Biomedicine Certificate
Some students wish to become more competitive applicants for professional health school and only need a one-year program to enhance their application. Our Biomedicine Certificate allows you to pick and chose which graduate-level natural science courses you need and would like to take. Our curriculum will set your application apart with our built-in cross-cultural experience, practicum shadowing, and interdisciplinary course offerings.
The majority of credits toward all certificates must be earned through instruction offered by EMU.
Curriculum (28 SH)
Natural Sciences (16-19 SH)
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Biomedicine Pre-Medical Certificate
With a Pre-Medical Certificate, you will simultaneously take undergraduate and graduate level pre-health courses. By taking basic natural science courses and more advanced science, psychology, ethics, and research courses, you will be adequately prepared for the MCAT and the rigors of medical school.
Curriculum (48 SH)
Biomedicine Core Courses (35 SH)
- BMC 561 Biochemistry
- BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I
- BMC 611 Interdisciplinary Seminar II
- BMX 603 Cross-cultural Healthcare
- BIOL 245 Animal Form and Function
- CHEM 223 General Chemistry I
- CHEM 224 General Chemistry II
- PHYS 251 Physics I
- PHYS 262 Physics II
- BMC 598 Biomedicine Practicum
- BIOL 225 Molecules, Genes and Cells
Requisite Courses **
- BMS 501 Biomed Organic Chemistry I
- BMC 502 Biomed Organic Chemistry II
** Requisite courses if not completed as undergraduate prerequisities.
Other Pre-Medical Certificate Courses (10 SH)
Other Electives (3 SH)
Choose one of the below
- BMC 561 Immunology
- BMS 562 Neurobiology
- BMS 570 Medical Microbiology
- BMS 585 Infectious Diseases (summer and online)
- BMS 540 DRUGS: Discovery, Design, Action (online)
- BMX 613 Behavior and Social Science Principles
- BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology
- BMS 574 Neuropsychology
Gap Year Certificate
Gap Year Certificate students will take courses at EMU’s Harrisonburg campus in the fall, EMU’s Washington Community Scholars Center in Washington D.C. in the spring, and will complete cross-cultural travel in the summer.
Fall Courses (Harrisonburg Campus)
BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I
Choose 2-3 natural Science courses
- BMC 551 Developmental Biology
- BMC 612 Human Anatomy
- BMC 561 Biochemistry
- BMC 552 Cell Biology
- BMC 561 Immunology
- BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology
In place of a natural science course, one elective course can be taken in any other masters program at EMU.
Spring Courses (Washington, DC)
- SOC 375 People, Place and Community
- CCSSC 387 The Urban Landscape
- WCSC 285 Internship Theory and Practice
- WCSC 485 Servant Leadership
- BMS 599 Internship
Summer Course (off campus)
- BMX 603 Cross Cultural Health Care
* Additional natural science course options are available.