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The College of Health Sciences offers a professional curriculum that leads to a master of physician assistant studies.

Entrance into the program is highly competitive. Applicants complete a series of prerequisites and are required to have completed either the GRE or ACT/SAT examinations. Prior health care experience is not required; however, applicants must have a minimum of 200 hours of direct patient contact experience to apply. The curriculum consists of 21 consecutive months of didactic medical course work followed by a consecutive 12-month period of clinical clerkships. Successful completion of the curriculum qualifies graduates to sit for the National Certifying exam, which leads to licensure in most states. All components of the master's program including application materials and curriculum requirements are administered by the Department of Physician Assistant Studies. Additional information is available in Marquette University's Undergraduate Bulletin and at the physician assistant program’s website at marquette.edu/chs/pa.