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

Biomedicine Certificate

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Semester Hours: 25
Format: Face-to-face

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 allows you to pick and choose which graduate-level natural science courses suit 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.

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• BMS 530 MCAT Preparation (3 SH)
• A course from any other master’s program at EMU

Biomedical Teaching Certificate

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Semester Hours: 28
Format: Face-to-face

Core Courses (14-15 SH)

Select from the following:

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• BMS 501 Biomedical Organic Chemistry I (4 SH) (counts toward elective credit)

Biomedicine Pre-Medical Certificate

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Semester Hours: 48
Format: Face-to-face

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.

Biomedicine Core Courses (35 SH)

• BIOL 240 Molecular and Cellular Biology (4 SH)
• BIOL 215 Organismal Biology (4 SH)
• BMC 561 Biochemistry Foundations (3 SH)
• BMC 598 Biomedicine Practicum (1-4 SH)
• BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I (2 SH)
• BMC 611 Interdisciplinary Seminar II (2 SH)
• BMX 603 Cross Cultural Healthcare (3 SH)
• CHEM 223 General Chemistry I (4 SH)
• CHEM 224 General Chemistry II (4 SH)
• PHYS 252 Physics I Lecture (3 SH)
• PHYS 253 Physics I Lab (1 SH)
• PHYS 262 Physics II Lecture (3 SH)
• PHYS 263 Physics II Lab (1 SH)

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• BMS 561 Immunology (3 SH)
• BMS 540 Drugs: Discovery, Design, Action (online) (2 SH)
• BMS 562 Neurobiology (3 SH)
• BMS 570 Medical Microbiology (3 SH)
• BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology (3 SH)
• BMS 574 Neuropsychology (3 SH)
• BMS 585 Infectious Diseases (3 SH)

Gap Year Certificate

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Format: Face-to-face

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 complete cross-cultural travel in the summer.

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