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 1100	Biological Principles I	4
BIOL 1102	Biological Principles II	4
BIOL 1022	Human Anatomy	4
CHEM 2100	Organic Chemistry I	4
ENGL 1100	The Literary Experience	3
PSYC 1005	General Psychology	3
PSYC 1120	Life-Span Human Development	3
PSYC 2130	Psychopathology	3

One Human Physiology course

Take one human physiology course.

BIOL 2020	Human Physiology	4
BIOL 3220	Advanced Human Physiology	4

One Microbiology course

Take one microbiology course.

BIOL 2430	Introductory Microbiology	4
BIOL 3430	General Microbiology	4

One Biochemistry course

BIOL 3610	Biological Chemistry	4
CHEM 3500	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 1030	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM 1040	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 1050	Accelerated General Chemistry	4
CHEM 2200	Inorganic Chemistry	4
CHEM 2300	Analysis	4

Mathematics course

Take one of the following courses:

MATH 1500	Pre-Calculus	4
MATH 1501	Calculus I	4

One Statistics Course

Take one Statistics course from:

BIOL 3632	Biostatistics and Experimental Design	4
PSYC 2060	Statistics	4