Program Contact: Robert Cottrell 203-582-8676
The Department of Biomedical Sciences offers a minor in Biomedical Sciences, which provides students with a fundamental knowledge of the theories, principles and advances in these basic sciences. Completing this area of concentration may help students qualify for employment in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; the medical diagnostics industry; university-based biomedical research; and city, state and federal health/research laboratories or to continue their education in graduate/professional school. This concentration helps students develop critical thinking skills and understand and utilize modern research laboratory technologies.
Biomedical Sciences Minor Curriculum
The BMS minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits, all with a grade of C or better. At least two courses must be lab-based. No more than two classes may be transferred in from other institutions. The same course cannot count toward both a minor in Microbiology and Immunology and a minor in Biomedical Sciences.
Graduate courses may count for the BMS minor with permission from the department chair.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Courses | ||
| BMS 213 & 213L | Microbiology and Pathology and Microbiology and Pathology Lab | 4 |
| or BMS 370 & 370L | General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab | |
| BMS 300 & 300L | The Physiology of Human Performance I and The Physiology of Human Performance I Lab | 4 |
| BMS 301 & 301L | Physiology of Human Performance II and Physiology of Human Performance II Lab | 4 |
| BMS 332 | Histology and Lab | 4 |
| BMS 372 & 372L | Pathogenic Microbiology and Pathogenic Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| BMS 373 & 373L | Mycology and Mycology Lab | 4 |
| BMS 375 & 375L | Immunology and Immunology Lab | 4 |
| or BMS 522 & 522L | Immunology and Immunology Lab | |
| BMS 472 | Biotechnology | 4 |
| Lecture Courses | ||
| BMS 200 | Biomedical Basis and Experience of Human Aging | 3 |
| BMS 221 | Physiology and Effects of Obesity in Society | 3 |
| BMS 276 | Drug Development | 3 |
| BMS 278 | Research and Technology | 3 |
| BMS 299 | Biomedical Sciences Journal Club | 1 |
| BMS 304 | Biological Chemistry | 3 |
| BMS 310 | Neuroanatomy | 3 |
| BMS 312 | Biomedical Genomics | 3 |
| BMS 318 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| BMS 319 | Public Health: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| BMS 320 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| BMS 325 | Toxicology | 3 |
| BMS 330 | Endocrinology | 3 |
| BMS 364 | Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Therapies | 3 |
| BMS 378 | Vaccines and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 1 | 3 |
| BMS 397 | Biomedical Sciences Internship | 1-4 |
| BMS 470 | Virology 2 | 4 |
| BMS 473 | Infections of Leisure | 3 |
| BMS 474 | Power of Plagues | 3 |
| BMS 475 | Special Topics in Microbiology | 4 |
| BMS 477 | Critical Analysis and Reasoning In the Biomedical Sciences | 2 |
| BMS 481 | Research Techniques in Biomedical Sciences | 1-4 |
| BMS 482 | Independent Study in Microbiology (may be taken twice) | 3-4 |
| BMS 483 | Independent Study in Microbiology | 1-4 |
| BMS 498 | Independent Study in Biomedical Sciences I | 1-4 |
| BMS 499 | Independent Study in Biomedical Sciences II | 1-4 |