PA Program Academics

2025

Winter 1st Year

  • PHAS 6810 Public Health & Health Delivery Systems 2 credits
  • PHAS 6400 Role of the PA 1 credit

Total 3 credits

Spring 1st Year

  • PHAS 6100 Medical Science I- Anatomy 4 credits
  • PHAS 6120 Medical Science II- Physiology 3 credits
  • PHAS 6140 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I 3 credits
  • PHAS 6220 Mental Health & Wellness 2 credits
  • PHAS 6500 Clinical Skills I 4 credits

Total 16 credits

Summer 1st Year

  • PHAS 6130 Medical Sciences III-Pathophysiology & Genetics 4 credits
  • PHAS 6150 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6300 Family Medicine & Primary Care 3 credits
  • PHAS 6520 Clinical Skills II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6560 Technical Skills I 3 credits

Total 16 credits

Fall 1st Year

  • PHAS 6320 Maternal & Child Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6340 Internal Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6350 Emergency Medicine & Surgical Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6420 Case Studies in Medical Ethics 1 credit
  • PHAS 6530 Clinical Skills III 3 credits
  • PHAS 6570 Technical Skills II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6600 Analysis of Evidence Based Literature 1 credit

Total 20 credits

Spring 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7600 Research I: Research Methods 2 credits
  • PHAS 7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine or SCPE 15 credits
  • PHAS 7710 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving I 2 credits

Total 19 credits

Summer 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7620 Research II: Study Designs 2 credits
  • PHAS 7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine or SCPE 15 credits
  • PHAS 7720 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving II 2 credits

Total 19 credits

Fall 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7630 Research III: Data Collection & Analysis 2 credits
  • PHAS 8710 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving III 2 credits
  • SCPE 15 credits

Total 19 credits

Spring 3rd Year

  • PHAS 7640 Research IV: Results & Conclusions 2 credits
  • PHAS 8650 Research Project or SCPE 15 credits
  • PHAS 8810 Health Law & Professional Concepts 2 credits
  • PHAS 7810 Global Practice of Medicine 1 credit

Total 20 credits

CORE Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE)

Program Total 132 credits

2026 and 2027

Winter 1st Year

  • PHAS 6810 Public Health & Health Delivery Systems 2 credits
  • PHAS 6400 Role of the PA 1 credit

Total 3 credits

Spring 1st Year

  • PHAS 6100 Medical Science I- Anatomy 4 credits
  • PHAS 6120 Medical Science II- Physiology 3 credits
  • PHAS 6140 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I 3 credits
  • PHAS 6220 Mental Health & Wellness 2 credits
  • PHAS 6500 Clinical Skills I 4 credits

Total 16 credits

Summer 1st Year

  • PHAS 6130 Medical Sciences III-Pathophysiology & Genetics 4 credits
  • PHAS 6150 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6300 Family Medicine & Primary Care 3 credits
  • PHAS 6520 Clinical Skills II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6560 Technical Skills I 3 credits

Total 16 credits

Fall 1st Year

  • PHAS 6320 Maternal & Child Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6340 Internal Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6350 Emergency Medicine & Surgical Medicine 4 credits
  • PHAS 6420 Case Studies in Medical Ethics 1 credit
  • PHAS 6530 Clinical Skills III 3 credits
  • PHAS 6570 Technical Skills II 3 credits
  • PHAS 6600 Analysis of Evidence Based Literature 1 credit

Total 20 credits

Spring 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7600 Research I: Research Methods 2 credits
  • PHAS 7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine or SCPE 15 credits
  • PHAS 8810 Health Law and Professional Concepts 2 credits

Total 19 credits

Summer 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7620 Research II: Study Designs 2 credits
  • PHAS 7560 Simulated Interactive Medicine or SCPE 15 credits
  • PHAS 7710 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving I 2 credits

Total 19 credits

Fall 2nd Year

  • PHAS 7630 Research III: Data Collection & Analysis 2 credits
  • PHAS 7720 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving II 2 credits
  • PHAS 7810 Global Practice of Medicine 1 credit
  • SCPE 15 credits

Total 20 credits

Spring 3rd Year

  • PHAS 7640 Research IV: Results & Conclusions 2 credits
  • PHAS 8650 Research Project 5 credits
  • SCPE 10 credits
  • PHAS 8710 Clinical Reasoning & Problem Solving III 2 credits

Total 19 credits

CORE Supervised Clinical Practice Experience (SCPE)

Program Total 132 credits