Pre-Physician Assistant

Suggested Program of Study

These are general admission requirements. Since admission requirements are highly variable, a student should refer to specific admissions guidelines for each physician assistant program and consult with his or her academic advisor and the Coordinator.

Required Courses

AGES 289	Medical Terminology	1
BIOL 120	Biological Principles I (NS)	4
BIOL 121	Biological Principles II	4
BIOL 150	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 225	Human Physiology	4
	OR
BIOL 366	Advanced Human Physiology	4
BIOL 250	Introductory Microbiology	4
	OR
BIOL 344	General Microbiology	4
BIOL 354	Biological Chemistry (W)	4
	OR
CHEM 305	Biochemistry	4
CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
	AND
CHEM 117	General Chemistry II	4
	OR
CHEM 120	Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)	4
	AND
CHEM 222	Inorganic Chemistry	4
CHEM 201	Organic Chemistry I	4
ENGL 110	First-Year Composition (W)	3
	OR
FYS 110	First Year Seminar I (FS)	4
ENGL 200	The Literary Experience (W) & (LT)	3
MATH 150	Pre-Calculus (MT)	4
	OR
MATH 151	Calculus I (MT)	4
PSYC 115	General Psychology (SS)	3
PSYC 210	Life-Span Human Development (WB)	3
PSYC 232	Abnormal Psychology	4
PSYC 270/ECON 270	Statistics	4
	OR
BIOL 270	Biostatistics and Experimental Design (W)	4