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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

Required Coursework

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Biology students will complete six graduate biology courses that meet the distribution and breadth requirements described below for a total of 18 credits. All courses are three (3) credit hours unless otherwise noted.

1. Evolutionary Biology (3 cr)

GC Biology students complete the following course:
BIOL-T 570 Evolution

2. Molecular-Cellular Biology (6 cr)

GC Biology students complete two (2) courses selected from this list:
BIOL-T 571 Introductory Biochemistry
BIOL-T 574 The Immune System and Disease
BIOL-T 575 Molecular Biology
BIOL-T 577 Molecular Genetics and Genomics

3. Organismal Biology (6 cr)

GC Biology students complete two (2) courses selected from this list:
BIOL-T 582 Advanced Field Zoology
BIOL-T 583 Problems in Genetics - Higher Organisms
BIOL-T 585* Model Organisms in Research (*Counted only once)
BIOL-T 586 Principles of Ornithology

4. GC Biology Capstone (3 cr)

GC Biology students complete one capstone course selected from this list:
BIOL-T 585 Model Organisms in Research
BIOL-T 591 History of Life
BIOL-T 592 Social Implications of Biology

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.

Required Coursework

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Biology students will complete six graduate biology courses that meet the distribution and breadth requirements described below for a total of 18 credits. All courses are three (3) credit hours unless otherwise noted.

1. Evolutionary Biology (3 cr)

GC Biology students complete the following course:
BIOL-T 570 Evolution

2. Molecular-Cellular Biology (6 cr)

GC Biology students complete two (2) courses selected from this list:
BIOL-T 571 Introductory Biochemistry
BIOL-T 574 The Immune System and Disease
BIOL-T 575 Molecular Biology
BIOL-T 577 Molecular Genetics and Genomics

3. Organismal Biology (6 cr)

GC Biology students complete two (2) courses selected from this list:
BIOL-T 582 Advanced Field Zoology
BIOL-T 583 Problems in Genetics - Higher Organisms
BIOL-T 585* Model Organisms in Research (*Counted only once)
BIOL-T 586 Principles of Ornithology

4. GC Biology Capstone (3 cr)

GC Biology students complete one capstone course selected from this list:
BIOL-T 585 Model Organisms in Research
BIOL-T 591 History of Life
BIOL-T 592 Social Implications of Biology