Minor in Pre-Physician Assistant Studies
The undergraduate minor in Pre-Physician Assistant Studies requries 48 semester credit hours. This minor contains prerequisite courses commonly required by physician assistant (PA) programs in the United States. Individual PA schools may require or recommend additional courses, and prerequisites can change without notice. Visit the admissions websites for PA schools you are interested in to ensure you meet all their requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Biology | ||
| BIO 1330 & BIO 1130 | Functional Biology and Functional Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO 1331 & BIO 1131 | Organismal Biology and Organismal Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO 2400 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIO 2450 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIO 3425 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIO 3426 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 1341 & CHEM 1141 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | 4 |
| CHEM 1342 & CHEM 1142 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Laboratory II | 4 |
| CHEM 2341 & CHEM 2141 | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 4 |
| Statistics | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Statistics For Criminal Justice | ||
| Data Visualization and Interpretation: Honors Statistics | ||
| Healthcare Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Probability and Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Business Statistics | ||
| Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Psychology | ||
| PSY 1300 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSY Elective | 3 | |
| Health Information Management | ||
| HIM 2360 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| Total Hours | 48 | |
