Online Nursing Prerequisite Courses


GMercyU offers multiple programs for career changers towards a fulfilling career in nursing: 

However, if your bachelor’s program lacked a strong science component, or if you graduated a number of years ago, you might lack the science background to succeed. Thanks to the laboratory component many of these classes require, you may also be concerned about finding the time to make up the necessary knowledge without disrupting your schedule.

GMercyU offers a solution: our convenient health science prerequisite courses. Offered exclusively online with in-home laboratory experiences, these five- to eight-week online nursing prerequisite classes feature intensive instruction led by our nursing instructors. Their guidance will help you catch up on critical scientific principles and understand the application of scientific theory to nursing practice.

You’ll also gain hands-on experience with home laboratory kits that are included in the cost of your courses. At $382 per credit hour, our nursing degree prerequisites online offer you a flexible, affordable way to begin your nursing education.


Online Nursing Prerequisite Courses

GMercyU offers the eight online nursing school prerequisites listed below. Take all of the courses, or pick and choose classes missing from your bachelor’s degree program. Our admissions counselors can help you determine which class or classes you’ll need.

Science courses must have included a lab component, which was completed in the classroom or online wth a kit. Virtual labs are not accepted.

ABSN and Weekend BSN students: The following science courses must have been successfully completed within the past seven years: Nutrition, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy & Physiology II, and Chemistry for Allied Health Professions. The other two courses, Developmental Psychology and Statistics, must have been completed within the past 10 years.

DEMSN students: If you took health science courses during your bachelor’s degree, but they did not include laboratory sciences, were completed more than seven years ago, or you did not pass the class with a grade of “B-” or higher, you will need to complete and pass these courses before beginning your DEMSN program.

  • Nutrition (7-week course)
  • Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan (5-week course)
  • Statistics (5-week course)
  • Microbiology with Lab (8-week course)
  • Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab (8-week course)
  • Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab (8-week course)
  • Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences with Lab (8-week course)


Prepare for Nursing School Online at GMercyU

Find the online nursing prerequisite classes you need to qualify for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with GMercyU. Call 833-588-5953 or email accelerate@gmercyu.edu to contact an admissions counselor, or complete the form below.