Career opportunities are available in emergency medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics and long-term care, surgery, correctional medicine, rehabilitation and critical care. Students who enter the PA program as freshmen with no previous college experience or as transfer students with a substantial number of college credits will receive a Bachelor of Science. Students who already hold an undergraduate or master's degree can complete 24 months of continuous study and receive a certificate in physician assistant. This innovative program focuses on fibrous materials and how they are used in the bioengineering, communications, glass, plastic and textiles industries. The polymer science major is fully accredited by the American Chemical Society.
Students explore organic, physical and polymer chemistry, and instrumental methods of analysis.
The program draws on the University's leadership position in materials science and textile engineering. In addition to gaining a strong foundation in the sciences, as a pre-medicine student you will also receive support services to help you best prepare for application to medical school. Approximately ninety percent of recommended students are consistently placed into medical schools. Individual relationships with faculty provide mentoring to help you succeed and to explore the best career path for you. This program focuses on how an understanding of the principles of behavior can be used to address problems in such diverse settings as industry, government, health care and the general community.