Coursework completed outside of the US
Applicants who complete coursework outside of the United States must have their official foreign transcripts evaluated and translated by an independent educational evaluating service based in the United States. The evaluation should establish a degree equivalent evaluation and course-by-course equivalent evaluation for all foreign coursework.
The following courses must be taken in the United States at a regionally accredited institution:
Human Anatomy (with lab)
Human Physiology (with lab)
Microbiology (with lab)
English Composition
All other prerequisites may be met with foreign equivalent credits, pending prior approval by the Primary Care Associate Program Admissions Office. If you have not taken these courses or the evaluation shows that these courses are not equivalent then they must be taken at regionally accredited institution:
General Chemistry
Intermediate Algebra
Introduction to Sociology or Cultural Anthropology
General Psychology
- No foreign high school classes will be accepted.
- No PA Program courses will be waived for prior completion of similar courses at a foreign medical school.
Transcript Evaluation Services
International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
PO Box 3665
Culver City, Ca 90231-3665
Phone: 310-258-9451
http://www.ierf.org
World Education Services, Inc. (WES)
PO Box 745
New York, NY 10113-0745
Phone:212-966-6311
http://www.wes.org
