Evolutionary Medicine (Certificate)

15 credit hours including the required capstone course (BIO 571)

Required Core (3 credit hours)
ASB 507/BIO 507 Advanced Evolutionary Medicine (3) or
ASM 503/BIO 510 Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health (3)

Restricted Electives in Anthropology (3 credit hours)
ASB 503 Medical Anthropology (3)
ASB 510 Health: Social and Biocultural Theories (3)

Restricted Electives in Biology (3 credit hours)
ASM 546/BIO 546 Principles of Human Genetics (3)
BIO 545 Populations: Evolutionary Genetics (3)
EVO 601 Principles of Evolution (3)

Electives or Research (3 credit hours)

Culminating Experience (3 credit hours)
BIO 571 Evolutionary Medicine Capstone (3)

Additional Curriculum Information
Students choose one course from an approved list of electives or research courses and cannot choose courses already taken for required core or restricted electives in anthropology and biology. For restricted electives in anthropology and biology, students must choose one course from the list indicated for each subject.

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in the life or social sciences or related field from a regionally accredited institution.

Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.

Applicants are required to submit:

1. graduate admission application and application fee
2. official transcripts
3. professional resume
4. written statement
5. proof of English proficiency

Additional Application Information
An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency.

The professional resume should demonstrate the applicant's skills and previous training.

The written statement should address future career goals to better assist the student with selection of the most applicable set of courses in evolutionary medicine.

International students who need an F1 or 1 J1 visa first need to apply to and be accepted into a graduate degree program prior to being considered for the certificate program. International students residing in the U.S. on other types of visas must adhere to all Graduate College policies and procedures regarding admission to be considered for admission to this certificate program.

With an aging population in the U.S. and a pivot toward global health concerns, there is an increase in demand for health care services.

Health care professional programs have competitive admissions processes, and students with a certificate in evolutionary medicine set themselves apart from their peers with skills in problem-solving to address the integration of basic medical and public health science and practice. They also have a working knowledge of how evolutionary thinking influences medical and public health intervention and have the ability to apply an integrated conceptual framework to the problems of public health and medicine in order to produce more holistic outcomes for the improvement of human health.

Career examples include:

• anthropologists and sociologists
• biologists
• educators
• physicians, nurses, psychologists and psychiatrists
• public health professionals