Interested in ABSN - How long does prereqs take?

verene, MSN · Nov 30, 2016

Depends on the specific pre-reqs the program requires, how many of those courses transfer from your previous degree or other college-level course work, and how many classes you are able/willing to take a time, and how those courses are stacked (i.e pre-reqs to pre-reqs, or courses only offered in specific terms).

It took me 2 years to get through my pre-reqs for my ABSN program, but I also had neither the time nor money to take more than 1 or 2 courses at a time. I think I could have managed in a year or slightly less if I had been able to be a full-time student.

FutureNurseInfo · Nov 30, 2016

I do agree with the PP. It will take me 2 years to take all of my pre-reqs. I also have a BA and an MS. The only course that was applied towards my pre-reqs was English comp. Everything else I have to do: stats, chem, organic chem, A&P 1 and 2, intro to psych, human development, nutrition and micro. A&P requires chem as a pre-req at my school so I am not able to take it unless I have completed both chem and organic chem. Then I can take both A&Ps and finally, the micro. So, like I said, it will take me two years. Also, both chems, A&Ps and micro have labs, so it is a lot. Speak to an advisor to be sure.

Quota, BSN, RN · Dec 1, 2016

As has already mentioned it depends on what classes you need, how many you can/will take at a time, any pre-reqs for the pre-reqs you need, etc. I'm just finishing my last pre-req this week so I finished my five needed pre-reqs (Bio Ethics, Nutrition, A&P I, A&P II, and Micro) in 10 months. I took all these online at my local CC mostly one class at a time, occasionally a few weeks of overlap between one class ending and another beginning. My BioStats and Developmental Psych classes from my previous degree (Biology major, Psych minor) still counted and the CC waived the pre-reqs for the pre-reqs after I provided my past transcripts. So pretty quick and easy for me. Your situation could be drastically different and take you 2 years or simple and about a year.

thecareerchanger, BSN · Dec 1, 2016

What everyone else said. I took 3 years but I only took 1 class at a time and no class in the summer. I work and have family obligations so that is all I could manage but maybe your situation is different

FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN · Dec 7, 2016

It took me 3 semesters.

Buyer beware, BSN · Dec 7, 2016

Take them at a community college.

OliveOyl91, BSN, RN · Dec 7, 2016

Going part-time, is has taken me between two and three years to finish my prerequisites. I just have Winter 2017 left and I began in Fall 2014.

VerticalHorizon · Dec 7, 2016

My ABSN required 68 hours of prereqs. How fast you finish them depends on if you already have a degree with some of the classes completed, how many hours you take a semester, etc.

JCD2712, BSN, RN · Dec 8, 2016

I started working on my prereqs in Fall of 2015, and I'll be finishing them and starting an accelerated nursing program in May 2017, so 4 semesters. I took two classes at a time until I quit my job to speed things along, and then I took four. However, my school requires two prereqs that not every school requires, so I guess it could have been three semesters.