1996-98 UNK UG Catalog/Pre-Physician Assistant

University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

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PRE-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

A candidate for admission to the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center must have successfully completed a minimum of 90 semester hours of academic courses with a minimum grade point average of 2.5. Normally he/she must have completed the following courses before enrollment. Competition to gain a place in physician assistant school is keen and cannot be guaranteed; students are expected to plan for a college major**.

Take ONE of the following options:: Take 2 courses:; BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours; BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours; OR take 2 courses:; BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours; PE 460, Gross Anatomy of Movement - 3 hours (Prereq: PE 360, or BIOL 225 and BIOL 226)
Take one of the following:: MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours; MATH 112*, Scientific Topics in Mathematics - 5 hours; *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level.
Take one of the following:: STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours; PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS; College algebra, recommended)
Take all of the following:: BIOL 400, Microbiology - 5 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of Biology); BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of Biology); CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours; CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour; CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours; CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour; CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours; CHEM 351, Biochemistry - 4 hours; ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours; ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours; PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours; PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours; PSY 231, Abnormal Behavior - 3 hours; SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours; FCSC 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours (Prereq: CHEM 145GS or CHEM 150GS)
Additional electives should be chosen from the humanities and social sciences in areas such as psychology, sociology, critical reasoning, literature and foreign language.
Strongly recommended:: BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hours (Prereq: A college Biology course); BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 104GS, BIOL 107GS, CHEM 161GS, CHEM 161LGS and CHEM 250); BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 107GS, BIOL 309, CHEM 161GS, CHEM 161LGS and organic chemistry)
One from the following:: BIOL 460, Genetics - 4 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of college Biology; MATH 101 or MATH 112, recommended); BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours (Prereq: A college Biology course)
One from the following:: PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours; PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours; PSY 465, Psychopharmacology - 3 hours

Graduates of the Physician Assistant program practice the art and science of medicine and, working under the general supervision of physicians, assume a high level of patient care responsibility by performing many medical tasks formerly done only by physicians.

**Students pursuing a program of study in pre-physician assistant are expected to choose a major so that they can be working towards a baccalaureate degree concurrently with the pre-physician assistant program. This requires a major/minor combination or a comprehensive major as well as completion of the UNK general studies requirements and other degree requirements as set forth in the college catalog. (Students who are accepted into physician assistant school prior to completing a baccalaureate degree at UNK may be eligible to receive a BS degree in Health Science if they have completed all General Studies requirements and have at least 90 semester hours completed in pre-PA studies.)

1996-1998 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

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