Pathway to Health Professions: Health Sciences

Dual and Accelerated Degree Opportunities

Accelerated Dual Degree (BS/MHS) Program in Physician Assistant Studies
The Pathway to Health Professions (Health Sciences) Program and the Hahnemann Physician Assistant Program of the College of Nursing and Health Professions have created an accelerated dual degree program which offers its students valuable early advising and mentoring from PA faculty to help them plan their studies and meet their goals while they are still undergraduate students. Drexel’s highly regarded Hahnemann Physician Assistant Program, which was founded at the former Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, is the oldest Physician Assistant Program in Pennsylvania and one of the largest PA programs in the country. The Hahnemann PA Program is known for attracting a diverse student body, with more than a quarter of the trainees coming from minority backgrounds and from the medically-underserved areas in which PAs are critically important.

This program allows students to enter the master's-level Physician Assistant program as undergraduates after completing a predetermined number of undergraduate credits. The program is only available to students enrolled in the Pathway to Health Professions major.

For additional information and a sample curriculum, visit the College's Pathway to Health Professions BS/MHS page.