Biotechnology & Biological Medicine — Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements

Please see the general statement of admission requirements for all graduate studies programs in the “Admissions” section of this publication.

Applicants must submit Graduate Record Examination scores, including the score for one advanced test. Applicants are expected to have a grade point average of 3.0 in all undergraduate science and mathematics courses.

Entering students must have a bachelor’s degree, and must have completed the following UMass Boston undergraduate courses or their equivalents at another university (please consult UMass Boston’s undergraduate catalog for information about these courses).

BIOL 252 (Genetics)

CHEM 253 and 254 (Organic Chemistry I and II)

BIOL 334 (Microbiology)

BIOCHM 383 (Biochemistry I)

BIOL 372 (Molecular Biology)

CS 110 (Introduction to Computing)

PHYSIC 107 and 108 (College Physics I and II), and

PHYSIC 181 and 182 (Introductory Physics Lab I and II)