Applicants to the Biomedical Communications Graduate Program must meet the following requirements:
A bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university
Satisfactory grades (generally a grade point average of B), especially in appropriate courses in upper division (junior and senior level) work and in any graduate work already completed
Submission of a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test score
Submission of a portfolio of artwork
It is recommended that applicants to the Biomedical Communications Graduate Program have an undergraduate major in applied art and design, commercial art or fine art, with a minor in biology or pre-medical sciences. A major in biology or pre-medical sciences with a minor in fine or applied art may be accepted by the Admissions Committee, as may other majors, depending on the special circumstances involved and the emphasis selected.
REQUIRED Prerequisites:
Art Courses:
Painting (watercolor, acrylic or oil)
Advanced Life Drawing
Advertising Design or equivalent
Basic Photography
Computer Courses:
Word Processing
Basic skills using a page lay-out program and a painting or drawing program
Science Courses: (premedical or predental level)
General Biology and/or Zoology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Human Physiology
Chemistry, Embryology and Histology are recommended, but not required
