Individual College Courses – Online and Campus Options

Because these courses come from an accredited university, they are able to be transferred to a full degree program at GCU. If you wish to transfer these courses to a university other than GCU, it is recommended you check with that university to confirm if the individual courses would be accepted.

Many of the single courses do require prerequisites to be taken. When you apply to GCU, we take a look at your previous college transcripts via our Lopes Unofficial Credit Evaluation to check if any of the courses you have taken would be accepted for your chosen course or program.

Individual courses are not accredited. However, GCU and many of its degree programs are accredited by their respective accrediting body. Visit our University Accreditation page to learn more about GCU’s institutional and programmatic accreditations.

The most important factor that employers look for when hiring for a job is experience. On its own, a single course may not be enough to land you a new job. But when combined with your current and past experience, the information you learn in your single course could push you ahead.

The length of time to complete an individual course depends on the number of credits and location. Generally, most online classes take seven or eight weeks to complete, while most on-campus classes take 15 weeks to complete. It is recommended you search the details of the course you wish to take to find out exactly how long the course will take to complete.

The class size for an individual course depends on the location, but here at GCU, we make it a priority to keep our class sizes small. In Spring 2023, the average traditional class size for all GCU classrooms, including lecture and labs, on the main campus was 33 students.