Health Sciences Programs

Health Sciences Programs
	Degree	Program length in years	Entering class	Entering prerequisites	Entrance exam	Application deadline
Physician Assistant Studies	Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)	3	40	Bachelor’s degree and prerequisite courses	GRE	September 1 See Web site for details
Physical Therapy	Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)	3	42-50	Bachelor’s degree, 45 hours clinical observation, prerequisite courses	GRE	December 1 See Web site for details
Dental Medicine	Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)	4	52	90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours required course work	DAT	December 31
Pharmacy	Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)	4	160	90 semester hours and prerequisite courses	PCAT	December 1
Graduate School	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Master of Science (MS)	PhD=4 to 7 MS=2 to 5	Varies	Bachelor’s degree	GRE	Varies
Public Health	Master of Public Health (MPH) Master of Science (MS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	2 to 3 2 to 5 4 to 7	80(MPH) Varies (MS, PhD)	Bachelor of arts or science or 90 semester hours (30 upper-division level), including required courses	GRE	January 15
Nursing grad	Master of Science (MS) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	MS=2-5 DNP=2-3 PhD=4-7	Varies	BS in nursing BS or MS in nursing MS in nursing	NA NA GRE	April 1/Sept. 1 April 1/Sept. 1 December 1
Nursing undergrad	Bachelor of Science (BS)	5 semesters (includes summer)	220	60 semester hours and prerequisite courses	NA	Priority: Aug. 31 Final: Nov. 15
Medicine	Doctor of Medicine (MD)	4	156	Bachelor’s degree or at least 120 semester hours with major leading to degree and required courses	MCAT	November 1