Which prereq classes are cool to take online

dragonflylilly · Apr 27, 2016

I took, Psych, Nutrition, and sociology online. I took them online from my local community college.

umbdude, MSN, APRN · Apr 27, 2016

Everything that doesn't have a lab portion is fine online.

cecile9155, BSN, RN · Apr 27, 2016

I took A&P 2 and Micro online but attended lab in person once a week.

verene, MSN · Apr 28, 2016

I took Lifespan Psych, Bio-psych (elective course), and Nutrition online and Stats and General Chem hybrid (lectures online exams/labs in-person). I could have taken Intro to Psych and English Comp online if I hadn't already had the credits from prior schooling. I took Bio, Micro, and A&P in person and am very glad I did. In retrospect I think I would have done better in chem if I'd taken that in-person as well. Being hands-on and physically present matters in the sciences (at least for me).

All my online courses were through my local community college.

crazydoglady89 · Apr 28, 2016

I am taking all my pre reqs online (science and labs included!). All of the schools I am applying to this winter will accept my online courses with no issue (IMO, if you are too limited in where you can apply due to online courses, that's what matters more than being able to take them or not). I work full time in another field and would have to give up a considerable income to take these courses. My local ABSN program is extremely competitive, so even if I have 4.0's (which I do), I may not get in for another year. This risk was not enough for me to quit my full time, well paying job, especially considering my husband and I are saving money to cash flow my education and to buy our first home.

My local CC and 4 year university where I am taking my current pre reqs did NOT have weekend or evening courses for AP or micro. I really, really wanted to take them in person but I can't. There is a 6pm course for micro, but i would have to leave work early every day (and they don't know I'm pursuing this degree yet).

You really have to do what is best for you. I have to work a LOT harder, because AP online is very difficult. My instructor literally gave us a textbook and just e-mails us when there are exams. The exams are "by the book", meaning entirely constructed of the textbook review questions. It is a very dull, and IMO overcomplicated way of learning AP. I have to teach myself a lot, so certain concepts I believe I am a bit behind on, or take me a bit longer to grasp. I supplement my education by watching lectures from other profs on youtube, which actually helps greatly. I almost completely have to skip my instructors powerpoints (they are 300-400 slides per chapter, not even joking, she just re writes the chapters in slide form, it's awful).

I'm lucky in that my husband is a surgical PA, so he is quite good at supplementing my anatomy education. However, he hasn't "had" to know a lot of the systems since he was in PA school, so I still have to do a lot of supplementation.

I may quit my job 4 months early to take chemistry in person.

Whatever you choose to do, make sure you have a handful of schools you can apply to that will accept online courses. You have to be very honest with yourself. I'm good at online courses (I did a lot o fmy business degree this way) in that I am disciplined and actually enjoy the flexibility. However, science is a different language to learn. If you know you will struggle, take it in person.

In my experience, it depends more on the instructor than the content. I have taken some wonderful online courses where the instructor feels just as present as in person. I have taken "simple" subject online courses that were overcomplicated, feeling more like fact regurgitation than an actual learning experience.

Quota, BSN, RN · Apr 28, 2016

I'm taking all my pre-reqs online at my local community college (BioEthics, A&P I, A&P II, Micro, and nutrition). Exams have to be done in person at the testing centers so regardless of the last exam day in the syllabus for each unit I'm taking my tests on the Saturday prior (or in a few cases with permission the following Saturday). I already completed BioEthics online and that was simple. This Saturday I'll take my last test in A&P I and while it was a lot of work it was certainly doable, baring the truly unexpected I'll be getting an A in the class. I just signed up to start A&P II in two weeks and expect it to go much the same as A&P I.

I'll be taking Micro online in the Fall and it has three days (Fri, Sat, Sun) of in-person lab required for the class so I'll have to take a Friday off work. If the school has a well designed class and you are good in science classes taking them online shouldn't be a problem. Though as mentioned by a previous poster make sure the online classes you select are accepted by the schools you plan to apply to. Both the schools I am going to apply to accept these classes.

APRN., DNP, RN, APRN, NP · Apr 28, 2016

I CLEP'd my Sociology, and tested out of Public Speaking via Dantes.

I also took an accelerated three-week Developmental Psychology class.

I am not aware of many higher education universities that easily accept online "ologies" classes, including Chemistry.

Kimbo3377 · Apr 28, 2016

I am taking nutrition online. I would probably do more if they had been offered as online courses

KarenMS · Apr 28, 2016

I really wish I hadn't taken A&P online, but it was my only option.

gere7404, BSN, RN · Apr 28, 2016

I took psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethics, intro to computer science and nutrition online. I tried to take as many social sciences/humanities/electives as I could online as I only have two free days a week to go to school in person, in which I took science courses.