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Which Ohio nursing programmes take online A&P labs? How to ask before you enrol
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
There is no single Ohio answer. The Board of Nursing approves programmes, and OAC 4723-5-12 makes each programme write its own admission policy, so each decides whether it takes an online A&P lab. Ask the nursing admissions office in writing, naming the course, the lab format and the transcript it would arrive on, before you enrol.
Why the answer differs by programme
OAC 4723-5-04 covers how the Ohio Board of Nursing decides a programme's approval status. OAC 4723-5-12 then requires each programme to keep written policies on admission, progression and advanced standing credit. Neither rule lists prerequisite courses or says how a lab must be taken. Those choices sit with each programme's faculty and admissions committee.
In practice, programmes differ on three things: whether they take transfer credit for lab sciences at all, whether an online or at-home lab is enough, and which kinds of college transcripts they review. A friend's experience at another programme does not tell you the answer for yours.
What Ohio programmes usually list for A&P
Almost every Ohio pre-licensure programme lists Anatomy and Physiology I and II, each with a lab. Many also want Microbiology with a lab and a chemistry course, and some set a minimum grade and a time limit on sciences. Programmes that offer blended options, such as Columbus State's blended ADN, still hold labs and clinicals in person for nursing courses.
Read the admission page for your programme closely. A prerequisite list may name a course number from the programme's own college, which tells you the content and credit hours it expects.
The email to send
Keep it to five lines. Name the programme and the term you plan to apply for. List each course you plan to take, with its provider, credit hours and whether the lab is online or in person. Say which college transcript the credit would appear on. Then ask one direct question: would the programme take each of these toward its prerequisites, and at what minimum grade?
Attach a syllabus if you have one. Admissions committees often look at lab hours and topics, so a syllabus that lists them helps the reviewer answer quickly.
- Programme and term
- Course, provider, credits, lab format
- Transcript it would appear on
- Minimum grade
- Syllabus attached
What UPI Study offers and does not
UPI Study offers Anatomy and Physiology I and II, each with a lab course. They carry an NCCRS credit recommendation only, 3 credits for each lecture and 2 for each lab, and credit reaches your record only when a college posts it via a college transcript. TESU and UoPeople are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit, and Newlane is a third.
UPI Study has no Microbiology, Nutrition, Lifespan Psychology, Organic Chemistry or Pharmacology course, and it does not offer nursing courses or clinical hours. If your programme lists those, take them at a college or another provider the programme confirms in writing.
If the answer is no
Some programmes will say they want lab sciences from a college with in-person labs. That is a normal answer, not a closed door. Ohio's community colleges offer A&P with labs in several formats, and many students take sciences there and general education online.
Ask the programme which local options it recommends. Then use online courses where the programme says they fit, such as statistics, psychology or composition.
Keep the answer
Save the programme's reply with your application records. If staff change or the admission policy shifts before you apply, a written answer with a date shows what you were told. Ask again if more than a year passes before you apply, because programmes review their policies regularly.
What to ask in writing
Before you enrol
Email the nursing programme and ask in writing whether it would take each course you plan, from the transcript you would send, 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 the Ohio Board of Nursing approve online labs?
The Board approves nursing programmes, not individual prerequisite courses. Whether an online A&P lab counts is the programme's decision under its own admission policy, so ask the nursing office in writing before you take the course.
Can I take A&P lecture online and the lab in person?
Some students do, if the programme allows it. Ask whether the programme takes the lecture and lab from different providers, and whether both need to be on the same college transcript.
What grade do Ohio programmes want in A&P?
It varies by programme and is set in each programme's written admission policy. Many ask for at least a C, and competitive programmes may rank applicants by science grades. Check your programme's admission page.
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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Take statistics, psychology, composition and A&P with ACE or NCCRS credit recommendations, moved via a college transcript, after your programme confirms in writing what it will take.
Sources
- Ohio Administrative Code 4723-5-12: Program policies (official)Programmes must have written policies on student admission, readmission and progression, and on the process for determining the credit granted for advanced standing; military education is reviewed for substantially equivalent credit. Effective 1 Feb 2022; authority ORC 4723.07; amplifies 4723.06. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- Ohio Administrative Code 4723-5-04: Procedure for board determination of a program's status (official)The Board of Nursing determines and grants approval status for nursing education programmes. Effective 1 Feb 2024; authority ORC 4723.07; amplifies 4723.06. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.