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.
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.
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.
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.
Computational & Quantitative
- 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.
Environmental Science
- 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.
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.
Applied Physiology
- Required Courses (6 credit hours)
- BIOS 3753 Fundamentals of Anatomy
- BIOS 3755 Human Physiology
- 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
- 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
Check the Georgia Tech course catalog to confirm credit hours and pre-requisites.
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).
