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Which Colorado nursing programmes take online A&P labs? How to ask before you enrol
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
No public Colorado list says which nursing programmes take online A&P labs. Front Range Community College and CU Nursing publish their prerequisites but say nothing about online labs, so the answer is unknown until the programme writes it down. Send the course name, credit recommendation and syllabus, and ask before you pay.
What Colorado programmes publish about labs
FRCC's Westminster campus lists Human Anatomy and Physiology I with lab and Microbiology with lab among its nursing prerequisites. CU Nursing's traditional bachelor's pathway asks that one science lecture have an accompanying lab. Neither page says whether the lab may be taken online.
When a page is silent, do not read it as a yes. Programmes often decide lab questions case by case, and some refuse online labs for anatomy and microbiology outright.
| Programme | Lab on the list | Online lab stated? |
|---|---|---|
| FRCC Westminster ADN | A&P I with lab; Microbiology with lab | Not stated |
| CU Nursing traditional BS | One science lecture with lab | Not stated |
Why labs are the hardest prerequisite to move
A lab is where a programme checks hands-on skills: dissection, microscope work and measurements. Programmes that worry about those skills often want an in-person lab even when they take an online lecture.
There is also the transcript question. FRCC requires transfer credit to be on its own transcript when you apply. A lab taken elsewhere has to reach a college transcript first and then pass FRCC's evaluation.
The email to send before you enrol
Write to the nursing admissions office, not general admissions. Keep it short and attach the syllabus.
- The course name, credit recommendation and whether it is lecture or lab
- The college that would post it on its transcript
- Your target campus and admission term
- The question: would you take this course, via that college transcript, for your A&P I lab prerequisite?
- A request for the answer in writing
What UPI Study offers for A&P
UPI Study offers Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 lectures and matching online labs. They carry an NCCRS recommendation only: 3 credits for each lecture and 2 credits for each lab. They count for nothing until a college posts them on its transcript and your programme agrees to take them.
We do not offer Microbiology with lab, Nutrition or Human Growth and Development, which FRCC also lists. Plan those at a college.
How to read the answer you get back
Admissions offices answer lab questions in a few common ways. A clear yes names the course and the prerequisite it meets. A conditional yes may say the lab is fine if it is posted on a regionally accredited college transcript, or if the lecture and lab come together. A no may apply only to the lab, leaving the lecture open.
Read each reply for the exact course, the exact prerequisite and the admission term. Save the email as a PDF with the date, and keep it with your application papers. If the person who answered later leaves, the written reply is what you can show the next adviser.
If the reply is vague, such as 'online courses are reviewed case by case', ask one follow-up question: would this course, with this syllabus, meet the A&P I with lab prerequisite for my term? A short, specific question is easier to answer in writing.
- Clear yes: course, prerequisite and term named
- Conditional yes: note every condition and plan around it
- No on the lab only: ask about the lecture separately
- Vague: ask one narrower follow-up question
If the answer is no
A no on the lab still leaves room for general education. Statistics, Psychology, Sociology and English Composition appear on CU Nursing's list, and English is on FRCC's. Ask the same question for those courses; outside credit is considered more often there than in the sciences.
For the lab itself, a Colorado community college section is the route most programmes already know.
What to ask in writing
Before you enrol
Ask your Colorado nursing programme in writing, course by course, whether it would take each UPI Study course via a college transcript, including any online lab, before you enrol.
UPI Study is not a college and is not accredited. ACE and NCCRS review our courses and recommend credit; a college decides whether to give that credit and records it on its own transcript.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Questions people ask
Does Front Range Community College take online A&P labs for nursing?
FRCC's nursing admissions page lists A&P I with lab but does not say whether an online lab is acceptable. It does say transfer courses must already appear on the FRCC transcript when you apply. Ask FRCC nursing admissions in writing about any online lab before you enrol.
How many credits are UPI Study's A&P labs?
Each UPI Study Anatomy and Physiology lab carries an NCCRS recommendation of 2 credits, and each lecture 3 credits. Those numbers are recommendations. A college decides what it posts on its transcript, and your nursing programme decides whether it takes that transcript credit.
Should I take the lecture online and the lab in person?
Some students do, if the programme allows the two to come from different places. Ask your programme whether the lecture and lab must come from the same college and term, because some programmes require them together.
Courses that fit
ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended courses, studied online at your own pace.
Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
Self-paced online Anatomy and Physiology I Lab course (Biology 211L). NCCRS recommends 2 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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Anatomy and Physiology 2
Self-paced online Anatomy and Physiology 2 course (Biology 212). NCCRS recommends 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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Get your programme's written answer first, then start with Statistics, Psychology and English.
Sources
- Front Range Community College: Westminster nursing associate degree admissions (official)Prerequisites BIO1010, BIO2101 A&P I with lab, ENG1021 or 1022, PSY2440; BIO2104 Microbiology with lab and a nutrition course may be in progress; C or higher and 3.0 GPA; sciences within 10 years; transfer courses must already show on the FRCC transcript. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- CU Anschutz College of Nursing: CU Bridge nursing bachelor's admissions (official)Traditional BS pathway lists anatomy, physiology, microbiology, statistics, general chemistry, psychology, developmental psychology, nutrition and more; one science lecture needs a lab; C or better; most courses taken at CU Denver, up to 9 prerequisite credits transferred in. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.