You must not be reading correctly cause I looked up all the classes with the links you gave me and the only classes that are the same is A&P and Micro. The patho class is Nurs 2270 see the link =
https://nursing.utah.edu/programs/documents/bachelors_prereq_chart.pdf
The biology is much easier and shorter same way is 1 simple "elementary chemistry" compared to eight semesters of chemistry.
Required Courses:
- Human Anatomy, four semester credits - Must be human and with a lab; animal or comparative anatomy courses are not accepted. UPAP will accept a three-semester credit human anatomy class in lieu of the four-semester credit requirement (such as that offered by BYU Provo), but only if a lab was taken as a part of the class, and the class is accepted for science majors.
- Human Physiology, four semester credits - Must be human; no other physiology courses are accepted,
- or -
- Anatomy and Physiology I and II, totaling eight semester credits - As a combined full year series is accepted in lieu of separate anatomy and physiology courses.
A mixed combination of the above courses will not be accepted. Applicants must take AP I & II or human anatomy and human physiology separately to meet the requirement. (Example: AP I [four credits] + Physiology [four credits] = a mixed combination. The candidate would be considered short on anatomy credit)
Human anatomy and human physiology courses taken from exercise science, sports science, or kinesiology departments are not accepted.
- Biology, four semester credits, lab credit can be included All biology coursework with a relationship to the human body is accepted. Microbiology is most strongly recommended. General biology, cell, genetics and some intro classes are other examples of acceptable biology courses.
- Chemistry, eight semester credits, lab credit can be included All chemistry coursework is accepted, including intro, general, inorganic, organic and biochemistry.
Also, with nursing you get the pre-reqs and get good grades and you are most likely in. With PA these are the bare minimum (plus you have to have a B in all pre-reqs NOT a C for nursing) + you have to have labs with all the sciences which is even more work and harder (I have done them all including micro (w/ lab), genetics (w/lab), Anatomy and Physiology (both with labs, separate classes), molecular biology (with lab), cardiopulm physio, patho, immunology, gen chem 1/2 (with lab), organic 1/2 (with lab), biochem 1 (with lab), physics 1/2 (with lab), biostats (500 level), calculus 1. Now you don't have to take all these classes but most of the PA students will take a combo of these with labs and with a B or higher to be competitive. Unlike nursing, you HAVE to go above the pre-reqs to beat the other applicants out. I went to a state meeting for PAs last night and a local PA professor updated us on the school and 700 people have already applied (they just opened the application cycle) for 30 seats! Yes, you cannot just have the bare minimum pre-reqs.
4. Health Care Experience (U of U).
A minimum of 2,000 hours of health care experience, which is at least one year full-time equivalent, as of the August 1 application deadline is required for an applicant to be considered. The national average for healthcare experience is in the 4000 to 5000 hour range. We will project hours to the deadline for early applicants, and we do encourage applicants to apply early.
All forms of health care experience* are accepted and considered toward the minimum requirement, with direct hands-on patient care experience being most preferred. Student practicum experience is not accepted (undergraduate or certification training), however, medically-related graduate practicum experience is accepted on a case-by-case basis.
