colleges that don’t require prerequisites

University of Maine at Augusta

The University of Maine at Augusta accepts students without specific prerequisites. In fact, UMA is one of the few universities in the country that does not require college prep courses for admission. Additionally, UMA does not require SAT or ACT scores for freshman or transfer applicants who have reached junior status or who are over 21 years of age. UMA provides online admissions applications and virtual info sessions to prospective students from around the world.

UMA also does not require GRE or GMAT scores for graduate applicants seeking to study online, on-campus, or through a combination of both formats. The university’s adult education program offers bachelor’s degree completion services for students with some previous college credit as well as access to technical certification programs and professional development courses. UMA enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate students annually and operates three campuses in central Maine: Augusta, Bangor, and Presque Isle.

Wayne State College

If you are a student who has been out of school for a long time and want to return, Wayne State College is just the place for you. This college doesn’t require any transcripts from previous colleges or high schools. They do not require your ACT/SAT scores, your high school diploma, letters of recommendation, application fee nor an essay. That’s right, none of those things are required to apply to this prestigious college! So if you have been sitting on the sidelines because you didn’t have all those items needed to apply to other colleges you now have a great reason to attend WSC!

University of Alaska Southeast

As a student at the University of Alaska, you can choose from three degrees: Associate of Arts degree, Associate of Science degree, and Associate of Applied Science. You will not need to fulfill any prerequisites. If you are applying to the teacher education program or the nursing program, your application process may be slightly different.

Students applying to the teacher education program at the University of Alaska will need to take the Fundamentals of Reading and Writing Test. This test is designed to measure students’ basic competencies in reading and writing. The test is available only in English, so students who speak another language will have a harder time completing this requirement. The Fundamentals test was created by a collaborative effort between the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (EED) and the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD).

Students applying for admission into UAS’ nursing program must have at least a 2.5 GPA in order to apply for advanced placement in their nursing coursework. Students with lower GPAs must start from square one before they can begin their advanced nursing coursework.

Western Oregon University

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Charter Oak State College

Charter Oak State College is a public college in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1973, it is the only online state college in Connecticut and one of the oldest distance learning institutions in the country.

It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE). The College has an open admissions policy.

It is one of four state universities in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.

Prerequisite courses are not necessarily required for admission, but may be needed for some majors.

Some schools have prerequisites for admission, others don’t. The ones that do will specify what the prerequisites are and where you can find them — like, “Your high school transcript should show at least one college-level math class.” Or, “A rigorous high school biology course is required for this program.”

Now, some courses have prerequisites. What does that mean? It means those courses assume you’ve already had a certain course somewhere in the past. If you haven’t taken that course yet, you can’t sign up for it until you do. So if a course requires college algebra as a prerequisite, then you won’t be allowed to take that course unless your transcript shows that you’ve already taken and passed college algebra at some point.

The difference with prerequisite courses vs. classes is this: Prerequisite courses are *required* to get into a program or major (pre-medicine). But prerequisite *classes* aren’t needed to get admitted into a program or major — they’re just needed if students want to take the class itself (Biology II).

Prerequisite classes usually refer to major-specific ones — e.g., Biochemistry I would require a student to complete Biology II first because it builds off of the content learned in Biology II. General education classes and electives don’t necessarily require prerequisites because they’re not necessarily building on prior knowledge from other classes. If that makes sense…