Certificates may be earned by regularly matriculated or extended learning students and denote successful completion of a prescribed program of study designed to:

1. impart specified professional/vocational/career competencies; or
2. produce mastery of the content of a sub-field of an academic major (discipline); or
3. provide exposure to the range of materials in a traditional or emerging interdisciplinary field.

Certain certificate programs contain 6000-level courses as requirements and/or electives. These 6000-level courses may not be taken by undergraduate students. Candidates must receive two-thirds of their certificate-applicable credit from the university. The transferring of credit or the substitution of courses may occur only after application to the appropriate campus authority.

 

Pre-Requisites for the Certificate Program

One of the following:

Group A: Completion of the following courses for students majoring in biology, chemistry or biochemistry:

BIOL 2010	Principles of Biology I	5
BIOL 2020	Principles of Biology II	5
CHEM 2100	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM 2200	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 2300	Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences	3-4
or CHEM 2400	Organic Chemistry I Lecture

Group B: Completion of a B.A. or B.S. in Biology, Chemistry or Biochemistry at this university, or equivalent.