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

BIOL 120	Biological Principles I (NS)	4
BIOL 121	Biological Principles II	4
BIOL 150	Human Anatomy	4
CHEM 201	Organic Chemistry I	4
ENGL 200	The Literary Experience (W) & (LT)	3
PSYC 115	General Psychology (SS)	3
PSYC 210	Life-Span Human Development (WB)	3
PSYC 232	Abnormal Psychology	4

One Human Physiology course

Take one human physiology course.

BIOL 225	Human Physiology	4
BIOL 366	Advanced Human Physiology	4

One Microbiology course

Take one microbiology course.

BIOL 250	Introductory Microbiology	4
BIOL 344	General Microbiology	4

One Biochemistry course

BIOL 354	Biological Chemistry (W)	4
CHEM 305	Biochemistry	4

Two Chemistry Courses

Take two courses from the following combinations:

CHEM 116 & CHEM 117
CHEM 120 & CHEM 222
CHEM 120 & CHEM 242

CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
CHEM 117	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 120	Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)	4
CHEM 222	Inorganic Chemistry	4
CHEM 242	Analysis	4

Mathematics course

Take one of the following courses:

MATH 150	Pre-Calculus (MT)	4
MATH 151	Calculus I (MT)	4

One Statistics Course

Take one Statistics course from:

BIOL 370	Biostatistics and Experimental Design (W)	4
PSYC 270/ECON 270	Statistics	4