Michigan Physician Assistant Schools

Prerequisites

Biochemistry

BMB 200 or 401

Developmental Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

Human Anatomy with lab

(KIN 216/217¹ ) or (ANTR 350/485² ) or (ANTR 350/355²)

Human Physiology with lab

(PSL 310/311L) or (PSL 431/475L)

Microbiology

MMG 201 or MMG 301 (with or without lab)

Pathophysiology

BLD 204* or NUR 301* or PSL 450*

Important - please review course details below for pathophysiology options:

*BLD 204 - PSL 310 or PSL 431 must be completed prior to enrolling in BLD 204. This course is not open to students with senior status (88 credits or above). Prerequisite overrides will not be granted for BLD 204.  

*NUR 301 is reserved for students in the College of Nursing and students applying to the Accelerated Second Degree BSN. Students who are not in these programs are encouraged to check CMU’s website for equivalencies at other institutions.

*PSL 450 requires that both PSL 431 and 432 be completed prior to enrolling in PSL 450. Prerequisite or enrollment limit overrides will not be granted. For non-Physiology majors that have completed PSL 431 and 432, you can submit a major restriction override request.

Min. 500 hours (all patient care hours must be paid).

A list of approved direct patient care experiences can be found here. 

The PA program at CMU is not changing the existing requirements for direct patient care hours. Every applicant must have accrued and documented at least 500 paid hours of direct patient care at the time of application. 

Statement provided by Central Michigan University Physician Assistant Program

3.0 cumulative GPA at time of application, 3.0 minimum in each prerequisite course. 

CMU Physician Assistant Program

Prerequisites

Human Anatomy with lab

(KIN 216/217¹ ) or (ANTR 350/485² ) or (ANTR 350/355²) 

Human Physiology with lab

(PSL 310/PSL 311L) or (PSL 431/432/475L)

Microbiology with lab

MMG 301/302

LB 270 or KIN 174¹

PSY 295 or STT 200 or STT 201 or STT 231 or STT 421

WRA 101 or Tier II 

Min. 1000 hours hands-on patient care experience.

• Examples of hands-on patient care may include but is not limited to: nursing, CNA, ER tech, EMT/paramedic, lab technician, dietician, exercise stress test technician, mental health therapist, military medical/clinical specialist, occupational/physical therapist, pharmacist, pharmacy technician, phlebotomist, respiratory therapist, surgical technician.

Medical scribe experience as a scribe is invaluable to documentation and observational learning, but hands-on patient care experience is not part of the scribe’s responsibility. As such, a scribe may use maximum of 500 hours of scribe work as part of the patient care requirement, but the remainder must be in some capacity in which you have direct patient interaction.

3.0 cumulative and 3.0 prerequisite science

The Concordia University Ann Arbor PA Program is recomending their applicants to take the PA-CAT. For more information, visit their website.

Concordia University Ann Arbor Physician Assistant Studies

Prerequisites

Chemistry

CEM 141/161 (LB 171/171L)

Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry with lab

(CEM 251/252/255) or CEM 143 or BMB (461/471)

Lifespan Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

Human Anatomy

ANTR 350 or KIN 216

Human Physiology

PSL 250 or PSL 310 or (PSL 431/432)

Microbiology with Lab

(MMG 201/302) or (MMG 301/302) or (MMG 365/365L)

Statistics

STT 200 or STT 201 or STT 231 or STT 421 or PSY 295

Direct Patient Contact⁴

No minimum direct patient care hours, but preference given to those with experience

Minimum GPA

3.0 Cumulative; 2.7 in each individual prerequisite course

Minimum GRE

Required - no minimum

Prerequisite Deadline

Five out of seven prereqs complete at time of application. 

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Eastern Michigan University Physician Assistant Studies 

Prerequisites

Biochemistry

BMB 200 or 401 or (461 & 462)

Biology

BS 161/171 (LB 145)

Chemistry

CEM 141/161 & 142/162 (LB 171/171L & LB172/172L)

Organic Chemistry  

(CEM 251/252/255) or CEM 143

Psychology

PSY 101 or HDFS 225  or PSY 238

Human Anatomy

(KIN 216/217¹ ) or ANTR 350 

**ANTR 355 or 485² strongly recommended

Human Genetics

IBIO 341 or MMG 404

Human Physiology

PSL 250 or PSL 310 or (PSL 431/432)

**PSL 311L highly recommended

Microbiology

MMG 201 or MMG 301

**MMG 302 highly recommended

Physics

PHY 231 (LB 273) or PHY 221 or PHY 241 or PHY 183

Statistics

PSY 295 or STT 200 or 201 or 231 or 315

Direct Patient Contact⁴

Min. 500 hours

Minimum GPA Requirements

3.0 overall cumulative, 3.0 cumulative in last 60 credit hours; 2.0 cumulative across all prereqs; 2.0 in each individual prerequisite

Minimum GRE

Required - No Minimum

Prerequisite Deadline

Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry must be completed prior to application deadline.

*Note: ALL prerequisite requirements must be completed by May in the year of program matriculation.

