MA in Biomedical Science

Students who are service-oriented, compassionate, interested in health and human biology issues, and are academically competent can enter medical schools and become skilled health care professionals if they complete appropriate pre-requisite courses during their undergraduate years in college. Some students, who graduate with baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts, humanities, business, social work, etc., later decide that they would like to go to medical school but lack the prerequisite coursework. Our post-baccalaureate biomedical program is designed to help those students realize their dream.

Currently, there is a shortage of health care professionals in most areas and during the next decade, the U.S. Department of Labor projects a growth of more than 25% in the health care industry (including family care physicians, physical therapists, pharmacists, etc), meaning more new jobs than any other industry.

Course Schedule (48 hours for MA)

Biomedical core courses (32-33 credit hours)

Biomedicine Elective Courses (minimum 12 hours)
Offered with adequate enrollment

BMS 531 Environmental Chemistry (4)
BMS 551 Conservation Biology (3)
BMS 552 Environmental Toxicology (3)
BMS 553 Sustainable Agriculture (4)
BMS 554 Natural History of the Shenandoah Valley (4)
BMS 555 Plant Physiology (3)
BMS 556 Entomology (3)
BMS 557 Ecology & Field Biology (4)
BMS 561 Immunology (3)
BMS 562 Neurobiology (3)
BMS 571 Abnormal Psychology (3)
BMS 572 Cognitive Psychology (3)
BMS 573 Theories of Personality (3)
BMS 574 Neuropsychology (3)
BMS 581 Analytical Chemistry (4)
BMS 582 Thermodynamics (3)
BMS 583 Quantum Mechanics (3)
BMS 598 Biomedicine Practicum (1)
BMS 680 Academic and Professional Writing (2)