The Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Sciences offered by the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) will provide 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 will be able to transfer credits into the departmental MS or PhD in Biology programs should they modify their career goals. Certificate students will choose from a number of course offerings that will expose them to broad areas of anatomy and physiology, biochemical principles and metabolic pathways, microbiology, immunology, and infection, embryology, cell biology, and development. Students will have the opportunity to take up to 3 credit hrs of BIOL 6901 Mentored Non-Thesis Laboratory Research providing one-on-one work with a faculty member in an area of interest. Requests for related courses and substitutions may be approved at the discretion of the Certificate Director and Graduate Programs Director