Certificate of Interdisciplinary Health Science
24.0 semester credits
The Certificate of Interdisciplinary Health Science is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the many professional venues through which medicine is practiced and health care delivered in this country, while taking graduate electives in a variety of medical and health related-sciences. Through rigorous coursework, students will be able to prepare for a broad spectrum of professional opportunities within the health sciences.
Applicants to the program are required to have a bachelor’s degree from a US accredited
institution, or its equivalent. The student should have successfully completed the
minimum science courses required for application to medical school and have a minimum
GPA of approximately 2.75 or better. In addition, students should have approximately a 20 or
better on the MCAT exam with no science section below 7, or have scores in the 50th
percentile on the general GRE.
Students take 12-18 credits per semester for a minimum of 24 total credits, working with an advisor to select the courses that best suit their career goals.
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| IHS 500S | Career Counseling in the Health Sciences Seminar I | 1.0 | ||
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| CR 505S | Ethical Issues in Research | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 515S | Introduction to Clinical Trials | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 525S | Scientific Writing and Medical Literature | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 535S | Current Federal Regulatory Issues in Biomed Resarch | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 545S | Pharmaceutical Law | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 550S | Leadership Skills in the Health Sciences | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 612S | Fundamentals of Compliance | 3.0 | ||
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| CR 617S | Informatics in Pharmaceutical Research and Development | 3.0 | ||
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| MFSP 516 | Techniques: Crime Scene Investigation | 3.0 | ||
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| MFSP 518 | Latent Fingerprint Analysis | 3.0 | ||
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| MFSP 521 | Techniques of Fingerprint Analysis | 3.0 | ||
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| MLAS 505S | Microbiology with Laboratory | 4.0 | ||
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| MLAS 523S | Organizational Management I | 3.0 | ||
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| MLAS 525S | Animal Anatomy | 2.0 | ||
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| MLAS 531S | Embryology | 3.0 | ||
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| MLAS 536S | Animal Models for Biomedical Research | 1.0 | ||
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| MSPA 545S | Fundamentals of Histotechnology | 2.0 | ||
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| MFSP 502 | Biological Aspects of Forensic Science | 3.0 | ||
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| MFSP 528 | Introduction to Criminal Law/Trial Process | 3.0 | ||
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| MSPA 540S | Histotechnology I | 2.0 | ||
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| MSPA 580S | Medical Microbiology I | 4.0 | ||
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| MLAS 531S | Embryology | 3.0 | ||
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| MLAS 500S | Bionucleonics | 3.0 | ||
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| PHRM 512S | Graduate Pharmacology | 3.0 | ||
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| MSPP 511S | Concepts in Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 4.0 | ||
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| IHS 501S | Career Counseling in the Health Sciences Seminar II | 1.0 | ||
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| IHS 502S | Neuropharmacology | 3.0 | ||
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| MSPP 525S | Community Dimensions in Medicine | 2.0 | ||
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| Working with an advisor, students select additional courses from the following: |
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| PBHL 530 | Epidemiology | 3.0 | ||
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| MFSP 526 | Bloodstream Pattern Analysis | 3.0 | ||
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| MLAS 535S | Biology and Care of Laboratory Animals | 3.0 | ||
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| MSPA 581S | Medical Microbiology II | 3.0 | ||
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| MSPP 513S | Special Topics in Anatomy | 4.0 | ||
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| MSPP 515S | Biological Functions and Regulation | 4.0 | ||
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| CR 545S | Pharmaceutical Law | 3.0 | ||
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For more information, visit the Drexel University College of Medicine web page.
