Graduation Requirements

Students in the Biomedical Sciences Masters program must have completed 36 semester hours of course work with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (B) with no more than 8 semester hours of C grade to be eligible to graduate.
Courses with F grades must be repeated and replaced with grades of B or better.

Students may not include toward graduation the credit for a biomedical science course in which they have received a grade of D.

For graduation, the last 9 credits of this degree must be completed at Barry University.

Students in the 1-Year and 18-month/2-Year Programs must register for and pass a qualifying comprehensive examination based on the required coursework.

The comprehensive exam requires a $25 non-refundable application fee for first time applicants and a $100 non-refundable fee for students repeating the exam.

A student may only sit for the comprehensive exam a maximum of three times. To be eligible for the comprehensive exam a student must have finished 30 semester hours in the BMS program and achieved a minimum 3.0 GPA no more than 8 semester hours of C grades and no F grades.

Students in the Research Program must complete and defend a thesis.

The BMS comprehensive exam is always held in GARNER 247 on a Saturday & Sunday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

All forms and payments are to be submitted to the BMS office by the following dates:

Summer Comprehensive Exam (held in the summer I semester) applications are accepted April 1st to April 30th.
Spring Comprehensive Exam (held in the spring semester) applications are accepted November 1st to November 30th.

ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THE BMS COMP EXAM WILL BE SENT VIA YOUR BARRY UNIVERSITY MYMAIL ACCOUNT.

Click here for details on the Comprehensive Exam. Or contact the BMS program for more information mmonestime@mail.barry.edu  or 305-899-3227.