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LPN to RN in Oklahoma: prerequisite checklist and time limits
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
For LPN to RN in Oklahoma, each Board-approved programme sets its own prerequisites. The Board's associate degree list includes online LPN to RN tracks at Carl Albert State, Eastern Oklahoma State, OSU Institute of Technology, Seminole State and Western Oklahoma State. Most programmes list A&P with labs, Microbiology, psychology and English. Some set time limits on sciences, so check yours.
The online LPN to RN tracks
The Oklahoma Board of Nursing publishes a list of state-approved associate degree programmes, last revised in September 2026. Several are LPN to RN tracks delivered online, with clinical work done in person. Each entry shows an approval category, such as full approval, provisional approval or full approval with warning.
| College | Track on the Board's list |
|---|---|
| Carl Albert State College | LPN to RN Online |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | Online LPN/Paramedic to RN |
| OSU Institute of Technology | Online LPN to ADN |
| Seminole State College | Online LPN to ADN |
| Western Oklahoma State College | LPN to RN Online |
A typical prerequisite checklist
Oklahoma LPN to RN prerequisites usually look like the list below. The exact courses, credit hours and minimum grades are in each programme's admission requirements, so use this as a starting point, not a final list. Programmes also need a current LPN licence, and many use an entrance test.
- Anatomy and Physiology I with lab
- Anatomy and Physiology II with lab
- Microbiology with lab
- General or developmental psychology
- English composition
- Sometimes chemistry, nutrition or statistics
Time limits
Some Oklahoma programmes set a time limit on science courses, often several years, and others do not. The rule lives in each programme's admission requirements. If your A&P or Microbiology is more than five years old, ask the programme in writing whether it still counts before you plan around it.
If a course is close to the limit, ask whether the programme measures its age at the date you apply, start or finish. Time limits can also apply to an entrance test score.
Where UPI Study can and cannot help
UPI Study offers A&P I and II with labs, which carry an NCCRS credit recommendation only, and general education such as English composition, introductory psychology and statistics. Credit reaches your record only when a college posts it via a college transcript, and the nursing programme decides whether it takes it.
UPI Study has no Microbiology, Nutrition, Lifespan or Developmental Psychology, Organic Chemistry or Pharmacology course, and it does not offer nursing courses or clinical hours. Plan to take any of those your programme lists at a college or another provider it confirms in writing.
A simple plan
List each prerequisite, what you already have, the grade and the year. Mark anything below the programme's minimum or older than its limit. Email the programme with your planned courses and ask which it would take, and how it credits your practical nursing coursework. Then take the confirmed courses in the order the programme suggests, with sciences close to your application date if time limits apply. Keep every written answer with your transcripts and licence details.
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
Do I need to retake A&P for LPN to RN in Oklahoma?
It depends on the programme and on how old your A&P is. Time limits, if any, are in each programme's admission requirements. Ask your programme in writing whether your course still counts before you enrol in a retake.
Is an online LPN to RN programme Board-approved?
The Board's approved associate degree list includes several online LPN to RN tracks. Check the current list and the programme's approval category before you apply, since categories can change after a survey.
Is Developmental Psychology the same as Intro to Psychology?
No. Developmental or lifespan psychology covers human growth from infancy to old age, while introductory psychology is a broad survey. An introductory course does not replace it unless the programme says so in writing, and UPI Study does not offer developmental psychology.
Courses that fit
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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
- Oklahoma Board of Nursing: State Approved Nursing Education Programs, Associate Degree (revised 23 Sep 2026) (official)Lists Board-approved associate degree RN programmes and their approval category (full, provisional, or full with warning), including online LPN to RN tracks at Carl Albert State College, Eastern Oklahoma State College (LPN/Paramedic to RN), OSU Institute of Technology, Seminole State College and Western Oklahoma State College. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act (59 O.S. 567.1 et seq.), effective 1 Nov 2026 (official)567.5: an RN applicant shows completion of the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing approved by a state board of nursing. 567.6: an LPN applicant shows completion of a state-approved practical nursing programme. 567.12: approved RN programmes are conducted in an accredited Oklahoma college or university leading to an associate, baccalaureate or higher degree and meet Board standards; approved PN programmes run in a CareerTech-approved school or a school licensed by the Board of Private Vocational Schools. 567.13: the Board surveys programmes and can discontinue one that fails to meet standards. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.