Physician Assistant

Kyle Craig, Academic Adviser.

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 may lead to a bachelor of science (B.S.) or to a Master of Science (M.S.)

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 141General Biology

4

BIOL 142General Biology

4

BIOL 143General Biology

4

BIOL 121Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 122Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 123Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIOL 222Microbiology

5

CHEM 141General Chemistry

3

CHEM 142General Chemistry

3

CHEM 143General Chemistry

3

CHEM 144General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 145General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 146General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CPTR 110Principles of Computing

2

ENGL 121College Writing I

3

ENGL 122College Writing II

3

ENGL 223Research Writing

3

HLTH 217First Aid

2

HLTH 220Human Nutrition

4

MATH 121Precalculus Mathematics I

4

MATH 122Precalculus Mathematics II

4

MATH 206Applied Statistics

4

PSYC 130General Psychology

4

PSYC 215Child and Adolescent Development

4

SOCI 204General Sociology

4

SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4