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Degrees Offered

Graduate Certificate, Master of Arts for Teachers

Graduate Certificate

As a student in the IU Online Graduate Certificate in Biology, you analyze and explore the nature of life and living organisms at an advanced level. You gain the ability to break down and analyze biological concepts for an undergraduate audience, the ability to develop and analyze hypotheses and experiments, a fluency with scientific literature, and a richer understanding of biology in the natural world around us.

Specific areas of focus include:

• Evolution
• Ecology and environmental biology
• Organismal biology
• Cell and molecular biology, and biochemistry
• Genetics, bioinformatics, and genomics
• Anatomy and physiology
• Developmental biology

Participating Campuses

IU Bloomington, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast

Certificate Requirements 

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Biology, you must complete 18 credit hours. 

Requirements are broken down as follows: 

• Core course (3 credit hours) 
• Molecular-cellular-level electives (6 credit hours)
• Organismal-level electives (6 credit hours)
• Capstone course (3 credit hours)

Courses

Sample courses for the Graduate Certificate in Biology include the following:

• BIOL-T 570 Evolution (3 credits)
  
• BIOL-T 572 Cell Biology (3 credits
  
• BIOL-T 574 Immunology (3 credits)
  
• BIOL-T 576 Bioinformatics: Theory and Application (3 credits)
  
• BIOL-T 581 Neurobiology (3 credits)
  
• BIOL-T 587 Ornithology (3 credits)
  
• BIOL-T 591 History of Life (3 credits)

Master of Arts for Teachers

The IU Online Master of Arts for Teachers in Biology combines coursework in education and biology to prepare you to be a dual-credit instructor at the high school and community college levels.

The educational component of the program teaches you how to apply the science and art of teaching to college-level instruction. Coursework covers instruction and curriculum, assessment, diversity and inclusive teaching, and research.

As a student in the biology component of the program, you study the nature of living organisms at an advanced level. You gain the ability to break down and analyze biological concepts for an undergraduate audience, the ability to develop and analyze hypotheses and experiments, a fluency with scientific literature, and a richer understanding of biology in the natural world around us.

Specific areas of focus include:

• Evolution
• Molecular and cellular biology, including biochemistry, cell biology, molecular and macromolecular biology, immunology, bioinformatics, and molecular genetics
• Organismal biology, including developmental biology, neurobiology, field zoology, marine community ecology, animal nutrition, ornithology, horticulture, and ecology

Participating Campuses

IU Bloomington, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have a bachelor's degree and must have completed two courses from the Graduate Certificate in Biology with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

Requirements

To earn the MAT in Biology, you must complete 30 credit hours.

Requirements are broken down as follows:

• Core course (3 credit hours)
• Molecular-cellular electives (6 credit hours)
• Organismal electives (6 credit hours)
• Capstone course (3 credit hours)
• Education component (12 credit hours)

Courses

Sample courses for the MAT in Biology include the following:

• BIOL-T 570 Evolution (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 574 Immunology (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 576 Bioinformatics: Theory and Application (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 582 Advanced Field Zoology (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 587 Ornithology (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 590 Critical Analysis of Scientific Literature (3 credits)
• BIOL-T 591 History of Life (3 credits)
• EDUC-H 520 Social Issues in Education (3 credits)
• EDUC-J 500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3 credits)
• EDUC-Y 520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3 credits)