Biomedical sciences

University of Missouri-Columbia
Undergraduate certificate
Biomedical sciences undergraduate certificate
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Overview

The undergraduate certificate in biomedical sciences program has been developed to better prepare pre-veterinary medical students or pre-professional students in allied medical fields (e.g., pre-medicine and pre-health professions) for success as a professional student and for a future career.

Quick facts

Official name

Undergraduate certificate in biomedical sciences

Campus

University of Missouri-Columbia

Program type

Undergraduate certificate

Academic home

College of Veterinary Medicine

Delivery mode

100% online

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

Part time credit hours

16

Part time estimated cost

$9,105.60

*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.

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Career prospects

Important: The goal of the undergraduate certificate in biomedical sciences is to enhance the knowledge of students in preparation for application to a medical, health profession or veterinary school professional program. The certificate in biomedical sciences is not a professional program and does not supplant professional training.

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$62,000
median salary

Program structure

The online undergraduate certificate in biomedical sciences is 100% online: no campus visits required. Courses are semester-based. Students typically take two classes per semester and finish in two years.

The curriculum for this program is specialized to prepare students for application to a professional program in veterinary medicine or an allied medical field. It provides information that many students may not have the opportunity to learn elsewhere.

Course work includes

  • Biomedical terminology
  • Cell biology
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology

Delivery

100% online

Calendar system

Semester-based

Typical program length

2 years

Typical course load

2 classes per semester

Accreditation

The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.

Faculty spotlight

Christopher Baines

Originally from the UK, Christopher Baines moved to the U.S. nearly 30 years ago to earn a doctorate in physiology at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Baines completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester, University of Louisville and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he developed an interest in the role of mitochondria in cardiomyocyte death and cardiac pathology. He has continued this research in his lab at the University of Missouri, where he identifies and characterizes novel mediators of mitochondrial-dependent cardiac cell death and disease. He directs and teaches veterinary cell biology for undergrads, vet students and grad students (which he loves!) as well as renal physiology for veterinary students. 

Christopher Baines
Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Brandon Moore

Brandon Moore earned a doctorate from the University of Florida in zoology and did post-doctoral training at Tulane University. Dr. Moore’s research interests include crocodilian reproductive anatomy and physiology, and he collaborates with colleagues at universities, zoos and commercial operations in the U.S., South Africa and Argentina. He teaches anatomy and neuroscience courses to veterinary students and BIOMED 3219 Elements of Comparative Anatomy for online undergraduate students.

Brandon Moore
Associate Teaching Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine

Learn more about this program

This program is administered by the College of Veterinary Medicine