University of New England Physician Assistant Program prerequisites

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

"Biology I and II," 8 semester or 12 quarter credits, "Labs required, equivalent to a two-semester sequence." The full introductory sequence, required in its own right alongside anatomy, physiology and microbiology. No recency window is attached to this row.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

"General Chemistry I and II," 8 semester or 12 quarter credits, "Labs required, equivalent to a two-semester sequence." The full sequence, not one semester, and unlike the anatomy, physiology, microbiology and genetics rows it carries no recency window, so an older general chemistry sequence still counts.

1 semester · 3 credits

"Biochemistry or Organic Chemistry," 3 semester or 4.5 quarter credits, "Lab not required, must be completed within 10 years." Either course answers it and neither needs its laboratory, but the ten year window applies.

No English, composition or writing prerequisite appears in the nine-row table.

1 semester · 3 credits

"Statistics," 3 semester or 4.5 quarter credits, described as "College-level statistics." No recency window is attached to this row.

Psychology is not named. The behavioral science requirement is the line psychology would most likely satisfy, but UNE asks for behavioral science generally rather than for psychology specifically, and it publishes no list of qualifying courses on this page.

1 semester · 3 credits

"Genetics," 3 semester or 4.5 quarter credits, "Must be completed within 10 years." Required outright, which is rare among PA programs, and it carries the ten year window even though no lab is asked for.

2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

Two rows of 4 semester or 6 quarter credits each: "Anatomy & Physiology I or Human Anatomy" and "Anatomy & Physiology II or Human Physiology," both marked "Lab required, must be completed within 10 years." Separate anatomy and physiology courses satisfy this as well as the combined sequence. The ten year window runs to matriculation.

1 semester · 4 credits · lab

"Microbiology," 4 semester or 6 quarter credits, "Lab required, must be completed within 10 years of matriculation."

1 credits

Medical terminology is not a prerequisite at UNE. It appears under the program's "highly recommended coursework," so it will not block an application, but the phrase is stronger than a passing suggestion.

1 semester · 3 credits

"Behavioral Science," 3 semester or 4.5 quarter credits. UNE does not publish a list of qualifying courses on this page, so a psychology or sociology course is the obvious candidate but is not confirmed in writing. Check a less standard choice with the program before relying on it. No recency window is attached to this row.

500+ hours

"UNE PA applicants must complete a minimum of five hundred (500) hours of direct patient care experience before application submission." The experience must be "direct and hands-on, and generally takes place in a medical setting," and paid employment, volunteer work and academic internships all count. Note the gap the program itself publishes: competitive applicants typically bring 4,000 or more hours, so 500 is an eligibility floor and nothing more. The hours must be done before you submit, not before you matriculate.

UNE publishes a direct patient care minimum and a PA shadowing minimum, and asks for no separate healthcare experience figure.

20+ hours

Most PA programmes ask for 20+ hours and list it as recommended.

"UNE PA applicants must complete a minimum of 20 unpaid, in-person shadowing hours of a PA." Three conditions travel with that number and each of them disqualifies a common substitute: the hours must be unpaid, so shadowing during a paid shift does not count; in person, so virtual shadowing does not count; and with a PA, so physician shadowing does not count. Competitive applicants have 80 or more.

Not required. A professor is one of the four acceptable writers for the two remaining letters, with no science discipline attached.

1 letter

Most PA programmes publish no minimum and list it as recommended.

"Three letters of recommendation are required." "One (1) letter must come from a practicing PA (or PA-C)." This one is not optional and no other clinician substitutes for it, which is a second practical reason to build a real relationship during the shadowing hours rather than collecting the minimum 20 from strangers.

Not required. Beyond the mandatory PA letter, "Two (2) letters should come from other healthcare providers, professors, supervisors, or co-workers," so a supervisor is one acceptable writer among four rather than a requirement.