Physician Assistant

Kyle Craig, Academic Advisor.

There is a wide variation in the prerequisites for entrance into a Physician Assistant program. A minimum of 3.0 G.P.A. is usually required for science courses. A bachelor degree is required for admittance into many programs. Usually a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical experience involving patient contact is also required. Physician Assistant programs are a Master's level program.

Requirements may include the following courses; however students should request information about current admission requirements from the professional school they plan to attend.

Required Courses:

BIOL 121	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 122	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 123	Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 141	General Biology	4
BIOL 142	General Biology	4
BIOL 143	General Biology	4
BIOL 222	Microbiology	5
CHEM 141	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 142	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 143	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 144	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 145	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 146	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
ENGL 121	College Writing I	3
ENGL 122	College Writing II	3
ENGL 223	Research Writing	3
HLTH 217	First Aid	2
HLTH 220	Human Nutrition	4
MATH 106	Introduction to Statistics	4
MATH 121	Precalculus I	4
MATH 122	Precalculus II	4
PSYC 130	General Psychology	4
PSYC 215	Developmental Psychology	4
SOCI 204	General Sociology	4
SPCH 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4

Recommended Courses

BIOL 381	Cell Biology I: Structure and Bioenergetics	4
BIOL 382	Cell Biology II: Genetics and Molecular Biology	4
BIOL 464	Animal Physiology	4
CHEM 321	Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 322	Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 324	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 325	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 431	Foundations of Biochemistry	4
PSYC	Additional Psychology courses

CHEM 431: 1-2 quarters; lab may be required.