Embark on your first step towards one of many healthcare vocations

Concordia’s biomedical science degree gives you the foundation needed for your desired future career whether entering a graduate program in the biomedical sciences; admission to a school of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, or veterinary science; or enrollment in a professional program such as physician assistant or physical therapy.

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Gain the intellectual, scientific, and ethical tools to serve others

Concordia’s biomedical science degree gives you the foundation needed for your desired future career whether entering a graduate program in the biomedical sciences; admission to a school of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, or veterinary science; or enrollment in a professional program such as physician assistant or physical therapy.

Choose your track

The biomedical science degree has three tracks you can choose from: Human Biology, Pre-Medical, and Research. Your selection of electives within your chosen track will enable you to further individualize the final program based on your particular career goals. Request information now.

Can't decide what's right for you?

Concordia has outstanding faculty in the biomedical sciences who are willing and able to guide you in your selection, and work with you to help you fulfill your vocation.

Competitive advantage

The biomedical science major is the foundation of many of our Pre-Professional Pathways whereby Concordia students gain competitive advantages when applying to professional school. Benefits from these pathways could include early acceptance/assurance, dual degree programs shaving time off your education, and guaranteed interviews. CUW has partnered with numerous institutions:

View a full list of Concordia's pre-professional pathways here.

What to Expect

Immersive experience

Starting your freshman year, you will be hands-on in the anatomy lab with cadavers and have individual access to our Anatomage tables.

Faculty uses finger to interact with a digital anatomy visualization on CUW’s Anatomage table, pointing to the detailed 3D rendering of a human head and upper body.

The Anatomage Table is a life-sized, touchscreen digital anatomy system that will help you explore God’s design of the human body with clarity and depth.

CUW's anatomy lab with stainless steel dissection tables, overhead surgical lamps, wall-mounted monitors, and a red accent wall.

In the anatomy lab, you'll have opportunities to interact with cadavers. By combining classroom and laboratory education, you'll graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in your doctoral studies.

As a biomedical science degree student, you will customize your program based on an area of interest. Although your foundational classes include human biology, genetics, microbiology, chemistry, physics, and bioethics. Depending on your track choice and electives, you may delve as deeply as you like into topics such as:

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Research Methods
  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology

Outside the classroom

Support and growth continue outside the classroom through mentoring programs and networking within student organizations, such as the Pre-Med and Pre-Pharmacy Clubs. Not to mention opportunities to develop your scientific curiosity by participating in research programs offered in the Departments of Life and Earth Sciences and Departments of Physical Sciences.

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