The Pre-Physician Assistant certificate satisfies prerequisite coursework for most graduate-level programs in this field.  The 20 unit certificate program offers students the opportunity to complete the required foundational sciences, social science, and statistics coursework.  The certificate focuses on providing students who want to apply to a master’s degree program certified by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant for the professional credential, Physician Assistant (PA).

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Name the basic structures of the human body.
2. Explain the six criteria that are used to define normal verses abnormal behavior.
3. Apply statistical modeling to data sets in the social and behavioral sciences.
   

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Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses
BIOL G220	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL G225	Human Physiology	4
PSYC G100	Introduction to Psychology	3
BIOL G210	General Microbiology	5
STAT G160	Introduction to Statistics	3-6
or STAT G160S	Introduction to Statistics
or PSYC G140	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
or SOC G125	Introduction to Statistics in Sociology
or ECON G160	Statistics for Business and Economics
Select two courses from the following:		6-10
ANTH G100	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
BIOL G182	Zoology	4
BIOL G180	Cell and Molecular Biology	5
BIOL G183	Botany	4
BIOL G186	Diversity of Organisms	5
CHEM G180	General Chemistry A	5
CHEM G185	General Chemistry B	5
COMM G110	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
SOC G100	Introduction To Sociology	3
SPAN G180	Elementary Spanish 1	5
SPAN G185	Elementary Spanish 2	5
Total Units		25-32