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Certificate programs in Biology and Physiology are available to students from any major. For Biology majors, the Certificate program is a way of customizing your Biology Electives to focus on a particular concentration in biology. For other majors, a Biology or Physiology certificate is a way of enhancing your degree to include an emphasis in biological concepts. Each certificate requires 12 credit hours of approved courses from that certificate’s list, at least 9 of which must be at the 3000 level or higher. All courses counting toward the certificate must be taken on a letter-grade basis. A maximum of 3 credits of Transfer credit may be applied toward a certificate. Major electives can be counted toward certificates, but courses required by name and number in a student’s major program of study will not be counted toward certificates. While students may complete more than one certificate, they may not double-count courses towards more than one certificate or minor. Non-Biology majors are required to include at least 9 credits of BIOL coursework for their certificate, except in the case of the Physiology certificate. Further information is available from School of Biological Sciences advisors.
To declare a certificate in Biology, select 12 credits that correspond to the desired certificate. Approved courses are listed below by certificate title. Students must also complete and submit a certificate application two weeks prior to the end of their last term.
For non-Biology majors:
Additional courses that can count towards any of the above certificates (with exception of the Physiology certificate): BIOS 1107 + 1107L, BIOS 1108 + 1108L, BIOS 2300/2301, BIOS 2310/2311, BIOS 2600/2601, BIOS 2610/2611, BIOS 3450/3451 (as long as these courses are not required for their major program of study, and only up to 3 credits of courses at the 1xxx-2xxx level can count). At least 9 credits of BIOS coursework are required for each certificate.
New special topics courses may be added to relevant biology certificates with approval from the School of Biological Sciences. Contact the Director of the certificate program: Dr. Mirjana Milosevic Brockett (mirjana.brockett@biology.gatech.edu) for any questions.
Certificates are available in the following areas of concentration:
- Biomedical Science
- Biomolecular Technology
- Bio-Inspired Design
- Computational & Quantitative Biology
- Environmental Science
- Marine Science
- Applied Physiology
- Integrative Biology
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
1) Biomedical Science
- BIOS 3753 Human Anatomy
BIOS 3754 Anatomy Lab
BIOS 3755 Human Physiology
BIOS 3756 Physiology Lab
BIOS 4150 Genomics and Applied Bioinformatics
BIOS 4400 Human Neuroanatomy
BIOS 4340 Medical Microbiology
BIOS 4464 Developmental Biology
BIOS 4401 Experimental Design and Statistical Methods
BIOS 4464 Developmental Biology
BIOS 4570 Immunology
BIOS 4607 Molecular Microbiology
BIOS 4651 Bioethics
BIOS 4668 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
BIOS 4520 Health, Genes, and Society
NEUR 2001 Intro to Neuroscience
BMED 3100 Systems Physiology
BMED 3110 Quantitative Engineering Physiology Laboratory
BMED 4400 Neuroengineering Fundamentals
BMED 4500 Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory.
BIOS 4500 Drug Discovery
BIOS 4520 Health, Genes & Society
BIOS 4540 Human Motor Control
BIOS 4560 RNA Biology and Biotechnology
LMC 3219. Literature and Medicine.
PSYC 3020 Biopsychology
PSYC 4090. Cognitive Neuroscience
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
2) Biomolecular Technology
- BIOS 3380 Microbiology
BIOS 3381 Microbiology Lab
BIOS 4012 Protein Biology
BIOS 4150 Genomics and Applied Bioinformatics
BIOS 4225 Molecular Evolution
BIOS 4607 Molecular Microbiology
BIOS 4668 Eukaryotic Mol Genetics
BIOS 4500 Drug Discovery
BIOS 4560 RNA Biology and Biotechnology
BIOS 4510 Epigenetics
BIOS 4744 Microbial Symbiosis & Microbiomes
CHEM 3511 Survey of Biochemistry
CHEM 4511 Biochemistry I
CHEM 4512 Biochemistry II
CHEM 4521 Biophysical Chemistry
CHEM 4803 Special Topics: Macromolecular Structure
CHBE 4760. Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
BMED 3110. Quantitative Engineering Physiology Laboratory
BMED 4400. Neuroengineering Fundamentals
BMED 4500 Cell and Tissue Engineering Lab
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
3) Bio-Inspired Design (Students must take BIOS/ISyE/MSE/ME 4740-Bio-Inspired Design in addition to 9hrs from the list below)
- BIOS 3753 Anatomy
BIOS 3755 Human Physiology
BIOS 4464 Developmental Biology
BIOS 4471 Behavioral Biology
BIOS 4803 Special Topics: Urban Ecology
