COLLEGE OF APPLIED & NATURAL SCIENCES
Certificates
Undergraduate Certificates
Biological Visualization
The Undergraduate Certificate in Biological Visualization provides a pathway for students to explore the interdisciplinary field of scientific illustration. This Certificate allows students from a variety of academic backgrounds to gain valuable visual skill sets that can be applied to STEM fields of study.
Environmental Sustainability
We’re launching a new undergraduate certificate program in Environmental Sustainability. It’s multidisciplinary and anyone on campus can enroll and tailor the coursework to their area. The foundational course, ENSC 220 Introduction to Sustainability will be offered for the first time this fall The 18-hour undergraduate certificate in environmental sustainability helps to develop students who understand the interconnectedness of environmental, economic, and social systems at local, regional, and global scales. Students will gain competencies which will allow them to apply sustainable practices within their own discipline. The knowledge acquired can also be applied throughout students’ careers, enabling them to support businesses, communities, and governments in efforts to achieve sustainability goals while also tackling some of the world’s greatest environmental, economic, and social challenges.
Graduate Certificates
The field of health care is broad and employees need to have a knowledge from areas like health information management, nutrition and dietetics, and biology to care for the whole patient. The Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences is designed to strengthen a student’s application to a professional or graduate health care degree program or to enhance a student’s career preparation in a health care related field. The program offers affordable hands-on and applied learning experiences related to several health care career fields, including but not limited to Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist, Dentist, Physician, and Veterinarian.
Admissions Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in health-, animal science-, or biology-related discipline OR the following courses
- College-level Introductory Biology for majors
- College-level Introductory Chemistry
- 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA
- GRE is not required
- Submission of all official admission documents to the Graduate School