Academic Prerequisites
The Yale Physician Associate Program, from which students graduate with a Masters of Medical Science degree, is a graduate-level program within the Yale School of Medicine. Each applicant must have completed a baccalaureate degree (BS/BA) before entrance into the PA Program.
The Admissions Committee closely examines an applicant's record for evidence that the individual is capable of successfully completing graduate-level science work. While a degree in a premedical science major is not required of applicants, due to the intense nature of graduate study at Yale, a cumulative science GPA of 3.0 is required. Also required are the undergraduate science courses listed below:
The Admissions Committee closely examines an applicant's record for evidence that the individual is capable of successfully completing graduate-level science work. While a degree in a premedical science major is not required of applicants, due to the intense nature of graduate study at Yale, a cumulative science GPA of 3.0 is required. Also required are the undergraduate science courses listed below:
- Baccalaureate degree (BS/BA)
- Cumulative science GPA of 3.0: Grades and corresponding course credits in all biology, chemistry and physics courses from undergraduate and graduate work are used to calculate the science grade point average. This calculation is derived automatically from the CASPA application.
- One semester of general biology or zoology with lab
- One semester of general chemistry with lab
- One semester of either organic chemistry or biochemistry
- One semester of human or animal physiology at the 200-level or higher, taken at a four-year institution. If animal or human physiology is not offered at an applicant’s institution, two semesters of anatomy and physiology at the 200-level or higher will be considered. Please note that animal or human physiology is preferred.
- Two additional semesters of biology at the 300- or 400-level, taken at a four-year institution.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- Additional requirement for International applicants
Undergraduate science coursework guidelines
- Coursework prerequisites must be completed, with grades made available to the Admissions Committee. Applications may be submitted through CASPA prior to completion of spring/summer coursework. However, applicants are responsible for requesting that official transcripts for all "in progress" coursework be sent from the university where the coursework was taken to the Yale PA Admissions Office by September 1.
- Prerequisite coursework may be completed at multiple institutions, including community/junior colleges and institutions from which the applicant has not received a degree.
- The program does not accept distance-learning or audited courses as prerequisites.
- Courses that may have been taken at any length of time in the past are considered and do not "expire."