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Grand Valley State University Physician Assistant Studies

Prerequisites

Biochemistry or Organic Chemistry

CEM 143 or CEM 251/252/255 or BMB 200 or BMB 401

Developmental Psychology

PSY 238 or HDFS 225

Human Anatomy with Lab

ANTR 350/355 or KIN 216/217

PSL 310/311L or PSL 431/432/475L 

Microbiology with Lab

MMG 201/302 or MMG 301/302

Statistics or Biostatistics 

STT 200 or STT 201 or STT 231 or STT 421

Medical Terminology - LB 270 or KIN 174¹

Genetics - MMG 141 or IBIO 341 

Ethics or Medical Ethics - PHL 344 or PHL 442 

As an applicant, you must have completed at least 750 hours of direct patient care experience* as an employee in a medical office, hospital, or extended-care facility. Acceptable roles include CNA (certified nursing assistant), medical assistant, EMT (emergency medical technician) or paramedic, radiology technician, ECG technician, LPN or RN,  phlebotomist, medical scribe**, physical therapy assistant, surgical tech, respiratory therapist, chiropractor, athletic trainer and others. Patient care experiences obtained through the military (combat medic, field medical tech, etc.) are also competitive. Please contact the program with any questions regarding qualifying patient care experience. You may apply to the PA program prior to completing the patient care experience hours but must indicate a plan for completion on your application and have completed at least 500 of the 750 total hours at the time of application.

*This is defined as direct, hands on care of patients and the most competitive candidates will have 1000+ hours of direct patient care experience with the required hours completed at the time of application.

**Medical scribe experience can account for up to 500 hours of the total hours required but must be combined with actual hands on experience of at least 250 hours.

3.0 or higher in all prerequisite courses; recommended cumulative, science, and prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or higher on 4.0 scale

Lawrence Technological University will accept either the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) or the PA-CAT (Physician Assistant College Admission Test) to satisfy admission requirements.

Prerequisites (execpt Anatomy and Physiology) must be completed within ten years of matriculation. Antatomy and Physiology must be completed within 5 years of matriculation. You may have one outstanding prerequisite at the time of application but must successfully complete by the time of matriculation and must meet the required course minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. 

LTU Department of Natural Sciences - Physician Assistant

Prerequisites

Chemistry

CEM 141 (LB 171) 

(*Organic Chemistry can also be used to fulfill this requirement)

BMB 200 or BMB 401 

Developmental Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

English

WRA 101

Human Anatomy

ANTR 350 or KIN 216

Microbiology

(MMG 301/302) or (MMG 201/302) or (MMG 365/365L) or (MMG 463/464)

Statistics

STT 200 or 201 or 231 or 421 or PSY 295

Direct Patient Contact

Not required but encouraged 

Minimum GPA

3.0 in all prerequisite courses

Prerequisite Deadline

Applicants may have outstanding pre-requisites at the time of application, but it is suggested to have all courses completed at the time of application. The submission deadline for pre-requisite courses is December 31^st of the year of the application cycle.

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Other Prerequisite Considerations

Applicants may only have up to two repeated pre-requisite courses (A repeat is defined as any course repeated for a grade below 3.0/B).

o    If you have any repeated pre-requisite courses, we strongly advise emailing admissions@pa.com.msu.edu to ensure eligibility

o    No pre-requisite course may be repeated more than once

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MSU Department of PA Medicine

Accreditation Notice - University of Michigan-Flint is currently under provisional accreditation status for their PA program. Please review UM-Flint's statement regarding provisional accreditation before proceeding with your application.

Prerequisites

Chemistry:

[Two lecture courses with one being either Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry]

One of either: CEM 141 or 151 or LB 171 AND one of either BMB 200, CEM 143 or CEM 251

Developmental Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

Human Anatomy

KIN 216 or ANTR 350

Human Physiology:

PSL 250 or PSL 310 or PSL 431 or KIN 210 

Microbiology with lab

MMG 301/302 or MMG 201/301

Medical Terminology

LB 270 or KIN 174¹

Statistics

PSY 295 or STT 200 or 201 or 231 or 315

Direct Patient Contact⁴

Min. 500 hours hands-on patient care experience within the two years prior to application submission. Paid work experience is preferred. Examples of approved experiences can be found here.

Minimum GPA

3.0 prerequisite cumulative, 2.0 for each individual prerequisite course

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University of Michigan Flint Physician Assistant Program

Prerequisites

Chemistry

CEM 141 (LB 171)

Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry

CEM 251 or CEM 143 or BMB 200

Developmental Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

English

WRA & IAH (LB133 & IAH)

Human Anatomy

ANTR 350 or KIN 216¹

Human Nutrition

HNF 150 or HNF 310

Upper Level Science

Human based and at 300 level or higher: Exercise physiology, comparative physiology, genetics, eukayrotic cell biology, endocrinology, pathophysiology, immunology, virology or histology. See Pre-Health Advisor to discuss accepted alternatives.

Medical Terminology

LB 270 (available summer only) or KIN 174¹

Microbiology

MMG 301/302

Statistics

STT 200 or 201 or 231 or 421 or PSY 295

Direct Patient Contact⁴

Min. 500 hours (preferably paid and within the last two years). 

Minimum GPA

Coming soon

Prerequisite Deadline

All prerequisite courses must be completed by September 1. All science prerequisite coursework (human anatomy, human physiology, microbiology with lab, and chemistry courses) must be completed within six years of the time of application submission.

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Wayne State University Physician Assistant Studies 

Prerequisites

Biochemistry  

BMB 401

Developmental Psychology

HDFS 225 or PSY 238

Human Anatomy

ANTR 350 or KIN 216¹

Human Physiology

PSL 310 or (PSL 431 & 432)

Microbiology

(MMG 301/302) or (MMG 365/365L)

Statistics

STT 200 or 201 or 231 or 421 or PSY 295

Direct Patient Contact⁴

Min. 1,000 hours

Minimum GPA

3.0 cumulative prerequisite, 2.0 in each individual prerequisite course.

Casper

Required

Prerequisite Deadline

All pre-requisites must be completed by December 31st, with a grade of C or above

Additional Information

We encourage all applicants to review our website carefully and attend a virtual informational session (hosted monthly) that also includes a Q&A.  https://wmich.edu/pa/academics

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Western Michigan University Physician Assistant Program