BIOS 4803 Special Topics: Vertebrate Biology
BIOS/MSE 4802 Special Topics: Bioinspired Materials Design
ARCH 4411 Introduction to Visual Arts: Drawing on Nature
BMED 3100 Systems Physiology
BMED 3110 Quant Engr Physio Lab
BMED 4400 Neuroengineering Fund
BMED 4500 Cell and Tissue Engineering Lab
BMED 4752 Introduction to Neuroscience
AE/CHE/ME/BMED 4757 Biofluid Mechanics
AE/CHE/ME/BMED 4758 Biosolid Mechanics
CEE 3040 Fluid Mechanics
ME/MSE 4790 Materials Selection and Design
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
4) Computational & Quantitative Biology
- BIOS 2400 Mathematical Models in Biology
BIOS 4150 Genomics & Appl Bioinformatics
BIOS 4225 Molecular Evolution
BIOS 4401 Experimental Design and Statistical Methods
BIOS 4410 Microbial Ecology
BIOS 4428 Population Dynamics
BIOS 4530 Human Evolutionary Genomics
BIOS 4545 Human Genetics
BMED 4477 Bio Networks & Genomics
CS 4400 Introduction to Database Systems
CS 4710 Intro to Computing Concepts in Bioinformatics Applied Combinatorics
MATH 3012 Probability & Statistics
MATH 3215 Introduction to Graph Theory
MATH 4022 CEE/ISYE/MATH 3770 Statistics & Applications
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
5) Environmental Science
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BIOS 2100 Biogeography of New Zealand
BIOS 3100 Ecology and Evolution of Australia
BIOS 3380 Microbiology
BIOS 3381 Microbiology Lab
BIOS 4221 Biological Oceanography
BIOS 4410 Microbial Ecology
BIOS 4417 Marine Ecology
BIOS 4418 Microbial Physiology
BIOS 4471 Behavior Biology
BIOS 4620 Aquatic Chemical Ecology
BIOS 4803 Special Topics: Biology in a Changing Environment
BIOS 4428 Population Dynamics
BIOS 4744 Microbial Symbiosis & Microbiomes
CEE 2300 Environmental Engineering Principles
CEE 3340 Environmental Engineering Laboratory
CEE 4300 Environmental Engineering Systems
CEE 4620 Environmental Impact Assessment
EAS 1600 Introduction to Environmental Science
EAS 1601 Habitable Planet
EAS 2420 Environmental Measures of Urban and Regional Change
EAS 2600 Earth Processes
EAS 2602 Earth Through Time
EAS 4110 Resources, Energy and the Environment
EAS 4300 Introduction to Physical and Chemical Oceanography
EAS 4350 Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
EAS 4410 Climate and Global Change
EAS 4602 Biogeochemical Cycle
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
6) Marine Science
- BIOS 4221 Biological Oceanography
BIOS 4417 Marine Ecology
BIOS 4620 Aquatic Chemical Ecology
BIOS 3100 Ecology&Evol-Australia
BIOS 4410 Microbial Ecology
CEE 3040 Fluid Mechanics
CEE 4225. Introduction to Coastal Engineering
CEE 4310. Water Quality Engineering
EAS 4220. Environmental Geochemistry
EAS 4300 Introduction to Physical and Chemical Oceanography
EAS 4305 Physical and Chemical Oceanography
EAS 4410 Climate and Global Change
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites. Contact Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, (404) 894-6274, for further information and questions related to the Physiology certificate.
7) Applied Physiology
- Required Courses (6 credit hours)
- BIOS 3753 Fundamentals of Anatomy
BIOS 3755 Human Physiology
- BIOS 3753 Fundamentals of Anatomy
- Other BIOS Physiology Courses (minimum 3 credit hours)
- BIOS 2500 Introduction to Sport Science
BIOS 3000 Survey of Medicine
BIOS 3754 Anatomy Lab
BIOS 3756 Physiology Lab
BIOS 4100 Exercise Physiology
BIOS 4200 Kinesiology
BIOS 4238 Ion Channels
BIOS 4400 – Human Neuroanatomy
BIOS 2698-4699 Undergraduate Research in Physiology
- BIOS 2500 Introduction to Sport Science
- Optional Elective Courses that fall outside BIOS Physiology classes (maximum 3 credit hours)
- Optional Elective Courses outside BIOS Applied Physiology classes (maximum 3 credit hours)
BIOS 3450 – Cell Molecular Biology (Note Biology majors cannot count BIOL 3450
toward the Physiology certificate)
BIOS 3451 – Cell Molecular Biology Lab (Note Biology majors cannot count BIOS
3451 toward the Physiology certificate if it is being used to fulfill the Biology core lab
requirement)
BIOS 4464 – Developmental Biology
BMED 3100 – Systems Physiology
ECE 4781 - Biomedical Instrumentation
ME 4757 - Biofluid Mechanic
ME 4758 - Biosolid Mechanics
PSYC 2230 - Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3020 - Biopsychology
PSYC 4100 - Behavioral Pharmacology
- Optional Elective Courses outside BIOS Applied Physiology classes (maximum 3 credit hours)
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
8) Integrative Biology
- 12 credits chosen from courses represented in four of the other certificates above (e.g., 3 credits from each of 4 other certificates = 12 credits total).