Christopher Wheeler, Chief Advisor
Physician assistants are highly trained members of the health care team who practice medicine with the supervision of a licensed physician. The College of Science offers a preparatory program designed to meet the general requirements for admission to many physician assistant schools. Students who complete the four-year pre-physician assistant program earn a BS degree in General Science with a Pre-physician Assistant option. Students are urged to carefully check admission requirements at their schools of interest and work closely with admission representatives in order to make sure they are meeting all requirements. Satisfactory completion of the OSU course work facilitates, but does not guarantee, admission to a physician assistant school, since individual applicants are selected on a competitive basis and extensive clinical experience in a health care setting is required.
First Year (45)
EXSS 132. Introduction to the Allied Health Professions (1)
CH 121, CH 122, CH 123. *General Chemistry (5,5,5)
or CH 231, CH 232, CH 233. *General Chemistry (4,4,4)
and CH 261, CH 262, CH 263. *Laboratory for Chemistry 231, 232, 233 (1,1,1)
HHS 231. *Lifetime Fitness for Health (2)
HHS 241–HHS 248. *Lifetime Fitness: (various activities) (1)
or any PAC course (1–2)
MTH 111. *College Algebra (4)
MTH 112. *Elementary Functions (4)
PSY 201, PSY 202. *General Psychology (3,3)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
Speech (3)
Baccalaureate core courses and electives (6)
Sophomore Year (45)
BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
CH 331, CH 332, CH 337. Organic Chemistry and Lab (4,4,4)
ST 201, ST 202. Principles of Statistics (4,4)
SOC 206. *Social Problems and Issues (3)
or SOC 204. *Introduction to Sociology (3)
WR II. *English Composition (3)
Baccalaureate core courses and electives (9)
Junior Year (45)
H 312. *AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Modern Society (3)
H 320. Introduction to Human Disease (3)
PH 201, PH 202, PH 203. *General Physics (5,5,5)
PSY 350. Human Lifespan Development (4)
PSY 381. Abnormal Psychology (4)
Z 331, Z 332, Z 333. Human Anatomy and Physiology (3,3,3)
Z 341, Z 342, Z 343. Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab (2,2,2)
Elective (1)
Senior Year (45)
Pre-approved upper-division science, psychology or health (9) excluding internship, practicum special/selected topics courses and courses with 399, 499, and 401–410 numbers.
BB 350. Elementary Biochemistry (4)
or BB 450, BB 451. General Biochemistry (4,3)
BI 311. Genetics (4)
BI 314. Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
MB 302, MB 303. General Microbiology and Lab (3,2)
PHAR 210. Terminology of the Health Sciences (2)
Baccalaureate core courses and electives (10)
Choose 4 credits of WIC from the following:
HSTS 415. ^*Theory of Evolution and Foundation of Modern Biology (4)
HSTS 417. ^*History of Medicine (4)
HSTS 419. ^*Studies in Scientific Controversy: Methods and Practices (4)
HSTS 422. ^*Historical Studies of Science and Politics (4)
HSTS 425. ^*History of the Life Sciences (4)
Total=180
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