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Prerequisites

Prerequisite courses must have been taken within the six calendar years proceeding the year to which you are applying. Prerequisite course work must be completed prior to the application deadline in order for your application to be considered for regular admission. Official transcripts of all successfully completed (grade C or better) prerequisite course work must be received by the application deadline.

For every prerequisite listed below, you will be asked to supply information in your application regarding when and which course you have/will take, even if you have not completed the course. A copy of the course description for all 6 prerequisites must be attached to the application check list if it is NOT listed below. It is highly recommended that applicants have course descriptions approved prior to submission with the application. Non-approved prerequisites or incomplete prerequisite information will render an application incomplete. Incomplete applications will not be considered for admission. Course descriptions can be emailed, faxed or mailed.


CONTINGENT APPLICATIONS: If you are currently taking, or have not yet taken certain prerequisite course(s), complete the check list in the application and explain what, when and where you will complete the necessary course work.
This action plan must be received and approved by the application deadline. Your application may then be considered for contingent admission. A letter requesting contingent admission should be attached to your application. The Committee will only accept plans which specifically demonstrate these prerequisites. Prerequisites must be successfully completed prior to the beginning PA training.

  • NUTRITION: Course work which concentrates on physiologic requirements for human growth and development. Role of nutrition in health and disease. General concepts of diet as a therapy.
  • MEDICAL ETHICS: An exploration of moral issues specific to health care delivery and medical research. This course will have examined issues such as euthanasia, abortion, human experimentation, assisted suicide and bias in access to health care.
  • STATISTICS:Advanced statistical methods and their applications to human science research. Includes probability models, descriptive, correlational and basic inferential statistics. Students should be familiar with use of statistical software packages for the analysis of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
  • ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGY:Course explaining the functional organization of all organ systems of the body, its metabolism, and the application of physiologic principles to living organisms. Focus on human/medical physiology only, combination physiology and anatomy courses are not acceptable, pathophysiology is not acceptable. Usually a 300 level course or greater.
  • MICROBIOLOGY: A survey of microorganisms with emphasis on bacterial, parasitic and viral pathogens, must include laboratory techniques.
  • DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: A life span perspective on developmental and maturational tasks from birth to death. The Committee may consider a series of courses to meet this requirement provided it minimally includes: Child Psychology; Adolescence and Psychology of Aging.

University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Program
Pre-Requisite Course Equivalencies as of March 2007

 
Nutrition
Medical Ethics
Developmental Psychology
Statistics or Biostatistics
Adv. Physiology
Microbiology w/ Lab

University of Detroit Mercy

BIO 204

ETH 358

PYC 250 or

PYC 234&236 & 256

PYC 503 or
BIO 290 or
CHM 387

BIO 463

BCS 241 & 242
or
BIO 421 &422

Alma College

EHS 301

PHL 229

PSY 331
MATH 116 EHS 225 and 226

BIO 308

Central Michigan University

HEV 370

 

PSY 220
or HEV 100

PSY 511 or
STA 580 or
BIO 500

BIO 392

BIO 580

Eastern Michigan University

DTC 202 or
DTC 203 or DTC 204

PHL 223

EDPS 325 or
PSY 640

EDPS 621 or
BIOL 509 or PHED 505

ZOO 326 or SPMD 202 or

MICR 328 or
MICR 329

Ferris State University

CAHS 232

HUMN 220

PSYC 226    

BIOL 108 or
BIOL 286

Grand Valley State University


BMS 305

BIO 328

PSY 364

STA 610

BMS 290 or BMS 408

BMS 212 & 213

Henry Ford Comm. College

HPE 153

 

PSY 253

MATH 141
 

BIO 251

Lansing Comm. College

PFHW 123

HUMS265

PSYC 205

STAT 170
 

BIOL 203&20

Macomb Comm. College

BIOL 1400

  PSYC 2450
MATH 1340
 

BIOL 2730
or BIO 2400

Madonna University

NFS 2220

PHL 4110

    BIO 5550 BIO 2260

Marygrove College

 

PHIL 228

       

Michigan State University

HNF 150

PHL 344

FCE 225

STT 201
OR
STT 231

PSL 431 & 432

MMG 301/302
or MMG 463/464

Monroe Comm. College BIO 217   PSY 201&202&203 OR
PSY 212
MTH 160&161   BIO 202

Mott Comm. College - Flint

AHLT 112

 

PSYC 288

    BIOL 101 or
BIOL 156 w/ lab

Oakland Comm. College

HEA 1510

MDA 1350

  MAT 1580  

BIO 2710

Oakland University

HS 301

PHL 318
or HS 450
PSY 225

STA 501 or
PSY 251 or
STA 226

BIO 401 or
BIO 321

BIO 319/320
or
MLS 430/431

Saginaw Valley State University

BIO 236

PHIL 205B

PSYC 210 or
PSYC 410

   

BIOL 237 or
BIOL 431

 St. Clair Community College  HE 205  

 PSY 220

   

 BIO 205 or
BIO 206


Nutrition
Medical Ethics
Developmental Psychology
Statistics or Biostatistics
Adv. Physiology
Microbiology w/ Lab

Schoolcraft
College

BIOL 115


   
MATH 122
 

BIOL 243

Sienna Heights

 

HCM 440

PSY 230

MAT 174
 

BIO 360

Spring Arbor
     

PSY 351

BIO 404

BIO 352

U of M Ann Arbor

 
PHIL 356

PSYCH 250

STATS 350 or
MOVESCI 250

PHYSIOL 201

BIO 207

U of M Dearborn


PHIL 442

PSYC 300

PSYC 381 or
MATH 363 or
STAT 325 & 425

 

BIOL 385
or
MICR 385

U of M Flint

NSC 209

PHL 168

PSY 237
or PSY 345

BIO 504
or BIO 301

BIO 432

BIO 135 or
BIO 435 or
BIO 438

University of Toledo

BIOL 3210
or HEAL 4700

PHIL 3370

PSY 2510

RESM 5110

BIOL 3070

BIOL 4030 &4040

Washtenaw County Comm. College

HSC 138

PHL 244

HSC 147
or
PSY 206

MTH 160
 

BIO 237

Wayne County Comm. College

DT 130

ALH 230

 HSC 200
MAT 131
 

BIO 295

Wayne State University

NFS 2030 or
NFS 2210

PHI 1110

PSY 2400 OR
HE 3400

EER 7630 or
CM 6010 or
PSY 5100 or STAT 1020 or
BA 6090

BIO 4120 or PSL 3220

BIO 2200

Western Michigan University

FCS 2600

PHIL 3340

 
STAT 3660
BIOS 3500 or
BIOS 3210

BIOS 3120

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