GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN BIOLOGY
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The Department of Biology offers two Graduate 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 also apply for acceptance to either the MA or the MS degree programs.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
A Certificate of Graduate Study in Biology requires:
- A minimum of 16 credit hours of graduate courses.
- At least three lab courses from the list associated with the subject area.
Students must maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in their program courses in order to receive a certificate
A Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Biology requires:
- A minimum of 24 credit hours of graduate courses.
- At least four lab courses from the list associated with the subject area.
Students must maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in their program courses in order to receive a certificate
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology (CMDB)
- BIO 7321 - Immunology
- BIO 7322 - Immunology Lab
- BIO 7331 - Cancer Biology
- BIO 7555 - Molecular Ecology and Evolution
- BIO 7950 - Special Topics in Biology
- BIO 7960 - Advanced Topics in Biology
- BIO 8051/52 - Advanced Bacteriology/Lab
- BIO 8101 - Molecular Genetics
- BIO 8151 - Molecular Cell Biology
- BIO 8171/72 - Molecular Developmental BIO/Lab
- BIO 8251/52 - Endocrine Physiology & Pharmacology/Lab
- BIO 8295 - Exptl Cell/Molec Methods
- BIO 8455 - Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
- BIO 8555 - Neurophysiology
- 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 7151/52 - Biogeochemistry Lec/Lab
- BIO 7201 - Ecosystem Ecology
- BIO 7205 - Comparative Physiology
- BIO 7385 - Global Change Ecology
- BIO 7451 - Behavioral Ecology
- BIO 7705 - Plant Ecology
- BIO 7755 - Plant Ecophysiology
- BIO 7905 - Eukaryotic Microbiology
- BIO 7940 - Special Topics in Biology (EEOB)
- BIO 7955 - Biodiversity & Systematics
- BIO 7980 - Special Topics in Biology (EEOB)
- BIO 8455 - Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
- BIO 8940 - Adv Topics in Biology/Lab
General Courses
- BIO 7805 - Biostatistics & Experimental Design
- BIO 8205 - Imaging Technology