Cooperative Program in Physician Assistant Studies
The Albertson College of Idaho Cooperative Program in Physician Assistance is an undergraduate-graduate articulation agreement with Idaho State University. Students will complete all of the requirements for a BA or BS degree at ACI, including the Liberal Arts Core, a major, and the prerequisites for entrance into the ISU Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program. Students who complete the ACI portion of this program will receive a BA or BS degree in the major they have completed. Upon completion of the ISU portion of the program, students will earn a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from ISU.
Entrance into the ISU program is competitive. Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all areas of the prerequisite courses, as well as all upper-division courses, and must apply for the ISU program by January of their senior year. Students must also take the GRE exam. For a complete description of the ISU program and detailed requirements for admission, see their web site.
Prerequisites:
- BIO-120 Frontiers in Biology & Lab
- BIO-220 Organismal Biology
- BIO-230 Cell & Molecular Biology & Lab
- BIO-304 Human Physiology
- BIO-305 Human Anatomy
- BIO-360 Microbiology & Lab
- CHE-141 General Chemistry I & Lab
- CHE-142 General Chemistry II & Lab
- CHE-301 Organic Chemistry & Lab
- CHE-412 Biochemistry & Lab
- MAT-112 Introduction to Statistics
- PSY-404 Abnormal Psychology