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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 1 course from:
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 1 course from:
STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
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

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)
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 460, Genetics - 4 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of college Biology)
BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours (Prereq: A college Biology course)
FCSC 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
HSCI 225, Introduction to Hematology - 2 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of BIOL)
PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours
PSY 465, Psychopharmacology - 3 hours
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours

Students should check with the specific school(s), other than the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to which they intend to apply to ensure that all requirements are fulfilled.

**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.)

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