Program Description
B.S., Biotechnology
The bachelor of science program in biotechnology prepare students to enter the growing biopharmaceutical and biotechnical fields. The program integrates courses in biochemistry, genetics, and cellular and molecular biology.
All students earning a B.S. with a major in biotechnology must complete 126 credits. Courses include the core requirements of the university, the required courses listed below, and six elective courses.
Required Courses
| BI 253-254 | Biology for Science Majors with Laboratory I and II |
| BI 301 | Microbiology with Laboratory |
| BI 304 | Immunology with Laboratory |
| BI 306 | Genetics |
| BI 308 | Cell Biology with Laboratory |
| BI 311 | Molecular Biology with Laboratory |
| BI 461 | Biochemistry with Laboratory |
| BI 493 | Evaluation of Scientific Literature |
| BI 513 | Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acid with Laboratory |
| CH 115-116 | General Chemistry I and II |
| CH 117-118 | General Chemistry Laboratory I and II |
| CH 201-202 | Organic Chemistry I and II |
| CH 203-204 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory I and II |
| CH 221 | Instrumental Methods of Analysis with Laboratory |
| HU 300 | Nature of Science |
| M 117 | Calculus I |
| M 228 | Elementary Statistics |
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Plus two semesters of college physics wth laboratory. |
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| PH 103 | General Physics I with Laboratory |
| PH 150 | Mechanics, Heat, and waves with Laboratory |
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| PH 104 | General Physics II with Laboratory |
| PH 205 | Electromagnetism and Optics with Laboratory |
| Plus two of the following: | |
| BI 503 | Nucleic Acid Biochemistry |
| BI 506 | Genomics |
| BI 511 | Molecular Biology of Proteins with Laboratory |
| BI 520 |
Bioinformatics |