Curriculum for Class of 2023 and 2024

First Year

First Year Summer Term

MSPA 465: Foundation of PA Practice (5 credits)
MSPA 470: Applied Medical Sciences (7 credits)
MHS 600: Introduction to Library Resources and Scholarly Writing (1 credit)
MHS 602: Legal/Ethical Issues for Health, Human Services and Clinical Professionals (2 credits)
Total Credits for Semester: 15

First Year Fall Term

MSPA 512: Clinical Medicine 1 (8 credits)
MSPA 514: Pediatric Medicine 1 (2 credits)
MSPA 515: Psychiatric Medicine (3 credits)
MSPA 520: Pathophysiological Approach to
Pharmacotherapeutics 1 (3 credits)
MHS 615: Biostatistics for the Health Professional 
(3 credits)
Total Credits for Semester: 19

First Year Spring Term

MSPA 518: Clinical Medicine 2 (8 credits)

MSPA 519: Pediatric Medicine 2 (2 credits)
MSPA 521: Emergency Medicine (4 credits)
MSPA 522: Clinical Correlations (1 credit)
MSPA 523: Pathophysiological Approach to Pharmacotherapeutics 2 (3 credits)
MSPA 551: Transition to Clinical Clerkships (1 credit)
MHS 630: Essentials of Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
Total Credits for Semester: 22

 

Second Year

Second Year Summer Term

MSPA 671: Clinical Clerkship 1 (4 credits)
MSPA 672: Clinical Clerkship 2 (4 credits)
MHS 633: Clinically Applied Social and Behavioral Health Theory (3 credits)
MHS 652: Communication and Leadership (3 credits)
Total Credits for Semester: 14 

Second Year Fall Term

MSPA 673: Clinical Clerkship 3 (4 credits)

MSPA 674: Clinical Clerkship 4 (4 credits)
MSPA 675: Clinical Clerkship 5 (4 credits)
MHS 660: Advanced Applied Pharmacology (3 credits)
MHS 608: Research Seminar 1 (3 credits) 
Total Credits for Semester: 18

Second Year Spring Term

MSPA 680: Issues and Trends in Health Care (3 credits)
MSPA 676: Clinical Clerkship 6 (4 credits)
MSPA 677: Clinical Clerkship 7 (4 credits)
MSPA 678: Clinical Clerkship 8 (4 credits)
MHS 622: Improving Quality of Care in Health Systems (3 credits)
MHS 609: Research Seminar 2 (3 credits)
Total Credits for Semester: 21

Third Year

Second Year Summer Term

MSPA 679: Clinical Clerkship 9 (4 credits)
MHS 700: Capstone Presentation (3 credits)
 Total Credits for Semester: 7

 Total Credits: 116

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