Checked 15 Nov 2026 by the team. Sources are listed at the end of the page.
Kansas nursing prerequisites are set by each nursing programme's faculty; the Kansas State Board of Nursing approves the curriculum under K.A.R. 60-2-104. The KU RN-BSN, for example, asks for 60 prerequisite hours, including A&P, Microbiology, Chemistry, Statistics and Nutrition, from a regionally accredited college, with no expiry date. Confirm any online course with your programme in writing first.
Under K.A.R. 60-2-104, each Kansas nursing programme's faculty sets its curriculum, which must include biological, physical, social and behavioral science content; the board approves the curriculum but does not rule on where a prerequisite was taken, so each programme decides which transfer credit it counts.
The rule asks for Set by each programme; KU RN-BSN: 60 prerequisite credit hours. The legal source is K.A.R. 60-2-104.
| Item | Rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Who sets prerequisites | Each programme's faculty; the board approves the curriculum (K.A.R. 60-2-104) | [1] |
| Science content | Biological, physical, social and behavioral sciences in every approved curriculum | [1] |
| KU RN-BSN prerequisites | 60 credit hours, no expiration date | [2] |
| Where KU takes them | A regionally accredited community college or university | [2] |
| KU RN-BSN GPA | 2.50 cumulative, counting all transferable credit | [2] |
| LPN-to-RN routes | Each programme must have an articulation plan | [1] |
Kansas State Board of Nursing (approves programmes); each nursing programme for admission 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 Kansas State Board of Nursing (approves programmes); each nursing programme for admission.
NCCRS-recommended, 3 credits; ask whether it can stand in for the programme's 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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NCCRS-recommended lab, 2 credits; online lab acceptance varies by programme.
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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NCCRS-recommended, 3 credits.
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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KU's RN-BSN list includes General Chemistry with lab.
Self-paced online Chemistry I course (Chemistry 111). ACE and NCCRS recommend 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
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ACE- and NCCRS-recommended; Statistics is on KU's list.
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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KU's list includes General Sociology.
Self-paced online Introduction to Sociology course (Sociology 110). ACE and NCCRS recommend 3 semester credits; each college decides how it applies them.
See the course →TESU and UoPeople are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit; the nursing programme decides what it counts from that college transcript.
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 |
| Johnson County Community College | $106 per credit hour (Johnson County), $128 (other Kansas counties) | 13 credits: $1,378 or $1,664 | 15 Nov 2026 |
A cheaper course only saves money if your programme agrees in writing to count it. Lab fees, test fees and application fees (KU RN-BSN: $75) are extra.
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 your nursing programme's admissions office in writing which courses it will count, at what grade and from which college transcript, before you enrol.
The Kansas State Board of Nursing approves nursing programmes. Its curriculum rule, K.A.R. 60-2-104, says each programme's faculty develops the curriculum, which must include content in the biological, physical, social and behavioral sciences. A professional (RN) programme must have at least 30 credit hours in the nursing major, and a practical (LPN) programme at least 15.
The rule does not list prerequisite courses or say where they must be taken. Each programme sets its own list, grade minimums and transfer rules, so the answer to 'will this course count?' always comes from the programme.
The KU School of Nursing, which is approved by the board and CCNE-accredited, publishes a full prerequisite list for its RN-to-BSN route. It totals 60 credit hours with no expiry date, taken at a regionally accredited college:
UPI Study has courses for several items on lists like KU's: A&P I and II with labs, Chemistry with a lab, Statistics, College Algebra, English Composition I and II, General Psychology, Sociology and humanities electives. A&P carries an NCCRS-only recommendation: 3 credits for each lecture and 2 for each lab.
UPI Study has no Microbiology, Nutrition, Lifespan, Child or Human Development, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology or Speech course. Take those at a community college. Because KU asks for a regionally accredited college, ask whether the college transcript that will carry your credit meets that rule. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Each programme sets its own. Lists usually include Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Statistics, Psychology and English. The KU RN-BSN asks for 60 prerequisite hours, including Nutrition and Child or Human Development. Check your programme's current list and confirm transfer courses in writing.
No. Under K.A.R. 60-2-104 the board approves each programme's curriculum, which must include science content, but the programme's faculty sets the prerequisite courses and decides which transfer credit it counts. Ask the programme, not the board.
It depends on the programme. The KU RN-BSN says there is no expiration date on prerequisite academic credit. Other programmes may limit the age of science courses, so check the current admission page of each programme you apply to.
Often yes for lectures; online labs vary. KU lets RN-BSN students take prerequisites at the regionally accredited college of their choice. Ask the programme in writing whether an online course and lab on your chosen college transcript will count before you enrol.
UPI Study has no Microbiology, Nutrition, Lifespan, Child or Human Development, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology or Speech course. Several Kansas lists include some of these, KU's among them, so plan to take them at a community college.
The KU RN-BSN asks for a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50. KU counts all transferable credit and associate degree nursing courses, and when a course is repeated, both grades count. You also need a current, unencumbered RN licence in the US.
Take only the courses your programme has agreed to in writing, then move them via a college transcript.