MA in Biomedicine: Biomedical Science Concentration
Students who are service-oriented, compassionate, interested in health and human biology issues, and are academically competent can enter medical schools and become skilled healthcare professionals if they complete appropriate prerequisite courses during their undergraduate years in college. Some students, who graduate with baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts, humanities, business, social work, etc., later decide that they would like to go to medical school but lack the prerequisite coursework. Our postbaccalaureate biomedical program is designed to help those students realize their dream.
Currently, there is a shortage of health care professionals in most areas of the United States as well as internationally. During the next decade, the U.S. Department of Labor projects a growth of more than 25% in the healthcare industry (including family care physicians, physical therapists, pharmacists, etc), meaning more new jobs than most other industries.
Course Schedule (48 hours for MA)
Biomedical Core Courses (30 semester hours)
Natural Sciences (12 SH)
BMC 551 Developmental Biology
BMC 612 Human Anatomy
BMC 561 Biochemistry
Another natural science course may be substituted for one of the above.
Cross Discipline (8 SH)
BMC 613 Research Design & Statistics
BMX 611 Biomedicine Faith & Ethics
BMX 613 Behavioral & Social Science Principles
Transdiscipline (10 SH)
BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I
BMC 611 Interdisciplinary Seminar II
BMC 623 Research in Biomedicine
BMC 598 Biomedicine Practicum
BMX 603 Biomedical Cross Culture
Biomedical Science Concentration (13 SH)
Courses in the science concentration may be substituted for students who have successfully completed the course as an undergraduate or to accommodate another course better suited for entrance into a program other than osteopathic or allopathic school.
BMC 562 Human Physiology
BMC 572 Cognitive Psychology
Please choose two of the following courses (6 SH) offered alternate years
BMC 552 Cell Biology
BMC 561 Immunology
BMC 563 Molecular Genetics
BMS 562 Neurobiology
BMS 570 Medical Microbiology
BMS 585 Infectious Diseases
Biomedical Science Electives (5-6 SH)
Offered with adequate enrollment
BMS 525 Medical Terminology
BMS 531 Environmental Chemistry
BMS 551 Conservation Biology
BMS 552 Environmental Toxicology
BMS 553 Sustainable Agriculture
BMS 555 Plant Ecophysiology
BMS 556 Entomology
BMS 557 Ecology & Field Biology
+BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology
BMS 573 Theories of Personality
+BMS 574 Neuropsychology
BMS 581 Analytical Chemistry
BMS 582 Thermodynamics
BMS 583 Quantum Mechanics
BMS 680 Academic and Professional Writing
+Recommended elective courses
Additional graduate level courses in education, business, counseling, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, or seminary may be selected as electives.
Prerequisite Courses
Undergraduate science course program requirements (or equivalents)
For full admission to graduate status, students must have completed (35 SH):
- Two general biology courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- Two general chemistry courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- Two organic chemistry courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- Two general physics courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- One mathematics course (Calculus) (3 SH)
MA in Biomedicine: Biomedical Teaching Concentration
This program provides preparation for a post- baccalaureate student to teach biomedical related courses in a community college or technical school. For this preparation, students typically select an academic emphasis such as biology, chemistry, or more broadly biomedicine and earn a minimum of 18 SH of graduate-level didactic and laboratory coursework, while completing a minimum of 15 SH of graduate education courses. Students who lack teaching experience are required to enroll in a teaching practicum (1-2 SH) during one of the academic sessions. High school or junior high science teachers who are currently teaching can enroll in this track to enhance their teaching or their salary scale.
At many other graduate schools, the graduate coursework is focused on education or education administration courses without any courses in basic sciences. Our program uniquely provides both basic biology/chemistry graduate courses that enhance the teacher’s ability to understand and teach new material such as molecular biology techniques as well as selected educational pedagogy courses that promote effective teaching. The MA in biomedical teaching program draws upon EMU’s well-known MA in Education program for the education pedagogy courses.
Course schedule (48 Course Hours)
Biomedical Core Courses (30 semester hours and 6 hours electives)
Natural Sciences (12 SH)
Another natural science laboratory course may replace of these three required courses.
BMC 551 Developmental Biology
BMC 612 Human Anatomy
BMC 561 Biochemistry
Cross Discipline (8 SH)
BMC 613 Research Design & Statistics
BMX 611 Biomedicine Faith & Ethics
BMX 613 Behavioral & Social Science Principles
Transdiscipline (10 SH)
BMC 610 Interdisciplinary Seminar I
BMC 611 Interdisciplinary Seminar II
BMC 623 Research in Biomedicine
BMC 598 Biomedical Practicum
BMX 603 Biomedical Cross Culture
Biomedical Teaching Concentration (18 SH)
Required Foundational Courses (9 SH)
EDCC 501 Creating Cultures of Change
EDCC 531 Social & Ethical Issues in Education
Education Electives (9 SH)
Select from the following:
EDCI 511 Teaming and Collaboration
EDCC 521 Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution
EDDA 511 Teaching Diverse Learners
EDSL 581 Language and Culture – online
*EDCC 501 subject to an enrollment of at least six students.
Prerequisite Courses
Undergraduate science course program requirements (or equivalents)
For full admission to graduate status, students must have completed (27 SH):
- Two general biology courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- Two general chemistry courses with laboratories (8 SH)
- One organic chemistry course with laboratory (4 SH)
- One general physics course with laboratory (4 SH)
- One mathematics course (calculus) (3 SH)