Graduate Certificate
Professional Molecular Sciences Graduate Certificate
Molecular Biosciences is an interdisciplinary area melded from the formerly isolated fields of biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, and molecular biology. The intersection of these fields serves as the foundation for much of modern biotechnology, medical research, and interdisciplinary fields like biological chemistry and biological physics.
Completion of the graduate certificate courses will be invaluable in career development in many different interdisciplinary fields. The certificate can be obtained on the Pullman campus or anywhere in the United States through online courses offered by WSU Global Campus. All online courses in the certificate are taught and were developed by WSU faculty.
Admission Requirements
Students must be simultaneously enrolled in a graduate-degree granting program at Washington State University as either full-time or part-time students, or in the case of post-graduate professional, receive permission from the certificate administrators.
After completing the course work, current WSU graduate students must submit an application for Graduation for Graduate Certificate, obtaining the signature of the Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Molecular Biosciences. For more information, visit the Graduate School website.
Program Requirements
| Course # | Course Title | Campus | Credits |
| Required Science Course | |||
| MBIOS 503 | Advanced Molecular Biology I | Pullman , Online | 3 credits |
| Other Science Courses - Choose one course | |||
| MBIOS 501 | Cell Biology | Pullman, Online | 3 credits |
| MBIOS 513 | General Biochemistry | Pullman, Online | 3 credits |
| MBIOS 578 | Bioinformatics | Pullman, Online | 3 credits |
| MBIOS 584 | Medical Genetics | Pullman, Online | 3 credits |
| Professional Courses - choose 6 credits One course only from any of the following five areas: | |||
| 1. ETHICS | |||
| PHIL 530 | Bioethics | Pullman, Online | 2 credits |
| PHIL 532 | Seminar in Business Ethics | Online | 3 credits |
| PHIL 535 | Advanced Biomedical Ethics | Online | 3 credits |
| 2. COMMUNICATION | |||
| MBIOS 580 | Science Information Literacy | Online | 2 credits |
| ENGL 562 | Writing & Rhetoric in Science & Technology | Online | 3 credits |
| ENGL 495 | Rhetoric of Science & Technology | Online | 3 credits |
| COM 541 | Science Communication | Online | 3 credits |
| 3. BUSINESS FOCUS | |||
| ENTRP 486 | Launching New Ventures | Pullman, Online | 3 credits |
| E_M 505 | Finance for Technical Systems | Online | 3 credits |
| E_M 508 | Legal Concepts/Eng & Tech Managers | Online | 3 credits |
| 4. MANAGEMENT | |||
| E_M 501 | Management of Organizations (not offered after Summer 2021) | Online | 3 credits |
| E_M 522 | Leading People and Organizations (formerly Leadership, Supervision and Management) | Online | 3 credits |
| E_M 564 | Project Management | Online | 3 credits |
| E_M 575 | Managing Innovation: Strategy & Performance | Online | 3 credits |
| 5. SKILLS SEMINAR | |||
| MBIOS 583 | Professional Skills Seminar | Online | 1 credit |
Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in coursework required for the completion of this certificate. Substitution of courses may occur after approval from the Director of the Professional Sciences Master degree program and the Associate Director for Graduate Studies in the School of Molecular Biosciences. Please note that if you have credit for the conjoined courses MBios 401, MBios 413, MBios 478, you cannot get credit/ enroll in MBios 501, MBios 513, or MBios 578.