The Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Sciences is offered by the Department of Biological Sciences and provides students with core competencies or exposure to areas of study in the biomedical sciences to prepare them for professional biomedical schools, including – but not limited to – medical, veterinary, and dental schools. In addition, certificate students are able to transfer credit hours into the M.S. in Biology or Ph.D. in Biology programs should they modify their career goals. Certificate students are able to choose from a number of existing course offerings in the Biology program that expose them to broad areas of anatomy and physiology; biochemical principles and metabolic pathways; microbiology, immunology, and infection; embryology, cell biology, and development.
The 15 required credit hours for the certificate must be completed within four years of study starting from the time the first course is taken. Courses taken for one graduate certificate may not be counted toward another graduate certificate. Up to 6 credit hours of graduate coursework taken as post-baccalaureate status at UNC Charlotte may be applied toward the Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Sciences. Credit hours earned in the certificate program may be applied to the master’s or doctoral program in Biology pursued either in conjunction with or after the certificate has been awarded subject to admission to that graduate program.
