AA/AS in Nursing

The Nursing major is part of the General Human Studies department at Hakuho Women's College. It runs for three years, admits both men and women, and prepares students to sit the national registered nurse examination. Graduates receive an associate degree. The college highlights broad knowledge and technique combined with personal development so that students become trustworthy nurses, and it reports full employment among graduates with many more job offers than places. Students who want to continue can move on within the college to advanced courses: midwifery for women, or community health nursing for public health nurses, each one year and each giving access to a bachelor's-equivalent qualification. A speech-language-hearing course is also available for a dual national qualification. Transfer into the fourth year of the nursing department at Yamato University is another route to a bachelor's degree. The published fee table lists the entrance fee and the yearly tuition amounts.