The first year of the Physician Assistant Program consists of 44 weeks (three semesters) of courses to provide you with a solid classroom foundation through lectures, small group activity and hands-on workshops.

Year I Fall Semester (16 weeks)	Credits
PHA 500 Human Anatomy	5
PHA 520 Foundations of Clinical Practice I	3
PHA 530 History Taking and Physical Examination	4

Year I Spring Semester (16 weeks)	Credits
PHA 550 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I	3
PHA 521 Foundations of Clinical Practice II	8
PHA 560 Clinical Decision Making I	3
PHA 580 Clinical Disciplines I	3
PHA 512 Pathophysiology	3
Total	20

Year I Summer Semester (12 weeks)	Credits
PHA 551 Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics II	3
PHA 522 Foundations of Clinical Practice III	6
PHA 561 Clinical Decision Making II	2
PHA 581 Clinical Disciplines II	3
PHA 590 Clinical Procedures and Interventions	3
Total	17

The second year of the program consists of two year-long courses held in conjunction with on campus events following the completion of every clinical rotation. Clinical rotations are six weeks in length in various primary care, elective and specialty fields. The core clinical rotations include:

• family medicine
• internal medicine
• emergency medicine
• surgery
• mental health
• pediatrics
• women’s health

There is one six-week elective clinical rotation allowed. These clinical-year experiences provide you with hands-on learning in a variety of rural and community clinics and hospitals throughout Arizona. Additionally, you will return to campus several times during the year for continuous and summative assessments, research presentations, capstone projects and reflective coursework. Please note: the second year is an ongoing year of clinical rotations that do not fit into the semester schedule and will not have scheduled semester breaks.

Year 2	Credits
PHA 698 Seminar	1
PHA 689 PA Capstone	2
PHA 631 Family Medicine	6
PHA 632 Internal Medicine	6
PHA 634 Pediatrics	6
PHA 613 Surgery	6
PHA 615 Women's Health	6
PHA 616 Mental Health	6
PHA 617 Emergency Medicine	6
PHA 620 Elective	6
Total	51
Total Curriculum	108