Health Sciences Advanced Certificate

Introduction & Overview

This 5 course (15-20 credit) certificate program is designed for post-baccalaureate pre-health professions students wishing to enhance their academic profile in pre-health courses prior to applying to a health professions graduate program, including but not limited to careers such as M.D., D.O., D.D.S., or D.V.M. programs, among others.

The program will allow students to complete pre-health courses (e.g.- Principles of Biology, Organic Chemistry, etc.) prior to application to health professional schools (e.g.- allopathic or osteopathic medical school), or enhance their science GPA by taking upper level courses (e.g.- medicinal chemistry, anatomy and physiology I and II) prior to applying. The overall career objective of the certificate program is to ensure a high rate of success for students planning to apply to health professions graduate programs.

Completion of the Advanced Certificate Health Sciences does not guarantee a student admission to any graduate or professional program.

 

Faculty and Staff

Full-Time Faculty

Darlene Gandolfi

Phyllis Lefton

Wendy J. McFarlane

Christopher Pappas

Nancy Todd

Anna Yeung-Cheung

 

Division Chair

Christopher Pappas

914.323.1276, Christopher.Pappas@mville.edu

 

Program Advisor

Wendy McFarlane

914.798.2740, Wendy.Mcfarlane@mville.edu

 

Lab Manager

Jorge Cardenas

 914.798.2715, jorge.cardenas@mville.edu

Certificate Requirements

Take any five of the following courses (15-20 credits):

Course List

BIO 1001Principles of Biology I

4

BIO 1002Principles of Biology II

4

BIO 5003Principles of Genetics

4

BIO 5005Developmental Biology

4

BIO 5007Human Anatomy & Physiology I

4

BIO 5012BIOSTATISTICS

3

BIO 5013Microbiology

4

BIO 5017Human Anataomy and Physiology II

4

BIO 5019Nutrition in Health & Disease

4

BIO 5023Issues in Global Environmental Change AND THE RELATION TO HUMAN HEALTH SEMINAR

4

BIO 5026Biotechnology Seminar

4

BIO 5028IMMUNOLOGY

3

BIO 5029Advanced Immunology Seminar

4

BIO 5032Parasitology

4

BIO 5057Forensic Biology

4

BIO 5060Bioethics Seminar

4

BIO 5061BIOCHEMISTRY I

4

BIO 5062Biochemistry II

4

BIO 5080MOLECULAR BIO TECHNIQUES

4

BIO 5090Molecular Neurobiology

3

BIO 5497Graduate Research in Biology

3

BIO 5595INDEPENDENT STUDY

1-3

CHM 5020Medicinal Chemistry

3