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

Aaron Bush

Darlene Gandolfi

A.M. Heissan

Wendy J. McFarlane

Nirupama Narayanan

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

Stephanie Charlton, 914.323.5328, stephanie.charlton@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.5007Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4

BIO.5012Biostatistics

3

BIO.5013Microbiology

4

BIO.5017Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BIO.5019Nutrition in Health and Disease

4

BIO.5023Issues in Global Environmental Change and the Relation to Human Health Seminar

4

BIO.5026Biotechnology Seminar

4

BIO.5029Advanced Immunology Seminar

4

BIO.5057Forensic Biology

4

BIO.5060Bioethics Seminar

4

BIO.5061Biochemistry I

4

BIO.5062Biochemistry II

4

BIO.5080Molecular Biology Techniques

4

BIO.5090Molecular Neurobiology

3

BIO.5497Graduate Research in Biology

3

BIO.5595Independent Study

1-3

CHM.5020Medicinal Chemistry

3

The minimum grade for courses to count towards the certificate is a B.