Certificate in Foundations of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Science
General Office: |
I.U.C - Physics & Administration Building, Room 109 |
Mailing Address: |
Faculty of Science, |
Phone: |
(506) 453-4586 |
Fax: |
(506) 453-3570 |
Email: |
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Website: |
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Dean (Acting): |
Dr. P.T. Jayachandran, BSc, MSc, PhD |
Associate Dean: |
Janice Lawrence, BSc, MSc |
Assistant Deans: |
Ben Newling, BSc, PhD |
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Dave Keighley, BSc, PhD |
Science Student Services: |
Angela Jefferies Regier, Co-ordinator |
General Information (16 or 17 ch)
The certificate program is designed to meet the foundational knowledge/skills needs of students who desire to pursue further education in an applied Health Science. The certificate acts as prerequisite learning for UNB’s Bachelor of Nursing Accelerated program. It may have portability to other applied Health Science programs within and beyond post-secondary education in Atlantic Canada. Applicants can take the certificate as a stand-alone package leading to an exit award, or they can take it alongside other undergraduate studies.
Required courses:
BIOL1711 Human Anatomy or BIOL1719: Human Anatomy I (online)
BIOL2251 Microbiology, BIOL2259 Clinical Microbiology (online), or BIOL3261 Microbiology
BIOL2501 Pathophysiology I, or BIOL2509 Pathophysiology I (online)
STAT 2263 Statistics for Non-Science Majors (online), or STAT2264 Statistics for Biology, or equivalent introductory statistics course at the 2000 level or higher
BIOL1789 Human Physiology I (online), BIOL1782 Human Physiology I or BIOL2792 Human Physiology - Systems