Physician Assistant
Each Health Sciences School sets its own requirements for admission. The list below is patterned after the requirements at Touro’s own School of Health Science in Manhattan. The requirements listed above are minimums only. 200 hours of health care fieldwork (including shadowing and direct patient healthcare experience) is mandatory. These courses do NOT satisfy the requirements to graduate from The Lander Colleges.
Required Science Courses (30-31Credits):
- BION 101 - Principles of Biology I - 4 credits
- BION 102 - Principles of Biology II - 4 credits
- CPCN 101 - General Chemistry I - 4 credits
- CPCN 102 - General Chemistry II - 4 credits
- CPCN 201 - Organic Chemistry I - 4 credits
OR
CPCN 311 - Biochemistry - BION 222 - Anatomy and Physiology I - 4 credits
- BION 223 - Anatomy and Physiology II
- BION 228 - Microbiology - 4 credits
Other Required Courses (24-25 Credits):
- LLEN 101 - English Composition I - 3 credits
- LLEN 102 - English Composition II - 3 credits
- MATN 120 - Pre-calculus (or higher) - 3/4 credits
- MATN 261 - Statistics - 3 credits
- 6 Credits in Psychology/Sociology
- 6 Credits in Humanities (History, Literature, Art, Languages)
Additional Liberal Arts and Sciences (37-39)
- BION 211 - Genetics - 3/4 credits
- BION 228 - Microbiology - 4 credits
- BIO 302 - Immunology - 4 credits
- CPCN 202 - Organic Chemistry II - 4 credits
- CPCN 203 - Biological Chemistry (or equivalent) - 3 credits
- CPPN 101 - General Physics I - 4 credits
- CPPN 102 - General Physics II - 4 credits
- Additional courses to reach the 90 credit total.
Total Credits in Program: 93
Additional Requirements: (Central Islip or Manhattan)
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in science courses
- Documentation of a minimum of 200 hours of direct patient contact healthcare experience
- Three letters of recommendation: one of the letters of recommendation must be from a physician assistant
- 20 hours of shadowing a PA is strongly recommended
