该课程专为从事生物学事业的人士而设计，他们需要长达15个小时的研究生生物学课程进行专业培训或认证。该证书将为其毕业生提供补充和增强的生物学知识和技能，以拓宽他们的职业机会。
This program is designed for individuals pursuing a career in biology who need up to 15 hours of graduate biology courses for professional training or accreditation. This certificate will equip its graduates with supplemental and enhanced knowledge and skills in biology to broaden their career opportunities. The opportunities in the Biology Department truly embody the core mission of WKU as “a student-centered, applied research university, which is to inspire innovation, elevate communities and transform lives” in the words of WKU President Timothy Caboni. Our departmental goals are firmly rooted in teaching excellence with the integration of experiential learning through laboratory and field based research in our curricula. Furthermore, our teaching and research extend from our campus laboratories, to our local field sites including the 1300 acre Upper Green River Biological Preserve, all the way to the Caribbean, China, and Africa. From studies on microbes to megafauna, and genes to ecosystems, undergraduate and graduate students play an active role in the advancement of knowledge taking place in the Department of Biology at WKU.