Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the Clarkson PA program

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college/university
• 2 semesters Human/Animal/Vertebrate Anatomy & Physiology or 1 semester of Human/Animal/Vertebrate Anatomy and 1 semester of Physiology - minimum 6 hours total
• 2 semesters of Biology - one of which must be Microbiology (A&P cannot be used to fulfill the remaining course requirement) -minimum 6 hours total
• 2 semesters of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry recommended) - minimum 6 hours total

GPA for the above courses must be 3.0 or higher

• 1 semester of Humanities/Social Sciences: minimum 3 credits
• 1 semester Statistics: minimum 3 credits
• 1 semester Genetics: minimum 3 credits
• 1 semester Psychology (upper level recommended): minimum 3 credits

Grades less than C are not accepted for any prerequisite (C minus not accepted)

Prerequisite courses must be complete or in progress at the time of application.

Overall GPA for all required courses must be 3.0 or higher

All prerequisite coursework must be completed at an accredited institution within the United States or Canada.

• GRE - with results sent to Clarkson University (school code 2084)- applicants who possess a Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited US university may be exempt from this requirement
• A minimum of 500 hours of documented patient care experience is to be completed by the time of admission. Applicants with compensated hours of direct patient care will have an advantage. A portion of the required hours must be started by the time of application. Those that have not met the required hours by time of application must demonstrate a plan to obtain the remaining hours before classes begin if accepted into the program.
• It is required that applicants spend at least one day shadowing/observing a clinically practicing Physician Assistant.  A separate (non-reference) Clarkson PA program form will be completed by the PA documenting the experience.
• Students who studied extensively outside of North America will require formal evaluation of those transcripts by the World Education Service (WES).  Completion of TOEFL will be required for those for whom English is not the primary language.  This requirement may be waived if the applicant has a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college/university.