Health Science Pre-Professional/Pre-Physician Assistant Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (49 credits)

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
• HSCI 10100 - Introduction to the Health Sciences Professions
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• HSCI 20200 - Essentials Of Environmental, Occupational, And Radiological Health Sciences
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I

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• PHYS 22100 - General Physics or
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II

Pre-Physician Assistant Concentration (32 credits)

• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development
• HSCI 13100 - Introduction To Medical Terminology
• HSCI 58000 - Occupational Safety And Ergonomics

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• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry or
• CHM 33900 - Biochemistry: A Molecular Approach or
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry

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• Psychology Selective (select any PSY course numbered 10000-59999 except PSY 12000) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• HSCI Selective - Credit Hours: 6.00

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (18-19 credits)

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology (satisfies Behavioral/Social Science for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• TLI 11200 - Foundations Of Organizational Leadership or
• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership

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• English Selective - any ENGL course 20000 level or above - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (20-21 credits)

An Ethics course (such as PHIL 11100 - Ethics  or PHIL 27000 - Biomedical Ethics ) is highly recommended.

Additional Requirements

Health Science Pre-Professional Selective Lists  

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• A student may elect the Pass / Not-Pass grading option for elective courses only, unless an academic unit requires that a specific departmental course/s be taken Pass / Not-Pass.  Students may elect to take University Core Curriculum courses Pass / Not-Pass; however, some major Plans of Study require courses that also fulfill UCC foundational outcomes.  In such cases, students may not elect the Pass / Not-Pass option.  A maximum of 24 credits of elective courses under the Pass / Not-pass grading option can be used toward graduation requirements. For further information, students should refer to the College of Health and Human Sciences Pass / Not-Pass Policy.
• 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science Degree.
• Students must complete 32 credit hours of 30000 level or above courses at Purdue for graduation.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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