UW BCHS DEGREE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

MEDEX students must be admitted into the bachelor’s option during the time of their Physician Assistant training in order for your MEDEX coursework to be considered as matriculated credits. MEDEX students in the bachelor’s option must satisfy University of Washington graduation requirements before being awarded the Bachelor of Clinical Health Services degree. There is little time to take non-MEDEX courses within the two year P.A. Program so applicants may wish to work on satisfying some of these requirements before they are accepted by MEDEX. The summer between the MEDEX didactic and clinical year is also available to take some traditional courses that might be needed to meet general education graduation requirements.

Advice about whether previous courses will satisfy graduation requirements is difficult to access until you have actually been accepted and your transfer credits evaluated by the UW. The UW has a transfer guide reference with course equivalencies for Washington Community Colleges at:

http://admit.washington.edu/Requirements/Transfer/Plan/EquivalencyGuide

The following worksheet may give you some guidance in deciding whether your transfer courses will satisfy general distribution and proficiency requirements for the BCHS degree. 5th year students getting a second bachelor’s degree do not need to meet proficiency requirements.