Program Overview

Advanced Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate

The Advanced Biomedical Sciences (ABS) graduate certificate is a program offered jointly by George Mason University and Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). This program is designed for students who have all of their core coursework and extracurricular prerequisites for medical, dental or other health-related fields, but otherwise have a comparatively limited science background (non-science majors with only the pre-health curricular core, for example), modest grades in the sciences as undergraduates, and/or also need to improve their Medical College Admission Test, Dental Admission Test, or other pre-professional scores.

Program Details

• The program is a 9-month, 20-credit, full-time program that begins each fall semester.
• Most classes are held at George Mason University's Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, Virginia with cadaveric anatomy labs held at GUMC.
• The program also has a fully online option.

Program Highlights

The graduate certificate may be pursued on a full-time basis in either a face-to-face lecture-based format, or an online lecture-based format. Both sections have either in-person or online "flipped" review sessions. The program is premium-priced with no tuition distinction between the in-state or out-of-state residency status.

Career Paths

• MD programs
• DO programs
• Dental programs
• PA programs
• PT programs
• Pharmacy Programs
• Optometry programs

Test Prep

• Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
• Dental Admission Test (DAT)
• Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
• Other as needed (PCAT, OAT, etc.)

Certificate Information

Admissions

The program qualifies for Title IV Federal Financial Aid.

Curriculum and Outcomes

2/3 of the program's alumni were admitted to a health professional school program within 2 years of completing the program.

University Policy

The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.