Biological Sciences Certificates

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. 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:

 

 

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 

  •  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
       
  • 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
       
  • 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
       

 

 

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).

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