.

What is a GPA?

400

The largest nursing program in North Georgia that shares a name with the largest health system in Georgia

What is the WellStar School of Nursing?

400

An opportunity for students to earn college credit and travel

What is Study Abroad?

400

A federal law that sets forth requirements regarding the privacy of student records and governs the disclosure of student records maintained by an educational institution as well as access to those records.

What is FERPA?

500

A resource that offers support to students who have experienced homelessness, food insecurity and/or the foster care system

What is CARE services?

500

A planning tool that reflects an individual's income and spending habits

What is a budget?

500

The maximum number of students that are accepted into the traditional track of the nursing program every Fall and Spring semester

What is 84?

500

The only 2-credit hour course that KSU requires ALL students to complete

What is ECON 1000-Contemporary Economic Issues?

500

This must be included in a research paper when you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another source

What is an in-text citation?