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• Submission of a Central Application
Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA)
application.
• Students seeking professional PA Program
admission by the automatic advancement
option may count no more than two
courses transferred from another university
or awarded through advanced placement
(AP) toward the calculation of their
automatic advancement GPA.
• Students must complete all prerequisite
courses prior to matriculation to the
professional phase (i.e., the PA program)
in the fall while maintaining compliance
with the GPA requirements. All math/
science prerequisite courses must be
completed by the end of the fourth semester
of enrollment. Non-math/science prerequisite
requirements may be completed during
the summer prior to matriculation into the
PA program.
Any student that fails to meet any of the
above criteria will be dismissed from the
automatic advancement process, but may apply
for admission through the standard admission
process described below.
Eligibility for automatic advancement into
the PA1 year of the PA program ceases after the
student’s initial review for professional phase
admission at the end of their third semester at
Butler University.
Standard Professional Phase
Admission Process
The written application takes into account
a student’s academic background and record
of performance. Prior health care experience is
highly recommended but not required. Transfer
students from other colleges or universities are
encouraged to apply and must meet the additional
requirements of Butler transfer students
as outlined in this Bulletin if they have not
completed a baccalaureate degree.
The minimum eligibility requirements for
the non-auto advance admission process are:
• A cumulative GPA from all institutions of
higher learning of at least a 3.0.
• Successful completion or being in the
process of successfully completing all but
three of the required math/science preprofessional
courses at the time of the
fall submission of the application to the
professional phase.
• Completion of all math/science preprofessional
courses (or their transfer
equivalents) by the conclusion of the
spring semester prior to matriculation
into the professional phase.
Note: Remaining liberal education/non-math/
science courses may be completed any time
prior to matriculation into the PA program.
For applicants with a prior degree (BS, BA or
Pre-professional Courses
Professional Phase Math/Science
prerequisites for application
Butler University core curriculum
(Non-math/science prerequisites)
General Biology [cell] (BI 105) Freshman seminar (FYS 101)
General Chemistry with lab (CH 105) Freshman seminar II (FYS 102)
General Chemistry II with lab (CH 106) Physical Well Being [PE] (PWB 101)
Organic Chemistry with lab (CH 351) Global and Historical Studies (GHS 201)
Organic Chemistry II with lab (CH 352) Global and Historical Studies (GHS 202)
Microbiology (BI 325)
General math course (above algebra)
Physics (PH 107)
General Humanities course
Human Anatomy (PX 311)
General Fine Arts course
Human Physiology (PX 315)
General Social Sciences course
One Math Core Class (AR)
Liberal education elective (non-math/science)
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