Eligible students can apply for admission to the Five Year Accelerated BS-MS Program in Biomolecular Sciences during their junior year of study. Full time students may be able to complete a BS and MS in Biomolecular Sciences in 5 years. For accepted students, up to 8 credits of graduate courses will replace up to 8 credits in the BS in Biomolecular Sciences Program. In addition, up to 8 credits of graduate courses may be taken before matriculation as a grad student; these 8 credits will be excluded from the student’s BS program and transferred into the student’s MS program.
Students typically apply during their junior year of study and must meet the requirements specified below:
- have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average, either overall or in the most recent 60 credits.
- have completed 60 earned credit hours by the end of the Fall semester of their junior year. At least 12 credits must have been earned at Central.
- have completed BMS 201 and two other upper level BMS courses at Central with grades of C or higher.
Students who are accepted into Accelerated BS-MS Program in Biomolecular Sciences will officially matriculate into the School of Graduate Studies the semester immediately following conferral of their Bachelor’s degree, even if they have already taken graduate-level courses while completing their Bachelor’s degree. Students wishing to defer their graduate studies must notify Graduate Admissions of this decision prior to the start of the term following the conferral of their bachelor’s degree.
Sample Course Sequence
How to Apply
Applicants should follow the procedures of the Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Office. Applicants must also submit a narrative statement (about 500 words) describing their academic and career goals, and their reasons for entering this graduate program. Instructions for uploading the narrative statement will be found within the online graduate application.