University of South Alabama
Accelerated BSN Pathway · Mobile, AL · school's own site (opens the school's website in a new tab)
ActiveIn personlast verified Oct 2026
Prerequisites
The courses South Alabama says you need before you start, as published on its own pages. Credits, labs, and minimum grades are shown where the school states them.
- 01General BiologyLife Sciences with lab (or higher) · BLY 101 & BLY 101LCounts in the 3.0 prerequisite GPA.
source · southalabama.edu
“BLY 101 & BLY 101L Life Sciences & Lab (or higher) | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeC - 02MicrobiologyMicrobiology with lab, or Microbiology in Healthcare with lab · BLY 213 & BLY 214, or BMD 210 & BMD 210LBulletin: 'Microbiology with Lab (4 Credit Hours) is required'.
source · southalabama.edu
“BLY 213 & BLY 214 Microbiology & Lab OR BMD 210 & BMD 210L Microbiology in Healthcare & Lab | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeC - 03Anatomy & Physiology IHuman Anatomy & Physiology I and lab · BMD 251 & BMD 251L
source · southalabama.edu
“BMD 251 & BMD 251L Human Anatomy & Physiology I and Lab | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeC - 04Anatomy & Physiology IIHuman Anatomy & Physiology II and lab · BMD 252 & BMD 252L
source · southalabama.edu
“BMD 252 & BMD 252L Human Anatomy & Physiology II and Lab | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeC - 05General ChemistryChemistry with lab (or higher) · CH 101 & CH 101LBulletin title: Survey of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.
source · southalabama.edu
“CH 101 & CH 101L Chemistry & Lab (or higher) | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeC - 06General PsychologyIntroduction to Psychology · PSY 120Bulletin: 'PSY 120 is required'.
source · southalabama.edu
“PSY 120 Introduction to Psychology | 3”
credits3labnomin gradeC - 07StatisticsStatistics (select one) · ST 305, ST 210, BUS 245 or PSY 220
source · southalabama.edu
“ST 305 / ST 210 / BUS 245 / PSY 220 Statistics (Select one) | 3”
credits3labnomin gradeC
Minimum grade
C in every prerequisite course
source · southalabama.edu
“Minimum grade of “C” in all prerequisite courses.”
Prerequisites done by the deadline
All 26 prerequisite credit hours must be completed or in progress by the application deadline, and completed before the semester of admission
Unofficial transcripts showing in-progress courses must be emailed by the deadline.
source 1 · southalabama.edu
“For second degree seeking students, all 26 credit hours of prerequisites must be completed or in progress prior to application deadline. Admission is contingent upon the completion of any outstanding prerequisite courses”
source 2 · southalabama.edu
“Accelerated BSN applicants with an earned prior bachelor’s degree must have completed all 26 credit hours of prerequisite course work (as listed on this website) prior to the semester of admission.”
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Do prerequisites expire?
Course age limit Not published. Confirm with the school. No recency or expiration rule for prerequisites on the program page or in the 2026-2027 bulletin. The only five-year rule is for finishing the Professional Component after admission.
Course attempt limits Not published. Confirm with the school. No limit on prerequisite repeats is stated. The only repeat rule is post-admission: 'A student may only repeat one failed nursing course.'
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GPA and grades
Prerequisite GPA
3.0 over the 26 credit hours of prerequisites (7 courses)
How repeated courses are counted is not stated.
source 1 · southalabama.edu
“A final minimum prerequisite GPA of 3.0 (“A”=4.0) is required upon admission.”
source 2 · bulletin.southalabama.edu
“Graduate of a nationally accredited baccalaureate program with a minimum prerequisite GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.”
Minimum cumulative GPA for admission Not published. Confirm with the school. No minimum cumulative GPA for admission is stated on the program page or in the bulletin; only a prerequisite GPA. The page requires 'good standing within the University of South Alabama which requires a university GPA of 2.0', and Traditional BSN applicants with a 3.75 overall GPA may be invited into the Accelerated pathway.
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Is there an entrance exam?
Entrance exam Not published. Confirm with the school. No TEAS, HESI or other entrance exam is mentioned on the program page or in the bulletin. It is not stated as 'not required' either.
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Where can courses be taken?
Where prerequisites can be taken
Any regionally accredited school; transfer credit must be approved by the Registrar before applying to the College of Nursing
No named online providers.
source 1 · southalabama.edu
“Prerequisites must be taken at a regionally accredited school.”
source 2 · southalabama.edu
“Transfer of credits must be approved by the Registrar’s Office prior to applying to the College of Nursing.”
Online labs Not published. Confirm with the school. Not addressed on either page checked.
Pass/fail grades Not published. Confirm with the school.
AP / CLEP credit Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Application deadlines and start dates
Upcoming cycles South Alabama publishes. A date without a year on the school's page is noted rather than guessed.
