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Healthcare Prerequisite Courses at DeSales

Online classes to jumpstart your degree.

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Jumpstart your healthcare degree with these available prerequisite courses

Looking to take an online healthcare prerequisite course(s)? Through our Adult Studies program, DeSales offers online courses throughout the year! 

  • If you have already submitted an application to apply to one of our degree or certificate programs, complete the Online Healthcare Prerequisites form.
  • If you are interested in taking online prerequisites without pursuing a degree/certificate at DeSales, please complete the Visiting Student Application.
  • Current DeSales students: please register for summer classes via WebAdvisor in MyDSU; please contact your advisor to register for online healthcare prerequisite courses.

Tuition

The cost to register is $1,785 per three-credit course ($595 per credit). Costs for these courses are NOT part of the regular full-time day semester tuition plan.

Course Offerings

Online healthcare prerequisite courses are available multiple times throughout the year. Courses that are available include:

  • Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2
  • Human Development
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Microbiology
  • Physiological Chemistry
  • Probability & Statistics

To learn what courses are available for an upcoming semester, visit our course catalog and use the Term selection tool to select the semester of your choice (example: 2025 Fall Adult Studies).

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