Pre-Physician Assistant
Certificate of Achievement Pre-Professional · Golden West College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Pre-Physician Assistant certificate satisfies prerequisite coursework for most graduate-level programs in this field. This certificate program offers students the opportunity to complete the required foundational sciences, social science, and statistics coursework. The certificate focuses on providing students who want to apply to a master’s degree program certified by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant for the professional credential, Physician Assistant (PA).
Program Learning Outcomes
- Name the basic structures of the human body.
- Explain the six criteria that are used to define normal verses abnormal behavior.
- Apply statistical modeling to data sets in the social and behavioral sciences.
REQUIREMENTS
Review Graduation Requirements and Program Maps.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BIOL G220 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOL G225 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| BIOL G210 | General Microbiology | 5 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3-6 |
| orSTAT C1000E | Introduction to Statistics | |
| orPSYC G140 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | |
| orSOC G125 | Introduction to Statistics in Sociology | |
| orECON G160 | Statistics for Business and Economics | |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-10 | |
| ANTH G100 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| BIOL G182 | Zoology | 4 |
| BIOL G180 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| BIOL G183 | Botany | 4 |
| BIOL G186 | Diversity of Organisms | 5 |
| CHEM G180 | General Chemistry A | 5 |
| CHEM G185 | General Chemistry B | 5 |
| COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
| SOC G100 | Introduction To Sociology | 3 |
| SPAN G180 | Elementary Spanish 1 | 5 |
| SPAN G185 | Elementary Spanish 2 | 5 |
| Total Units | 25-32 | |