Checked 15 Nov 2026 by the team. Sources are listed at the end of the page.
Before taking Georgia nursing prerequisites online, check with the programme. Each Georgia nursing programme sets its own prerequisites. Georgia Southwestern State University, for example, asks for Anatomy and Physiology I and II and Microbiology within 5 years of admission, statistics, psychology and English, a 2.80 GPA and a HESI A2 score of 75. Ask yours in writing which outside courses and labs it will review.
Georgia nursing programmes set their own prerequisites; Georgia Southwestern State University's traditional BSN, for example, requires Anatomy and Physiology I and II and Microbiology to be within 5 years of admission, a GPA of 2.80 on its 11 listed courses, and a HESI A2 composite score of at least 75.
The rule asks for Sciences within 5 years; 2.80 GPA on 11 courses; HESI A2 75 (example programme). The legal source is Georgia Southwestern State University.
| Item | Example: Georgia Southwestern traditional BSN | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Science time limit | A&P I and II and Microbiology within 5 years of admission | [1] |
| GPA | 2.80 on 11 listed courses | [1] |
| Entrance test | HESI A2 composite of 75; two attempts within two years | [1] |
| Listed courses | ENGL 1101, 1102, literature, math, MATH 1401, lab science, BIOL 2251K, 2252K, 2260K, PSYC 2103 | [1] |
| Deadlines | 15 February for fall, 15 October for spring | [1] |
Each Georgia nursing programme (example used here: Georgia Southwestern State University School of Nursing); nurses are licensed by the Georgia Board of Nursing decides how this rule applies to you. We read its published rule and the pages below; each was checked on 15 Nov 2026.
Each nursing programme sets its own prerequisite list, its own time limits for science courses and its own rule on which credits it takes. Read the programme's published list first and ask its admissions office in writing before you enrol in any course.
UPI Study does not yet offer Microbiology with lab, Nutrition or Lifespan Development. Our courses carry no clinical hours, and they do not clear a deficiency for a board of nursing.
Each course below is ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended for college credit. Whether it counts here is the decision of the college and of Each Georgia nursing programme (example used here: Georgia Southwestern State University School of Nursing); nurses are licensed by the Georgia Board of Nursing.
A&P I lecture; NCCRS-recommended. Ask whether the programme reviews outside A&P
Self-paced online Anatomy and Physiology I course (Biology 211). NCCRS recommends 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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A&P I lab; NCCRS-recommended. Some programmes refuse online labs
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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A&P II lecture; NCCRS-recommended
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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A&P II lab; NCCRS-recommended
Self-paced online Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab course (Biology 212L). NCCRS recommends 2 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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Statistics is listed by most BSN programmes; ACE-recommended and NCCRS-recommended
Self-paced online Principles of Statistics course (Statistics 101). ACE and NCCRS recommend 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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First-year composition is on nearly every list; NCCRS-recommended
Self-paced online English Composition 1 course (ENG 101). NCCRS recommends 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
See the course →TESU, UoPeople and Newlane are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit; a nursing programme still runs its own evaluation, so ask the programme in writing too.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
| Option | Price | For this rule | Price checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPI Study PRO | $99 a month, every course | $99 for each month you are subscribed; take as many courses as you finish in that time | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Sophia Learning monthly plan | $99 a month | General education courses such as statistics and psychology | 15 Nov 2026 |
| StraighterLine membership | $99 a month plus a course fee | Membership plus a one-time fee per course, including sciences | 15 Nov 2026 |
Georgia public colleges charge per credit hour; check the college's own tuition page. The cheapest course is the one your programme will count, so ask first.
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.
Ask each nursing programme in writing whether it will review the specific course and lab you plan to take, and keep the reply, before you enrol.
Georgia has no single prerequisite list. University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia programmes each publish their own, though the core is similar. Georgia Southwestern State University is a typical example: English Composition I and II, a literature course, two mathematics courses including statistics (MATH 1401), an eight-hour lab science sequence, Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Microbiology and Human Growth and Development (PSYC 2103).
Admission is competitive. Georgia Southwestern says meeting the minimums may not be enough, because it ranks applicants on GPA and the HESI A2.
Many Georgia programmes put a time limit on sciences. Georgia Southwestern says A&P I and II and Microbiology must be within 5 years of admission, and it counts every attempt within 5 years when it works out the GPA. If you took A&P eight years ago, plan to retake it, and time the retake so it is still inside the limit on the deadline you are aiming for.
This is where programmes differ most. Some review online labs and ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit through their transfer evaluation; some only count sciences taken at a regionally accredited college; some refuse online labs outright. Georgia Southwestern's page says transfer applicants need a transcript evaluation and should apply early, but it does not say how it treats online labs, so you have to ask.
Our A&P courses and labs are NCCRS-recommended. Credit reaches a college via a college transcript, and the nursing programme decides. Ask before you pay for anything.
Most Georgia lists include courses we do not have. Plan to take these at a college: Microbiology with lab, Human Growth and Development (Lifespan Development), and Nutrition where it is listed. We are telling you now so you can plan the whole list, not discover the gap later.
Each programme sets its own. A typical list, from Georgia Southwestern State University, is English Composition I and II, a literature course, a core maths course, statistics, a lab science sequence, A&P I and II, Microbiology and Human Growth and Development, with a 2.80 GPA and a HESI A2 composite of 75.
Some do and some do not; each programme decides. Email admissions with the course name and lab format and ask whether its transfer evaluation will review it. Do not enrol until you have a written answer.
It depends on the programme. Georgia Southwestern requires A&P I and II and Microbiology within 5 years of admission. Other programmes use 5 to 7 years or none. Check the exact wording for each school you apply to.
No. We do not offer Microbiology with lab, Nutrition or Human Growth and Development. Take those at a college. Our A&P I and II with labs, statistics, psychology and composition may help if your programme says it will review them.
Many use the HESI A2 or the ATI TEAS. Georgia Southwestern uses the HESI A2 with a minimum composite of 75 and allows two attempts within two years. Check each programme's own page.
No. The board licenses nurses; the nursing programme sets its prerequisites and runs its own transfer evaluation. Ask the programme, in writing, about any course you plan to take outside it.
A&P I and II with labs, statistics, psychology and composition are on PRO. Ask your programme in writing first.