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Biomedicine Certificate

Some students wish The majority of credits toward all certificates must be earned through courses offered by EMU.

Biomedicine Certificate

Semester Hours: 21

Some students want to become more competitive applicants for professional health school, and only need a one-year program to enhance their application. Our Biomedicine Certificate certificate allows you to pick and chose choose which graduate-level natural science courses you need and would like to takesuit your academic goals the best. 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)

Certificate students can choose to take 4-7 of any of the natural science courses listed below. Additional natural science course options are available.

Cross Discipline (6 SH)

Electives (3-6 SH)

Biomedical Teaching Certificate

The biomedical teaching certificate includes 15 semester hours of core curriculum courses and 13 hours of electives. 

Curriculum (28 SH)

Core Courses (15 SH)

*For the Biomedical Teaching concentration 1 of the 3 core required laboratory science courses (BMC 551,  BMC 561 or BMC 612) may be replaced with equivalent hours in elective BMS courses.

Biomedical Teaching Concentration Courses (6 SH)

  • EDCC 501 Creating Cultures of Change
  • EDCC 531 Social and Ethical Issues in Education

Electives (12 SH)

Choose 4 of the below courses

  • EDCI 501 Curriculum and Instruction Strategies
  • EDDA 511 Teaching Diverse Learners
  • EDCI 511 Teaming and Collaboration
  • EDCC 521 Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution
  • EDCT 681 Online Learning Tools for Classroom (online)
  • EDCT 681 Everything Google for Classroom (online)
  • EDDT 581 Language and Culture (online)
  • EDCT 541 Instructional Technology for Problem-based Learning (online)

Requisite courses

  • BMS 501 Biomed Organic Chemistry I

** Requisite course if not completed as an undergrad prerequisite. This course will count toward elective credit. 

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

Gap Year Certificate

Gap Year Certificate students will Biomedicine Core Courses (7 SH)
Complete all of the following courses: 

  • BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I  (2 SH) or BMC 611 Interdisciplinary Seminar II  (2 SH)

  • BMX 603 Intercultural Health Care  (3 SH)

  • BMX 611 Biomedicine, Faith and Ethics (2 SH)

Natural Science and Social & Behavioral Sciences Electives Courses (14 SH)

  • Select 14 SH from the following: 

    • BMC 552 Cell Biology (3 SH) (Fall 2024)

    • BMS 530 MCAT Preparation Course OR BMS 531 DAT Preparation Course (3 SH)

    • *BMS 556: Epidemiology (3H) (2025-26)

    • *BMS 557: Toxicology for Public Health (2H) (2025-26)

    • BMS 561 Immunology (3 SH) (Spring 2024)

    • BMS 562 Neurobiology (3 SH) (Spring 2025)

    • BMS 563 Molecular Genetics (3 SH) (Spring 2024)

    • BMS 570 Medical Microbiology (3 SH) (Spring 2025)

    • BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology (3 SH)

    • BMS 572 Cognitive Psychology (3 SH)

    • BMS 574 Neuropsychology (3 SH) (Spring 2024)

    • BMS 579 Analytical Chemistry I (2 SH) (Fall 2024)

    • BMS 580 Analytical Chemistry II (2 SH) (Fall 2023)

    • BMS 585 Infectious Diseases (3 SH)

    • BMS 595 Bioinformatics (2 SH) (Spring 2023)

    • TRHS 561 The Neurobiology of Trauma, Resilience, and Well-Being  (online) (3 SH)

    • TRHS 571 Self-Care and Resilience for Healthcare Providers  (online) (3 SH)

    • TRHS 621 Trauma-Informed Strategies for Healthcare Providers (online) (3 SH)

Gap Year Certificate

Semester Hours:  21-28

Gap Year Certificate students take courses at EMU’s Harrisonburg campus in the fall , and 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 

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., Harrisonburg campus (9-14 SH)
Select from the following:  

  • BMC 552 Cell Biology (3 SH) (Fall 2022)

  • BMC 561 Biochemistry Foundations (3 SH)

  • BMC 612 Human Gross and Microscopic Anatomy (4 SH)

  • BMS 517 Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (4 SH)

  • BMS 561 Immunology (3 SH)

  • BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology (3 SH)

  • One course from any other master’s program at EMU

Additional natural science course options are available.

Spring Courses, Washington, D.C. campus (9-11 SH)

  • BMS 599 Internship (6-9 SH)

  • BMS 654 Internship Theory and Practice (1 SH)

  • BMS 655 Servant Leadership (2 SH)

Summer Course, off campus (3 SH)

  • BMX 603 Cross-Cultural Health Care (3 SH)