MS Biotechnology Program Requirements

Program Requirements (Total credits: 37-39)

1. INTERDISCIPLINARY

  • COMM 503 Public Presentation (3)
  • PSY 501 Research Methods (3)
  • PUB 511 Ethics in Management (3)
  • *BUS 500+ Graduate Business (MBA) (3)
  • *BUS 500+ Graduate Business (MBA) (3)
  • *BUS 500+ Graduate Business (MBA) (3)

INTERDISCIPLINARY Total Credits: 18

*Graduate Business (MBA) courses required: choose a total of three (3) credits:

  • BUS 542 Financial Planning and Management (3)
  • BUS 556 Business Venture and Entrepreneur (3)

At the undergraduate level, BUS 321 is recommended before taking BUS 542 and BUS 556.

  • BUS 541 Organizational Behavior and Development (3)
  • BUS 568 Legal Aspects of the Administrative Process (3)
  • BUS 570 Marketing and Strategic Planning (3)

At the undergraduate level, BUS 341 is recommended before taking BUS 541, BUS 568, and BUS 570.

  • BUS 546 Managing the Organization in the Marketspace (3)
  • BUS 569 Management of Technology (3)

At the undergraduate level, BUS 301 is recommended before taking BUS 546 and BUS 569.

II. SCIENCE

  • BIOL 501+Lab Cell Culture (3)
  • BIOL 502 Bioinformatics (3)
  • BIOL 520 Literature Review (2)
  • BIOL 540+Lab Molecular and Cell Biology (4)
  • BIOL 583 Emerging Medicines and Technologies (3)

SCIENCE Total Credits: 15

III. SCIENCE ELECTIVES (Choose 2)

  • ENVS 520+Lab Ecology (3)(4)
  • BIOL 521+Lab Biochemistry (3)(4)
  • BIOL 530 Laboratory Instruction (2)**
  • BIOL 532+Lab Immunology (3)(4)
  • BIOL 546+Lab Genetics (3)(4)
  • BIOL 595 Research (1) or (2)

SCIENCE ELECTIVES Total Credits: 4-6

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS: 37-39

**BIOL 530: Students enrollment approved by Program Director and Department Chairperson.