Please review the admissions criteria before submitting an application.Īpplicants will submit applications through the Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA).
Therefore the national trend is for all PA programs to transition to master's level programs.ĭegree Offered: Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies The Physician Assistant Program is 28 months in length, starting in August and ending approximately 2 ½ years later in December.Īs of ApThe CUNY School of Medicine PA Program has made revisions to the admissions requirements. We also encourage applicants whose institution offer the lab components in-person to consider the in-person option.ĪRC-PA has mandated that by 2020, all physician assistant programs grant a graduate degree at the end of their curriculum. Due to COVID-19, Spring/Summer/Fall 2020, and Spring/Summer 2021 online courses and laboratory components will be accepted. Fall 2021 online course with labs will be accepted. The online laboratory components, taken before Spring 2020, will not be accepted. Online hybrid courses, taken before Spring 2020, will be accepted towards the fulfillment of the core prerequisite science courses.
In addition, CUNY will not disadvantage students whose pre-requisite courses were transitioned to virtual during the Spring, Summer, and Fall 2020 and/or Spring and Summer 2021 semesters. In evaluating candidates for admission into graduate programs, CUNY will not disadvantage students who present P (pass) or CR (credit) grades in their transcripts for courses taken during Spring 2020 - regardless of whether their school imposed the flexible grading policy on all students or gave them the choice to opt-in.