Physician AssistantFour Year Pre-requisite Plan

Physician Assistant Four Year Plan

Requirements for Physician Assistant programs vary from school to school and can change year by year, students must carefully examine the pre-requisite requirements of the schools they are interested in to be current and accurate when registering for courses at Gustavus.

Consult the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) website for requirements and admission statistics to the 190+ U.S. Physician Assistant Schools for the most accurate information, Physician Assistant Programs.

First Year: Fall

BIO 101 Principles of Biology (St. Scholastica, South Dakota)

CHE 107 Principles of Chemistry (Augsburg, Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

FTS 100 (Writing Intensive course- WRITI)

PSY 100 General Psychology (Bethel, Des Moines, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

First Year: Spring

BIO 102 Organismal Biology (St. Scholastica, South Dakota)

CHE 141 Organic Chemistry I (Augsburg, Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

HES 212 Lifespan Development or (PSY 234 Child Developmental and PSY 334 Adult Development) (Augsburg, St. Scholastica)

Elective in S/A Sociology or Cultural Anthropology (St. Scholastica)

Second Year: Fall

BIO 201 Cell and Molecular (Des Moines, St. Scholastica- pre-requisite for Genetics BIO 374 requirement)

CHE 251 Organic Chemistry II (Augsburg, Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota- pre-requisite for Biochemistry CHEM 255)

Second Year: Spring

BIO 202 Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior (Des Moines, St. Scholastica- pre-requisite for Genetics BIO 374 requirement)

CHE 258 Inorganic Chemistry I (recommended) (required St. Scholastica)

Third Year: Fall

HES 234 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (Augsburg (also accepts BIO 386), Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine)

CHE 255 Biochemistry (Augsburg, St. Catherine, St. Scholastica) (or Spring)

MCS 121 or 118/119 Calculus (St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

COM 117 or COM 120 (Des Moines- speech requirement)

Third Year: Spring

HES 235 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (Augsburg (also accepts BIO 386), St. Catherine, Bethel, St. Scholastica)

BIO 218 Fundamentals of Microbiology or 380 Microbiology (Augsburg, Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

MCS 142 Introduction to Statistics or equivalent (Augsburg, Bethel, Des Moines, St. Scholastica, St. Catherine, South Dakota)

Fourth Year: Fall

PHY 122 Physics (Bethel)

HES 214 Medical Terminology (St. Catherine, St. Scholastica)

PSY 241 Abnormal Psychology (Des Moines, 3 psychology course required, 1 of the 3 needs to be abnormal psychology)

Fourth Year: Spring

BIO 374 Genetics (Des Moines, St. Scholastica)

Elective Psychology course (Des Moines)

Regional PA Pre-requisites recommendations:

Augsburg (3.0 GPA requirement, 1000 hours direct patient care, GRE not required, pre-requisites can be in progress at time of application)

Bethel (3.25 GPA, 250 direct patient care hours, GRE not required, 5 of 8 pre-requisites completed at time of application)

Des Moines University (2.8 GPA, 750 direct patient care hours, GRE required, majority of chemistry and biology course completed at time of application, grade of C or higher required in pre-requisite courses)

St. Scholastica (Expected to start Fall 2016) (3.0 GPA, 750 direct patient care hours, GRE required, 3 courses can be in progress or planned at application, grade of C or higher required in pre-requisite courses)

St. Catherine University (3.2 GPA, 250 direct patient care hours, GRE required, C or higher required in pre-requisite courses)

University of South Dakota (2.7 GPA, 1000 direct patient care hours, GRE not required, 3 courses can be in progress or planned at application)

Highly recommend that you consult the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) website for requirements and admission statistics to the 190+ U.S. Physician Assistant Schools for the most accurate information, Physician Assistant Programs.

Updated 7/27/2015 HB