The Graduate Biology Program offers two Certificate programs for students who initially do not wish to pursue the full Master's degree. These programs are suitable for either full- or part-time students, and include coursework primarily in one of two areas - Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology or Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology.
Qualified students in a certificate program may apply for acceptance to either the M.A. or the M.S. degree programs.
Certificate Requirements
A Certificate of Graduate Study in Biology requires:
- a minimum of 16 credit hours of course
- at least three lab courses from the list associated with the subject area.
A Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Biology requires:
- a minimum of 24 credit hours of courses
- at least four lab courses from the list associated with the subject area.
Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in their program courses in order to receive a certificate.
Transfer to and from certificate programs
Those with special student status wishing to continue in one of the certificate programs must petition the Biology Graduate Committee for a reevaluation of their status (and should provide transcripts if they have not done so already).
Students in a certificate program may apply for acceptance to either the M.A. or the M.S. degree programs. This is dependent upon approval of matriculated status. Students who have successfully completed a basic or advanced certificate program and have achieved a grade of 3.0 or higher in each course taken will, upon request, automatically be accepted into the M.A. program and may apply for the M.S. degree option.
Students enrolled in the M.A. or M.S. program who do not want to complete the degree program but have completed the requirements for a certificate, will receive that certificate.
Departmental or University support in the form of teaching or research fellowships or other awards is open only to those students enrolled as matriculated students in the M.A. or M.S. programs.
Graduate Courses by Subject Areas
Cell, Molecular and Developmental
Biology (CMDB)
- BIO 7940 - Special Topics in Biolog
- BIO 8051 - Advanced Bacteriology
- BIO 8052 - Adv Bacteriology Lab
- BIO 8101 - Molecular Genetics
- BIO 8151 - Molecular Cell Biology
- BIO 8171 - Molecular Developmental BIO
- BIO 8251 - Endocrinology
- BIO 8252 - Endocrinology Lab
- BIO 8295 - Exptl Cell/Molec Methods
- BIO 8455 - Population Genetics
- BIO 8555 - Neurophysiology
- BIO 8601 - Pharmacology
- BIO 8602 - Pharmacology Lab
- BIO 8655 - Recombinant Gene Technology
- BIO 8705 - Virology
- BIO 8940 - Adv Topics in Biology
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal
Biology (EEOB)
- BIO 7105 - Vertebrate Ecology
- BIO 7151 - Biogeochemistry Lec
- BIO 7152 - Biogeochemistry Lab
- BIO 7205 - Comparative Physiology
- BIO 7601 - Paleobiology
- BIO 7705 - Plant Ecology
- BIO 7755 - Plant Ecophysiology
- BIO 7905 - Eukaryotic Microbiology
- BIO 7921 - Sensory Biology
- BIO 7940 - Special Topics in Biolog
- BIO 7955 - Biodiversity & Systematics
- BIO 8455 - Population Genetics
- BIO 8940 - Adv Topics in Biology
Other Courses
- BIO 8205 - Electron Microscopy