July 2027 start (Fall admission) · MobileDeadline Mar 15, 2027The page prints the deadline as "March 15th" with no year; 2027 is the next occurrence after today's date, not a published year. The program starts mid-July; the exact start date is not published. All 26 prerequisite hours must be completed or in progress by the deadline and completed before the semester of admission.
source · southalabama.edu
“Fall Admission – Application Deadline Deadline – March 15th”
January 2028 start (Spring admission) · MobileDeadline Jun 15, 2027The page prints the deadline as "June 15th" with no year; June 15, 2026 has passed, so 2027 is the next occurrence, not a published year. The program starts the first week of January; the exact start date is not published. All 26 prerequisite hours must be completed or in progress by the deadline and completed before the semester of admission.
source · southalabama.edu
“Spring Admission – Application Deadline Deadline - June 15th”
Application
Two steps: apply to the University of South Alabama, then submit the College of Nursing's Accelerated BSN Supplemental Application; not NursingCAS
The supplemental application is behind the 'Apply Now' button on the program page; its exact URL was not captured.
source · southalabama.edu
“Admission to the Professional Component of Nursing in the USA College of Nursing requires the submission of an Accelerated BSN Supplemental Application. Application must be submitted to the College of Nursing by the college’s application deadline.”
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Cost
Tuition and fees as the school publishes them. Living costs vary; the source link has the full table.
Tuition
College of Nursing undergraduate courses: $435 per credit hour in-state, $870 out-of-state; the professional component is 62 credits (about $27,000 in-state / $53,900 out-of-state in tuition alone, plus fees)
The 62-credit totals are our arithmetic, not a published figure. The table carries both '2025-2026' and '2026-2027' labels, so the academic year is ambiguous. Students enrolled in fewer than 15 hours pay a $150 registration fee in fall and spring.
source · southalabama.edu
“College of Nursing | $435 | $870”
Application fee
$50 non-refundable College of Nursing supplemental application fee (plus the university application)
source · southalabama.edu
“Payment of the $50 non-refundable application fee via debit or credit card is required for supplemental application processing.”
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Other requirements
What the school asks for beyond courses and scores.
Prior degree
A prior bachelor's degree, awarded and posted on an official transcript before starting
source · southalabama.edu
“To be eligible to start accelerated nursing courses, all students must provide an official transcript showing the prior bachelor's degree has been awarded.”
- Good standing with every institution and nursing program previously attended; students who left a nursing program need a letter of good standing, and dismissed students are considered only for the Traditional BSN; no nursing courses transfer
source 1 · southalabama.edu
“Students must be in good standing with all academic institutions/nursing programs that they have attended in order to be admitted to the BSN program.”
source 2 · southalabama.edu
“The college does not accept transfer of nursing courses from previous nursing programs.”
- Before registering: acceptance packet, negative drug screen, acceptable background check and the Complio compliance package
source · southalabama.edu
“Only students who have successfully completed the Acceptance Packet in its entirety, have a negative drug screen and acceptable background check, and completed all required portions of the Compliance Tracking Package will be permitted to register for classes.”
- Immunizations (Hepatitis B series, which can take six months or more, MMR, varicella, flu, TB, Tdap) due one month before the first day of class
source · southalabama.edu
“All requirements should be completed no later than one month prior to the first day of classes for the professional component.”
- First-day attendance is mandatory; clinical hours may exceed 20 per week and weekday employment is discouraged
source · southalabama.edu
“Attendance on the first day of classes is required to begin the Accelerated BSN program.”
- Students who struggle with the pace may request a transfer to the traditional program if in good academic standing
source · bulletin.southalabama.edu
“Students having difficulty maintaining the pace of the program may request a transfer to the traditional program if they are in good academic standing.”
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Good to know
What the school says about the program that is not a requirement: how it selects, how many it admits, what to expect.
Format
On campus in Mobile, with clinical rotations that may include weekends
No online or hybrid language for the ABSN; on-campus housing is offered to ABSN students.
source · southalabama.edu
“Students in the Professional Component are required to complete clinical requirements. BSN students may be required to complete clinical rotations on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) as well as weekdays.”
Starts
Twice a year: January (first week) and July (mid-July)
source · southalabama.edu
“Students are admitted to the Accelerated BSN program twice each year: January and July.”
Invitation from the Traditional BSN pool
Traditional BSN applicants with a 3.75 overall GPA may be invited into the Accelerated pathway, space permitting
source · southalabama.edu
“* Students who apply for admission to Traditional BSN with an overall GPA of 3.75 may be offered an invitation for admission to the Accelerated BSN pathway based on availability.”
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Sources
Every page we read for South Alabama, with when we last checked it. Tier 1 is the program's own pages; tier 2 the nursing school's general pages; tier 3 university-wide pages.
- Accelerated BSN Pathway program pagetier 1 · program page · checked Oct 9, 2026Admission requirements, deadlines, prerequisites, curriculum tables (labelled 'Revised June 2019') and health requirements are all on this one page.
- 2026-2027 University Bulletin: Nursing BS, Acceleratedtier 3 · catalog · checked Oct 9, 2026
- Student Accounting: tuition and feestier 3 · tuition · checked Oct 9, 2026Linked from the program page as 'Tuition and Fees'. Per-credit table carries both 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 labels.
Open questions we're still checking
- The deadlines are printed as "June 15th" and "March 15th" with no year; the 2027 dates in the cycles are the next occurrences, not published years.
- No entrance exam is mentioned anywhere; unclear whether none is required or it is simply unstated.
- No prerequisite course age limit or repeat rule is stated; unclear whether the university's general repeat policy applies to the prerequisite GPA.
- No cumulative GPA minimum for admission is published (only the university's 2.0 good-standing GPA).
- The tuition table's labels are ambiguous between 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.
- The curriculum tables are labelled 'Revised June 2019'; the 2026-2027 bulletin lists the same 62 credits.
- The exact URL of the College of Nursing's Accelerated BSN Supplemental Application was not captured (button on the program page).
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