Post-Bachelor’s Certificate in Natural Science
About
Begin your journey to study in the field of natural science. If you are a college graduate and wish to pursue additional course work to prepare for a future in healthcare or enhance your credentials in k-12 teaching, our program is for you. You will be fully prepared to succeed in teaching or pursue a future in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other allied health fields. Additionally, the post-baccalaureate certificate can help you transition into Spalding’s accelerated second-degree nursing program, occupational therapy master’s program or athletic training master’s program.
Features
- Enjoy flexible study that can be tailored to your academic background
- Strengthen your academic credentials for professional school application or employment
- Enhance your undergraduate GPA or BCPM (Biology Chemistry Physics Math) GPA prior to taking the MCAT, DAT, PCAT, or GRE and applying to professional or graduate school
- Experience courses taught by faculty members, not graduate students
- Take advantage of dedicated classroom and laboratory space fully equipped with smart technology
- Learn hands-on with labs that include cadaver dissection, instrumentation facilities for chemistry and physics as well as a dedicated tissue-culture lab
Career Options
Graduates of our natural science certificate program have gone on to excel as:
- doctors
- teachers
- pharmacists
- dentists
- scientific researchers
- athletic trainers
Admission
To be admitted to the biology program, you must first apply and be admitted to Spalding University. Once you meet your general requirements, you can declare your major.
Financial Aid Options
Spalding University has a robust offering of financial aid including scholarships, grants, federal loans, and other types of federal aid. Check out our Affordability and Financial Aid page for more information.
Mission-Focused Approach to Learning
At Spalding, we are a diverse community of learners out to change the world. Our graduates serve at every organizational level. We have health and service professionals on the ground changing lives, business leaders transforming teams, and social movers and shakers affecting change. Through our university mission, we’ve made a commitment to fixing what is broken. On the highest level, we work to create solutions and ignite conversations focused on peace, justice and compassion. On a small scale, we put compassion into action through service to individuals and communities. We hope that you will join our movement to make a difference in the lives of others.