Pre-Physician Assistant Pathway

Studying as a pre-physician assistant student

The core coursework for the pre-physician assistant pathway includes anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, biology, chemistry, and psychology. In addition to your coursework, you can also participate in extracurricular activities, such as volunteering or participating in research, that will help you develop your knowledge in medicine.

Since pre-physician assistant is not an undergraduate major, you'll need to select a major and complete all the prerequisite courses needed for PA school. Here are a few choices:

• Athletic training
• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Public health
• Dietetics
• Communication sciences and disorders
  
• Exercise Science (Clinical, Kinesiology, Health Fitness options)
• Neuroscience
• Psychology

Pre-physician assistant pathway highlights

As a pre-physician assistant pathway student, you'll:

• Have the opportunity to live among your peers in a living learning community right on campus.
• Have access to the College of Health Profession’s human performance laboratory, biomechanics laboratory, anatomy laboratory with computerized instructional enhancement, functional assessment laboratory, and interprofessional education and practice center which houses several simulation suites.
• Join registered student organizations dedicated to giving you professional and personal experiences to prepare you for physical therapy.
• Have the opportunity to apply to various scholarship to support you financially along the way.