MASTER OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Student Name ________________________________________
Catalogue Year 2010 - 2011
Enrollment in the following classes require formal
admission to the Physician Assistant Program
PREREQUISITES
All applicants are required to have all of the following
completed upon entering the PA Program:
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year, regionally
accredited college or university.
• Satisfactory completion of the medical core
prerequisite courses. No grade lower than a "C"
on any medical core prerequisite course will be
accepted.
• A minimum recommended GPA of 3.0 or better on all
college level work attempted.
• Completion of the GRE.
• No history of drug abuse or conviction of a felony.
No history of dismissal from another PA school,
medical school, or nursing school for academic or
disciplinary reasons.
• A minimum recommended GPA of 3.2 or better on
required medical core prerequisite courses.
# DIDACTIC PHASE
PHA 500
PHA 501
PHA 502
PHA 507
PHA 508
PHA 509
PHA 510
PHA 511
PHA 512
PHA 513
PHA 514
PHA 515
PHA 516
PHA 519
PHA 521
PHA 522
REQUIRED MEDICAL CORE PREREQUISITE COURSES
PHA 524
BIOLOGY- 16 semester hours to include:
PHA 525
Anatomy & Physiology
PHA 528
Microbiology
PHA 529
And other human and/or animal life sciences. No
PHA 530
botany, ecology, nutrition or physical education
PHA 541
courses accepted.
PHA 572
NOTE: Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiology
PHA 573
Courses must be completed within six years of
PHA 574
admission to the MC PA Program.
PHA 575
PHA 576
CHEMISTRY - 16 semester hours to include:
PHA 577
General Chemistry
8 sh
PHA 578
Organic Chemistry
4 sh
PHA 579
Biochemistry
4 sh
PHA 580
PHA 581
MATH - 6 semester hours to include:
PHA 582
College algebra or higher
PHA 583
Applied Statistics
PHA 584
NOTE: Both courses must have a math or statistics prefix.
PHA 585
PHA 586
PSYCHOLOGY - 6 semester hours
PHA 590
See recommended Additional Courses
CLINICAL PHASE
NOTE: All science, math , and psychology courses must
PHA 551
be taken at a four-year regionally accredited college
PHA 552
or university, or must be taken through a college
PHA 553
transfer program.
PHA 554
PHA 555
Medical Core GPA:
PHA 556
PHA 557
PHA 558
PHA 559
PHA 560
PHA 565
PHA 571
Updated 08/19/2010
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